[SOLVED] New views for the frontend

Hello

System:
J! 1.7.3
CB 1.7.1
All updated plugins


I'm trying to build new views for the profile edit, to be able to access each profile edit tab separately (meaning: just the fields from that tab, without displaying any other tab).

I know that Joomla MVC allows to do just that, by creating template/module/component overrides using instructions like:
"
JLoader::import('joomla.application.component.model');
JLoader::import( 'items', JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . DS . 'components' . DS . 'com_comprofiler' . DS . 'models' );
$items_model = JModel::getInstance( Items', '...' );
$items_model->setState( 'id', $myItemId );
$items_model->get_item();
...
"

I checked my CB directories and couldn't find any views for the frontend, just for the backend.

Two questions:
- Does CB use the J! MVC or is it using something different?
- Is not using J! MVC, where can I find documentation and tutorials to create the new views?

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Alex

- Does CB use the J! MVC or is it using something different?

It uses MVC, but not Joomlas.

- Is not using J! MVC, where can I find documentation and tutorials to create the new views?

One doesn't exist because views are hardcoded; you can't extend them. It maybe possible with CB Content Bot and substitutions to render the Edit display of a tab in a Joomla article and thus giving it its own page. Example as follows.

[cb:usertab tab="##" user="#displayedOrMe" output="htmledit" /]

Replace ## with the ID of the tab you want to render. More on substitutions can be found within tutorials in my signature.

Hi Kyle

Thanks for the quick reply.

I've tried what you suggest with substitutions, but for some reason the CB Content Bot is not working, since I get the "[cb:usertab tab="34" user="#displayedOrMe" output="htmledit" /]" instead of the tab content.

I've disabled almost everything in my test site and am using the default J! 1.7 template, inserting the content without any editor and, of course, have the plugin enabled in Joomla.
I've tried using { and [, setting all permissions to public and nothing happends.

Site is in a WAMP, MySQL 5.1.23, PHP 5.3.4, Apache 2.2.17, all cache is off, all additional jquery plugins are off, the only changes to CB are CSS based and the Auto Actions you helped me build previously.

Can you suggest something to get it to work?

Best regards,
Alex

I've tried what you suggest with substitutions, but for some reason the CB Content Bot is not working, since I get the "[cb:usertab tab="34" user="#displayedOrMe" output="htmledit" /]" instead of the tab content.

When using CB Content Bot you need to surround all substitutions with {cb:}. Example as follows.

{cb:[cb:usertab tab="34" user="#displayedOrMe" output="htmledit" /]}

Hi Kyle

Thanks for the help .

It is working now, although loosing formating. I'll try to tweak the template.



I have one additional question regarding nested tabs, but will open a new topic. Please consider this one solved.



Best Regards,
Alex