I wish it were that easy. I followed the the CB 1.81 installation instructions to the tee.
it seems as it's not written exactly for CB 1.81 & Joomla 2.5.6 (figures aren't quite the same). I couldn't understand how to turn off the Joomla registration and only have the CB registration turned on (but believe me I tried to decipher the instructions for hours). I chose "Yes, independently of global site setting" for "Allow User Registration" in the CB Configuration Manager. Now the difficult to decipher part of the CB 1.81 install instructions was what to turn off or on in the Joomla Global Configuration. I went to PERMISSIONS and
denied the site login (thinking this is how you turn off the Joomla site login according to the CB 1.81 instuctions). I then didn't see a login on the home page of the site. When I turned this back on, I saw a login on the homepage. How do I actually turn off the Joomla user registration and get the CB user sign in regisration to appear on the landing page of the site?
In the "warning warning warning" section of the instructions, since I loaded Joomla without the sample data (was that a mistake btw), I didn't have a menu to nest the "User Profile (mandatory!)" menu link into; so, I don't know if I did that part correctly? Not sure how to tell if I did that part correctly either... but, it sounds like you don't think I did that part correctly? Do I need to make a menu and put it on the 1st page (or some page; does it matter?). Please explain how to do this(a nice simple step by step would be great). Please help me decipher:
Joomla 1.7.x/2.5 installations should follow these directions:
To add the CB Profile item to the User Menu we must take the following steps:
• Select
Menus -> User Menu from your Joomla 1.7.x/2.5 website
administration panel. If your Joomla 1.7.x/2.5 installation was executed without
selecting ‘sample data’ to be included, you will not see a User menu. In this
case you can choose any existing menu or create a new one and use that
instead of the User menu described in the directions that follow.
• Select the (+) Add New Menu Item button and then click on the Select button
(to the right of the ‘Menu Item Type*’) to reveal a pop-up window with a
structure of selectable menu items.
• Choose User Profile (mandatory) from the comprofiler section.
• Populate the Menu Title*: field with CB Details (or any wording or your choice)
• Select Public from the drop down list of the Access: field IMPORTANT!
• Select the Published in the drop-down State: field
• Click on the Save & Close icon
1) Where (and how) do I put the new menu? What will the new menu be doing (so I can name it)? The choices I saw under Menu were:
Menu Manager or
Main Menu
2) I didn't see a "Select" button (to the right of the ‘Menu Item Type*’) to reveal a pop-up window with a structure of selectable menu items.select. Is that a version issue?
What I did was create a add a new menu item to the main menu (it was closest to the CB 1.81 instructions). Following the instructions, I: chose User Profile (mandatory!), gave it a title, ensured access was set to public, published it, an set menu location to
main menu. What should I have done? How would I be able to find my new menu and modify it or delete it and start over? Did I do the right thing? If not, what should I do?
(Were you able to visit the site
www.referencesrus.com
?) I do have a login visible on the front page . It only works for the admin login though. As I registered through it with a non admin entry, when I logged in with it, I was brought to a screen that said I was logged in but not allowed to view this private section of the site. So it does sound to me like I may not have the Joomla native registration turned off. If this is the case, please clear up the part in the instructions to let me know exactly (an easy step by step would be nice) how to turn on CB registration & turn off Joomla's. Also, please do the same and tell me exactly how to install the initial "User Profile (mandatory!" (again, an easy step by step would be nice).
On reading the welcome email for the "Community Pro" template, I will download the documentation and go from there. Still not sure how to load up the other addons and/or make them work. Is there documentation for each that I'm missing (if so please point out where to go for that; it doesn't seem like all of the addons are covered in the cb1.8.1_manual?
...thank so much for the superior product and superior support...
krileon
