would someone please help

Where can i find information about specific plugins with reguard to the professional package I just purchased. I would like something i can read to find out what some of these plugins are used for and their options as well as examples.
If you could just steer me in the right direction would be much appreciated.
Thanks

bucknla wrote: Where can i find information about specific plugins with reguard to the professional package I just purchased. I would like something i can read to find out what some of these plugins are used for and their options as well as examples.
If you could just steer me in the right direction would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Hi,
you should have received a detailed membership welcoming email with links to your download areas.

Basically as a Professional member you have access to Advanced and Professional download areas.

The Advanced area has the detailed CB documentation which you should download and study as a starter and also all items listed here:
www.joomlapolis.com/cb-solutions/add-ons

The Professional download area has all items listed on our Icubator page here:
www.joomlapolis.com/cb-solutions/incubator

These pages have overview descriptions about what each add-on is used for.
You should then install the add-on and check its parameters as they contain tooltips that will guide you.

If you run into any questions - just post here and we will help you.

I've already done that and i want to use the conditionals and it looks like you have absolutely nothing but the short video and one with only two examples. If I'm gonna learn how to use conditional why don't you have a document or reference describing each one you can use. What is the correct formatting in a conditional for using a field name as apposed to the viewer? When do you use a slash and when do you use square brackets? I can't believe after all the hype you don't have a reference guide with all this spelled out.
I'm just a little frustrated here that i cannot find any reference manual for formatting of conditionals. I guess I was expecting that by paying for the professional package you would have lots of examples and a lot a reference guide on how to format the conditionals. Some of the plugin stuff is self explanatory but like with any scripting language it would be a great help if i had a reference of when to use things i see in your 3 examples like {} [] and //.
Your example of how to show or hide a tab you use the #me....is this an internal variable or parameter for passing information or a variable. In my own use I've used [USERNAME] [ID] AND [USERID] BUT have tried these 3 in my conditionals and they are not working. I would like a list of variables that can be used here so i can get the viewer and the user to use in my conditionals. There must be a list of them somewhere but I can't seem to find that anywhere...so I'm asking if one exists and if it does where is it so i can download it for my use here. Plugins are already installed and published

If I'm gonna learn how to use conditional why don't you have a document or reference describing each one you can use

There are an unlimited number of usecases. It's not remotely possible for us to document them. The tutorial below shows the configuration process from beginning to end for both field and tabs. Incubator projects come with no documentation as they change too often to keep documentation up to date. When a lot of the features have merged into CB 2.x core code they will be properly documented.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/107-use-cases/18336-using-cb-conditionals-to-hide-or-show-fields-or-tabs

What is the correct formatting in a conditional for using a field name as apposed to the viewer?

I don't understand the question. Did you mean "value" and not "viewer"? If so then you can supply a custom substitution value to substitute against or to; the default being to always compare against a field.

When do you use a slash and when do you use square brackets?

Slashes are used to escape REGEX when using a REGEX operator. It uses standard PHP REGEX formatting. The brackets are used to signify a substitution. You can find documentation on both REGEX and substitutions at the below links.

REGEX: www.regular-expressions.info/
Substitutions: www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/107-use-cases/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

I can't believe after all the hype you don't have a reference guide with all this spelled out.
I'm just a little frustrated here that i cannot find any reference manual for formatting of conditionals. I guess I was expecting that by paying for the professional package you would have lots of examples and a lot a reference guide on how to format the conditionals. Some of the plugin stuff is self explanatory but like with any scripting language it would be a great help if i had a reference of when to use things i see in your 3 examples like {} [] and //.

We already have documented your questions. Your first question regarding slashes is actually not CB or Joomla related at all; it's standard escaping of PHP REGEX (please see the link above). Your second question regarding brackets is to signify parsing the string for substitution usage (see link above and below).

Your example of how to show or hide a tab you use the #me....is this an internal variable or parameter for passing information or a variable.

It tells CB that the substitution should be for the viewing user (so myId basically). This is documented in detail in our substitution tutorial (please see link above or below).

In my own use I've used [USERNAME] [ID] AND [USERID] BUT have tried these 3 in my conditionals and they are not working.

Always use lowercase and the only 2 valid there are id and username. So [id] and [username] should work. As for user id you'd use [user_id]. Note substitutions respect permissions so if the user doesn't have access to the tab the field is on it probably won't substitute anything.

I would like a list of variables that can be used here so i can get the viewer and the user to use in my conditionals. There must be a list of them somewhere but I can't seem to find that anywhere...so I'm asking if one exists and if it does where is it so i can download it for my use here.

See CB > Field Management as that's your list of fields you can substitute. It's not possible for us to document such a list as it's entirely install by install based. There is also the internal [user_id] field. Please see the substitution tutorial below detailing full usage of substitutions.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/107-use-cases/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

well i have downloaded the plugins in the profession package but don't see a users guide explaining each plugin and how to use them. Be nice to have some working examples. The brief overviews aren't enough to understand how these new features can be used

That's how all the professional plugins work. None of them have detailed documentation. Some have a few tutorials, which you can find in the below tutorial section. The others have pretty much every common question already answered on these forums (please search).

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials

The CB Pro package also has additional information, which you can find below.

www.joomlapolis.com/community-builder/cb-quickstart-pro

There is also a demo site, which you can review below, for CB Pro package.

cbqspro.cbdemosites.com/