Auto actions doesn't seem to do anything

I have just upgraded to Pro level and downloaded the Autoactions feature. I installed in, enabled it and added a cb field called cb_mood so I could try out the (only one?) example of how to use cb autoactions.

I set up exactly as per the page www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/107-use-cases/18338-adding-your-own-events-to-activity-stream yet when I change the 'mood' setting all that I see in the activity stream is the usual "user has an updated profile" message.

What else should I be doing to get this to work?

CB Auto Actions 5.1.0 is bugged. Please upgrade to now released 5.1.1 and see if issue consists. If issue does consist please provide a screenshot of your auto action configuration.

Well even though I only downloaded yesterday I got the broken version so today I found the 5.1.1 version and it works now. Slightly annoyed to have spent a little while trying to get it to work if it was broken all along!

So, next question, is there an easy way to find out when new versions are made available such as a list or forum to subscribe to?


PS - is there any documentation other than that one example I mentioned (for instance I don't understand how to set the icon that would appear on cb activity listing etc) thanks

Well even though I only downloaded yesterday I got the broken version so today I found the 5.1.1 version and it works now. Slightly annoyed to have spent a little while trying to get it to work if it was broken all along!

I didn't know it was broken until today, which prompted the release of 5.1.1; sorry.

So, next question, is there an easy way to find out when new versions are made available such as a list or forum to subscribe to?

Not yet, but CB 1.9.1 will have a version checker built into plugin management.

PS - is there any documentation other than that one example I mentioned (for instance I don't understand how to set the icon that would appear on cb activity listing etc) thanks

No, as we add more tutorials though you can find them below.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials

OK look forward to seeing version 1.9.1 then!

As for tutorials I can only find one for CB Autoactions (the one I refereed to) and that only covers a fraction of information I feel. Also the example given isn't really a fully working system since it does not explain all the fields (such as how you can use an icon) and also no mention of if the condition statements or AND's or OR's

I'm look forward to new examples but won't hold my breath as I do feel the one thing your company is really bad at is documentation (what is 'intuitive' to you is not always so to the rest of us!)

Thanks for supplying a working version at least!!

As for tutorials I can only find one for CB Autoactions (the one I refereed to) and that only covers a fraction of information I feel. Also the example given isn't really a fully working system since it does not explain all the fields (such as how you can use an icon) and also no mention of if the condition statements or AND's or OR's

Every parameter has a description that describes what it does and if needed describes additional usages of it. Please review the descriptions carefully. Each parameter is not going to explain every possible value that you can supply to it. To see examples of icons for activity review existing CB Activity entries within CB > Plugin Management > CB Activity > Activity.

I'm look forward to new examples but won't hold my breath as I do feel the one thing your company is really bad at is documentation (what is 'intuitive' to you is not always so to the rest of us!)

I find this completely untrue. We have excellent documentation for CB and CBSubs. Incubator projects are considered always in an "experimental" state and change too often to maintain documentation for them. A lot of them will become a part of CB with CB 2.0, which will be included in the CB documentation at that point. Nick has also been hosting webinars that are showing CB installation process, plugin usages, etc..