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setting up a blog using cb blog plugin

10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #236619 by sj_polanco
setting up a blog using cb blog plugin was created by sj_polanco
i just installed the cb blog plugin.
I am trying to set up a blog on my website for the first time. there are no directives on how to proceed.
i went to plugin management and opened the cb blog it gives the option to create new blog however the drop down for category which is a required field is not working. are there other steps i am missing?
Could someone provide tips for setting up a blog using cb blog plugin and adding it to an existing website.
thanks
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10 years 11 months ago #236649 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic setting up a blog using cb blog plugin
Please see the below topic on configuring CB Blogs.

www.joomlapolis.com/forum/255-developer-members-support/222969-cb-blogs-not-working#234973

This is resolved with next release of CB Blogs (it's part of CB core now) as it'll default to Internal and have some default categories setup already.

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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #236666 by sj_polanco
Replied by sj_polanco on topic setting up a blog using cb blog plugin
are there pre-installed templates that comes with cb for blogs that one could choose from or does one need to download them independently from cb sites.

the CB Blog > config tab has the following info below:

Select template to be used for all of CB Blogs. If template is incomplete then missing files will be used from the default template. Template files can be located at the following location: components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbblogs/templates/

when i click the drop down there is only default for an option
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10 years 11 months ago #236683 by krileon
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CB Blogs does not come with any templates other than default. You can modify the default or create your own within the template directory found below.

components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbblogs/templates/

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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #236693 by sj_polanco
Replied by sj_polanco on topic setting up a blog using cb blog plugin
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i was able to locate the directory using filezilla. usually template installation is done by uploading whatever template one has purchased or downloaded via joomla extension manager. since cb blog has its own folder. do i still need to install the template using extension manager or just unzip it directly into the components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbblogs/templates/ ?
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10 years 11 months ago #236743 by krileon
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Unzip what? No templates for CB Blogs exist except the default template included with it. If that directory doesn't exist then CB Blogs is not installed. CB Blogs template system is drop-in based. You just add the folder and files to the templates directory, select the template from configuration, and it'll use it.

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