[SOLVED] Using CB Data on a Joomla Article or K2 Item

I was trying to experiment with adding some user profile data onto a K2 Article.

What I was trying to accomplish was, I wanted to put a specific users Profile Photo (avatar), along with their "formatname" and some other fields, onto a K2 item (article) page kind of like a featured member on a specific page.

I used the format located in the tutorials "Using substitutions throughout CB" however, I am assuming that K2 doesn't use the same coding format since the tutorial is for use inside CB.

Is there something I can use to display database info for CB for a specific user onto a K2 item / Joomla article page? I looked through the tutorials and through the forum but I haven't found something that talks about this. Maybe I am not locating it with the search feature... IDK. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas or can lead me the right direction?

You need to have CB Content Bot installed for substitutions to work in Joomla articles. I've no idea if it works with K2, but I would assume it does. CB substitutions do not just function anywhere on your site. There is a specific API function that the string must be passed through for it to be parsed for substitutions. For CB Content Bot substitution usage it needs to be formatted as follows.

{cb}Content here will be parsed for substitutions.{/cb}

Ok,

That seems to work awesome. But it doesn't work for profile images. didn't see a parameter in the substitutions area. Is there a code for that in which is not listed? Is there something I didn't do right? Also I remember seeing something like a avatar thumbnail.... But I cant find where I saw that.

You need to use the correct substitution format to render the HTML of an image field. All [FIELD_NAME] substitutions are raw values. For formatted values you need to use [cb:userfield field="FIELD_NAME" /]. Please see the below tutorial for further substitution usage information.

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

I did do that, I have been reading the tutorials and am familiar. This is what I did:

I added the following as indicated and by the Substitutions & Content Bot settings:

{cb}[cb:userdata field="avatar" user="846" /]{/cb}

{cb}[cb:userdata field="formatname" user="846" /]{/cb}



The format name comes up great. For the avatar image, it give you the path. This is what its returning on the page:

www.mcllonghorn.org/images/comprofiler/846_533edd37be95f.jpg

I have a separate cloned field that closes the view from the avatar field for another view I am using, its format is:

{cb}[cb:userdata field="cb_currentphotoclone" user="846" /]{/cb}

{cb}[cb:userdata field="formatname" user="846" /]{/cb}


That field is a Custom HTML field that reads and clones the avatar field for it to show up on another tab for me. The result I am getting back with that on the page is blank. Nothing shows up. That user's avatar is active and there is one on their profile.

You're using "userdata", that's raw display as the tutorial describes. You need to use "userfield". Please review your substitution usage and the tutorial carefully.