easy social custom app
By Michael Zahariev on Friday, 03 June 2016
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hi i'm developing a custom app for easy social, i've read through the documentation and it said the default location should be at /media/com_easysocial/apps/user/<element>/. I've downloaded and installed the sample app found at http://stackideas.com/docs/easysocial/developers/applications/getting-started but upon looking into /media/com_easysocial/apps/user/<element>/ the folder was empty. Why aren't these files in there:

An application structure should consist of the following directories:

textbook/
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|_ _ _ textbook.php (Main application engine file)
|_ _ _ textbook.xml (Application Manifest file)
|_ _ _ assets/
|_ _ _ assets/icons/ (Stores the icon of the app)
|_ _ _ assets/icons/small.png (The app icon 16x16)
|_ _ _ assets/icons/large.png (The app icon 32x32)
|_ _ _ config/
|_ _ _ config/user.json (User's configuration manifest)
|_ _ _ config/admin.json (Administrator's configuration manifest)
|_ _ _ widgets/ (Contains a list of widget views)
|_ _ _ views/ (Contains a list of widget views)

Do i need to create these files myself?
i would like to build onto the sample app but i can't find the files to edit after i've installed the file. Could you guys please inform me where this could be found
Michael Zahariev
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Friday, 03 June 2016 17:43
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Hey Michael,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here. You should take a look at some of our example apps located in /media/com_easysocial/apps/user/ . It will give you a better idea of how it's being done

My favorite would be the article and calendar app
Mark
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Sunday, 05 June 2016 17:50
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Hi mark i've managed to create my app, it shows now on this list of apps on the user profile page. What i'd like to achieve now is to add a sub-menu to my app and once that sub-menu is clicked the embed view has to change via an ajax call.

Can you perhaps direct me to an app that does this so i might see how it's done or can you perhaps inform me how to achieve this?
Michael Zahariev
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Friday, 10 June 2016 16:37
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Hi Michael,

You can refer to the following apps, /media/com_easysocial/apps/user/article/ where it render the view from /views/profile/view.html.php.
Ezrul Fazwan
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Friday, 10 June 2016 16:57
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okay i don't currently see the article app in my profile, could you tell me how to enable this app please ?
Michael Zahariev
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Friday, 10 June 2016 17:03
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never mind i managed to enable it. thanks
Michael Zahariev
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Friday, 10 June 2016 17:05
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Hi Ezrul, i've enabled the articles app, then created an article, the article shows now in my profile, but i need a sub-menu to be displayed underneath the articles app link under Apps, there currently is no sub-menu. As i'm trying to achieve what I mentioned in my earlier reply.
Michael Zahariev
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Friday, 10 June 2016 17:16
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Hey Micheal,

Perhaps you can provide us some mockup screenshot what will happen when I click the app link from the user profile left sidebar?

Is it when you click on it, it will show your content view on the right position area?
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 10 June 2016 23:37
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I just created another app, to show the new content i wanted. Which i didn't want to go through because the new content is related to the old app, it was like a view filter. All i wanted was a sublink below that actual link app. I'll add a screenshot here of what i meant:
Michael Zahariev
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Saturday, 11 June 2016 00:07
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Hey Michael,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply is because last 2 days was our weekend here.

By the way, unfortunately that was not possible to achieve this way in current system yet.
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 13 June 2016 10:34
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