Cube apps and the API
Connect CubeConnect
Link the workspace to the rest of the Cube family with one key, and understand the statuses.
- 3 minute read
- 3 interactive walkthroughs
- For workspace owners and admins
What CubeConnect does#
CubeConnect is the hub that links Cube products together. Connecting this workspace once, with a CubeConnect client key, is what lets CubeSites offer anything that involves another product: pulling a team list from CubeHR, sending enquiries to CubeFlow as tasks, showing products from a connected shop.
Without a connection, none of that appears anywhere: no Cube apps menu item, no connected blocks, no half-configured features waiting for attention. A site that does not use other products never needs this page.
- Home
- Websites
- Licences
- Templates
- Media
- Cube apps
- Settings
Cube apps
Your other Cube apps, each opens in a new tabCubeConnect
ConnectedRefreshDisconnectOne key links your Cube apps to this workspace. Features appear here as connections are made.
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Cube apps
The page that links this workspace to the rest of the Cube family. Nothing here appears until a connection exists.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- 1Ask whoever set up CubeConnect for a client key, or create one there for this workspace.
- 2Open Cube apps in the workspace menu.
- 3Have the key to hand before starting.
Connecting and checking#
Paste the key into the CubeConnect card and choose Connect. The card then shows the state: Connected, or Not answering when CubeConnect itself cannot be reached. Refresh re-checks at any moment; a brief Not answering is a network moment rather than a broken connection.
The key lives encrypted with the workspace and is never shown again after connecting. Disconnect revokes the link, which hides every connected feature again without touching the sites themselves.
- Home
- Websites
- Licences
- Templates
- Media
- Cube apps
- Settings
Cube apps
Your other Cube apps, each opens in a new tabCubeConnect
ConnectedRefreshDisconnectOne key links your Cube apps to this workspace. Features appear here as connections are made.
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The client key
Issued by CubeConnect for this workspace. Stored encrypted, and never shown again after connecting.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
Good to know: One connection serves the whole workspace. Every website in it can use the connected blocks.
The Cube apps menu#
Once connected, Cube apps appears in the workspace menu and the top bar offers the launcher: your other Cube apps, each opening in a new tab. It is a doorway, not a second copy of those products; each one still does its own job with its own sign-in.
What appears in the launcher depends on the organisation's Cube estate rather than on this website. A newly connected product shows up without further setup here.
- Home
- Websites
- Licences
- Templates
- Media
- Cube apps
- Settings
Cube apps
Your other Cube apps, each opens in a new tabCubeConnect
ConnectedRefreshDisconnectOne key links your Cube apps to this workspace. Features appear here as connections are made.
Step 1 of 2
A doorway, not a copy
Each app still does its own job with its own sign-in; CubeSites just offers the door.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- The key is stored safely where you got it
- Connected shows green, or a refreshed check does
- The launcher opens the apps you expect
Common questions
Where do I get a client key?
From CubeConnect, where an organisation connects its Cube products. Keys are issued per workspace.
Does connecting share my website content?
No. The connection carries specific, requested things: a team list, an enquiry as a task. Content stays where it lives.
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