Cube apps and the API
What connections add
The blocks and behaviours that arrive with a CubeConnect connection, and how to spot them.
- 3 minute read
- 3 interactive walkthroughs
- For workspace owners and admins
People from CubeHR#
The Meet the team block can fill itself from CubeHR when a connection exists: names, roles and photos stay in step with the HR system, and a change there appears on the site at the next publish. Nobody retypes a team list.
The block shows its source in the inspector. Content that arrives this way is not edited on the site; the record in CubeHR is the one that matters.
Meet the team
Meet the team
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Names and roles, in step
The Meet the team block fills from CubeHR when a connection exists, and stays in step with changes there.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- 1Add a Meet the team section.
- 2Open the inspector and choose the CubeHR source.
- 3Check the names and photos, then publish.
Enquiries that become tasks#
With CubeFlow connected, an enquiry from any form can become a task there, and the message carries a CubeFlow reference so the two records point at each other. The reply side works too: a task completed in CubeFlow is visible from the enquiry.
This is switched on per site in the form settings, so a general contact form can stay a general contact form while a quote request becomes work.
Meet the team
Meet the team
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Send to CubeFlow
Switched on per form: a quote request becomes work, with the message carrying the reference.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
Good to know: The task lives in CubeFlow with its own owner and dates. CubeSites keeps the message and the reference.
Products from CubeERP and the client portal#
Two blocks go further: Products from CubeERP arrives with a connected CubeERP, and Client portal with a connected support tool. Until the matching connection exists they are listed honestly, marked as needing a Cube app, rather than hidden or half-working.
The website's own shop is different: Basket, Products, Product spotlight, Shop categories and Product search come with the shop and catalogue on Pro, with no connection needed. The same rule holds for connected blocks everywhere: nothing connected appears before it is connected.
Meet the team
Meet the team
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Listed honestly
Products from CubeERP and Client portal are shown as needing a Cube app rather than hidden or half-working.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- Every connected block checked after any change in the other product
- Names and photos published after they change in CubeHR
- The CubeFlow reference checked on a test enquiry
Common questions
Can I edit a name that came from CubeHR?
Not on the site. Change it in CubeHR, where the record lives, and it arrives at the next publish.
What happens if the connection is lost?
Connected blocks stop updating and say so in the editor. The last published content stays on the site, so nothing breaks in front of visitors.
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