Quick Start 123 with MosQ:

All 3 steps should be done in the backend! 

1. Create a Menu BAR.  When install it comes with "Sample" already if you want to use that to get start
2. Create a logic and assign to a Menu BAR
3. Create a menu item that assign to MosQ component, then edit it again to give it a parameter of menuGroup=Yourmenu
For example: menuGroup=Sample (note: menuGroup must be exactly like this, notice the case)

That's it!  Once it is done you should see a menu item on the frontend to click on MosQ and you should see a little "MosQ" logo and a menu bar above it.
 

Q: What is "menuGroup" in MosQ?
A: "menuGroup" is a logical grouping of your codes in your logic center where you want to show on the frontpage via the JSCook menuing system.

Q: How do you use "menuGroup"?
Q: How to show your menu on the frontend?
A: When you create a menu entry to point to MosQ and after you save the menu item, you will need to edit the menu item to enter "menuGroup=yourgroup" in the parameter box so that when you click on the menu item to your MosQ you will see a menu bar that show you a menu items of all of your logics that you create in the logic center for that "menuGroup"

Q: How to create the "menuGroup"?
A: When you create a logic in your logic center you need to do the minimum of two things to show on the frontend
- Create a menu logic or "MENU BAR" where you define the menuGroup name, menu name, permission level, view class, etc and this "MENU BAR" will show on your frontend.
- Create a menu logic where you define the actual logic that will be run when it was click on the frontend.  You assign this logic into a "menuGroup" so that it will show on the frontend of the JSCook menuing system.

 
Q: How to create a logic?
A: In logic center, click new and fill in the info like the follow:
- Click the drop down to find the Menu Group that you want your logic to show in
- Click the drop down to find the Master Menu that this logic will show in
- Give it a Name, Title
- Click the drop down to find the Database that this logic will connect to
- Type in the SQL command in the logic text box.  For example: sql@ select name from mos_categories

Then on the frontend you should see this logic listed under the menu that you created previously.

Note: When you install MosQ there should be a "Sample" menu bar created for you so to get started you can just take the sample code that I provide above and assigns it to "Sample" Menu Group then you should see something quickly!

Q: How to execute the logic?
A: You assign the logic to a menu item in the logic enter and it will show on the frontend and will be executed when the menu item was select on the frontend.  The logic can also be executed by using MosQBot via { mosq #} where # is the logic number (note: extra space to avoid parsing of the bot}

I hope this article help to get started with this MosQ component.

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