Thanks again Blair for the quick response. So ... when creating a new rule, do the <cfproperty> tags defined in the .cfc file serve to create the field options that display in the container wizard after you select the rule and click "commit"?
Likewise, when creating a new type, do the <cfproperty> tags defined in that .cfc file create the form fields that display in the form when you click "add" or "edit"? ... to recap as I understand it in a nutshell, types contain all of the core content that resides in the database populated by the forms under the content tab in the admin, and rules dictate the options for how to pull that data from the database and display it. Is that correct? THE SCENARIO THAT SPARKED THIS QUESTION: Ultimately we are trying to simplify the clients' overall experience in the FarCry admin throughout, because much of it has proven to be confusing for our non technical/ non web saavy clients ... sometimes there are too many options and fields to move through. STEP 1: Container wizard simplification Part of this effort is to reduce (or customize) the number of options the client sees in the container wizard; thus, our goal is to first populate the available rule list with custom names that would be familiar to the client; those that are directly related to the specific content items in their site. For instance, we want to create the following rules to display in the list: "Story", "Banner Title", "Resources", "Project Highlights", and "More Links". Aside from the main body content, those are the only containers the site uses, thus, we want to eliminate "News Rule", "Random Fact Rule", "Hand Picked Rule" and other unused rules to avoid visual confusion. STEP 2: Content admin simplification In the main admin, the goal to simplify is the same. We have created a custom tab called "Modules", where we plan to cluster custom types that will serve to populate the content for the aforementioned custom rules. Again, for the clients' sake, we would create recognizable type names that correspond directly to the content in their site (e.g. "Story", "Resources", "Project Highlights", etc.). There is name redudancy between the custom rules and types in this situation, which is what sparked our overarching question about the differences and functions of each. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
