Hi Geoff and Blair, Both of your replies clears it up nicely for me thanks for your time.
David On Jan 29, 10:31 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Jan 29, 10:09 am, "Hoolahawk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is better practice, to use the builtin FC types as discribed > > above or should we be creating our own types? > > > If we do create our own types, should we be extending Types or dmHTML > > type?FarCry CMS is really just a solution built on top of the FarCry > framework. The core content types are examples that provide an out of > the box solution -- the solution most people start with. But building > custom content types is really very straightforward, and so building > functinality that is specific to your application is encouraged. That > said, there is abviously a bit more work extending the framework than > just changing webskins. > > The only reason to "extend" a core type is if you are wanting to > modify that functionality -- mre typically you want new functinality. > In this case you should definitely *not* be extending the core content > types. As a guide I'd say nine times out of ten you should be looking > to build a completely new content type. > > Building extensions has been vastly improved in the FarCry 4.0 release > (currently in beta). If this is a relatively new project I'd > certainly recommend having a look at v4.0 if you find yourself needing > to build custom extensions to the CMS. > > Hopefully that helps, > > -- geoffhttp://www.daemon.com.au/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
