I am building a new site on Farcry 5.x which wont be released until the end of the year so I am in a position to use bleeding edge technology. Will type skins work for data not coming from Farcry? I am creating pages that pull data from external sources like web services or a different database.
Also, I know includedObj have been recommended for merging in other applications such a forums/bulleting boards. Will Type Skins work for this too? Another option I have been considering is to builds rules to pull in my external data. Can you point me to an example that uses Type Skins? Also, from webDU08, I recall from the Farcry session, it is possible to create a Farcry Component that does not get created in the database. What is the attribute for that? Abstract?? Would this be a way to create a component the can then utilise Type Skins? On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:38 PM, modius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 3, 11:07 am, "AJ Mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When creating includedObj files, would you like to be able to organise > them > > in folders? > > > > Farcry can almost do this - just one small bug which I have submitted a > fix > > for. If you think this would be useful, please vote > > http://bugs.farcrycms.org/browse/FC-1475 > > included templates are a bit dated and we're trying to move away from > them completely. If possible folks should be moving to developing > "type skins" which are effectively webskins that are bound to a > specific content type rather than a specific content item. > > (I started documenting this here.. but only got half way: > http://docs.farcrycms.org/display/FCDEV50/Type+Web+Skins) > > Admittedly "includes" still represent a nice 'n' easy way for hacking > CF code into the middle of your FarCry application. As Jeff points > out though, several teams have implemented includes differently over > the years. Its a very common practice to use an include to act as a > controller, and to place different views into a subdirectory of the > includes folder. > > Not sure what the answer is here, but my gut feel is to encourage > people to upgrade and move to type skins -- lots of advantages to > using this framework over includes. > > -- geoff > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > -- AJ Mercer Web Log: http://webonix.net Once you come to the realisation that everyone is crazy, You will never be surprised or disappointed ever again. AJM 2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
