I think there might be some examples in the FC4 and FC5 dev course pdfs. I don't have the links, but they're available from the main pages of FC4DEV and FC5DEV on the wiki. Or look at your news and content item webskins... they probably use those for the "more" link (at least in FC5) Tomek
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:16 AM, BazD <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Blair > > Do you have an example of how to use <skin:buildlink> and > <skink:location> ? > > Although I guess if I never change the farcry core from 4.09, theres > no harm in continuing to use .fu method as per Tomeks solution. > > On Dec 18, 11:44 pm, "Blair McKenzie" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It didn't take you long to find the flaw in the approach :). Mainly you > > should work with what is in the wiki. If you get help with something that > > isn't in the wiki raise it as something to add. > > > > The tag libraries are probably the most reliable - when we do work on > them > > it is usually to add features. It's rare for them to be removed or their > > interfaces changed. > > > > The security scope (application.security) is effectively API. To a lesser > > extend so are the components in application.factory. Actually FU might be > in > > there, so returnFU is probably OK, but if there is a tag and a function > that > > do the same thing the tag will always be more reliable. > > > > Does this make sense? > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Tomek Kott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hmm, is there a list of approved / explicit API functions? > > > Thanks, > > > > > Tomek > > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> <skin:buildLink ... /> creates a link with the friendly URL. > > >> <skin:location ... /> redirects to the friendly URL. Be careful about > using > > >> the returnFU function - it's not an explicit API function, so it could > > >> change in the future. > > > > >> Blair > > > > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Tomek Kott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>> I've usedhttp://www.farcrycore.org/cfcdoc/generally. But it's not > > >>> up-to-date, so I go there to browse and then find the function I > need. > > >>> Tomek > > > > >>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM, BazD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>>> Thanks Jeff, Tomek > > > > >>>> The returnFU solution worked perfectly. > > > > >>>> Its certainly good to know of these kind of components. > > > > >>>> Is there a list somewhere of all the farcry components that can be > > >>>> utilised to obtain information about content items etc ? > > > > >>>> On Dec 18, 6:51 pm, Jeff Coughlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > Quick question on news items. > > > > >>>> > > Ive created a page template on my local machine, which is in a 2 > > >>>> > > column format. Left column contains the main page content, and > right > > >>>> > > column contains some simple cfml which simply pulls the top 3 > news > > >>>> > > items from the database. > > > > >>>> > > So Ive got a news date, news title, news teaser text in there, > and > > >>>> at > > >>>> > > the end, a "view more" text link, which takes the user to the > main > > >>>> > > news story page. All easy stuff. > > > > >>>> > > However, the site uses friendly URLs, and Im wondering if it is > at > > >>>> all > > >>>> > > possible to link form the teaser story to the main news page and > > >>>> > > retain the friendly URL format in the address bar? At the > moment, > > >>>> all > > >>>> > > I can see is something like this: > > > > >>>> > > index.cfm?objectid=4627D778-FF1A-359E-243160B10F9C3AC4 > > > > >>>> > > when the main news story page appears. > > > > >>>> > > It would be nice if the news story title, was somehow, the > friendly > > >>>> > > URL. > > > > >>>> > > Can this done at all ? > > > > >>>> > 1. Which version of FarCry are you using? > > >>>> > 2. How are you listing the news listings? (rule, type > webskin/listing, > > > > >>>> > etc) > > > > >>>> > Generally, just using the <skin:buildLink/> custom tag will take > care > > > > >>>> > of your needs. However, if it's still not working you may be > missing > > > > >>>> > something else. > > > > >>>> > Regards, > > > > >>>> > -- > > >>>> > Jeff Coughlin > > >>>> > Web Application Developerhttp://jeffcoughlin.com > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
