The theme switcher uses information available in the /install/manifest.cfc.
I believe it looks for a thumbnail too. Updating farcryConstructor should be
done automatically.

Blair

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Marco van den Oever <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Mmm isn't that hard indeed, create plugin theme, then a admin page
> with dropdown or radio buttons with available plugins (read folder
> names and display), select theme and reset the this.plugins variable.
> Am i right?
>
> On Jul 21, 7:47 am, Marco van den Oever <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > That is indeed a clear idea of how it works, now the details, think
> > best is to start looking in the nearcry stuff, else don't know where
> > to begin.
> >
> > On Jul 21, 6:23 am, AJ Mercer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > essentually a theme is a plugin with only a webskin directory
> > > and possibly tags and www
> >
> > > this plugin is added last in the list of plugins and overrides all
> other
> > > webskins
> >
> > > In nearCry, the theme management must swap out the plugin and it also
> copies
> > > files from www into the project web root.
> >
> > > On 20 July 2010 22:31, Marco van den Oever <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> > > > First of all congratulations with such a beautiful daughter :)
> Second,
> > > > i am interested in theme stuff as i want to provide customers easily
> > > > with a template of their choice.
> >
> > > > So i could set up all different skeletons with different templates,
> or
> > > > different plugins with different templates.
> > > > The only difference is that with plugins customers can choose or
> > > > change their design on the fly?
> >
> > > > What i was thinking is contacting some free template sites and ask
> for
> > > > their permission to integrate their templates in farcry, with a link
> > > > at the bottom to those sites i think it must be interesting for them
> > > > also.
> >
> > > > On Jul 20, 1:06 am, Geoff Bowers <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > We were working on the afterburner design -- a gpl theme from
> rocket
> > > > > themes.  To be honest we implemented it across our intranet --
> which
> > > > > is pretty complex -- and ran out of steam prepping it for general
> > > > > consumption :(
> >
> > > > > We've been a bit distracted of late.. Lot of farcry refactoring
> been
> > > > > going on, plus the imminent release of 6.1 beta (available now on
> svn
> > > > > truth be told).  Would love to get back onto it when I get some
> free
> > > > > time --http://bellabowers.posterous.comhasbeenkeeping me busy ;)
> >
> > > > > If there is a team of folks out there who want to try and develop
> > > > > sample projects for the installer I'll make time to mentor anyone
> who
> > > > > needs it.
> >
> > > > > GB
> >
> > > > > On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > > > I remember seeing somewhere there was a mollio alternative for
> Farcry
> > > > coming out but I can't for the life of me find it.  Anyone know
> anything
> > > > about this?
> >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> >
> > > > > > -Jake
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