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Predefined FUs are those URLs that are created for a new object and stored in the database.
Typical examples are:
- /about-us/location
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- /news/no-news-is-good-news
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This system can be used by users to control how people link to specific content objects in FarCry.
Constructed URLs were added recently. They allow a developer to override the page or body webskin in the URL, and add extra URL parameters.
Examples of these may be:
- /news/archive/year/2008
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- /blogger/E6EB2B10-D311-11DE-9F5C001FD08AA651/rss
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It is also possible to combine these, e.g. /news/no-news-is-good-news/comment-rss.
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Note that ajaxmode=1 short circuits the view stack. This means a developer can access ANY fragment webskin with view=xyz&ajaxmode=1.
application.fapi.getLink() and
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skin:buildLink
These allow a developer to use a FU without doing a database lookup themselves. As of this FarCry version they also handle constructed URLs automatically. Type, view and bodyView arguments are automatically converted to aliases where possible, urlParameters and stParameters are added as /name/value pairs.
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