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Updating the course for FarCry 6.x. If you can help let us know! Put your notes in the comments for the page.

Additional topics to be considered for this unit:

  • introduce the difference between views on the content type (ie type or listing views) and views on individual content items/instances
  • introduce friendly URLs; these will be covered in more detail in Webskin II
  • explain the use of the webskin tracer; developers need to learn this immediately
  • introduce view inheritance ie. views coming from core and plugins as well as the project
  • explain how headers and footers work
  • explain in detail the way skin:view works
  • give examples of relevant @@viewdecorators where possible

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In this unit we learn about webskins: the "view" for FarCry Framework. Webskins form the presentation tier of any FarCry application. By the end of this unit you should have a basic understanding of how webskins are managed, their relationship to content types and how to create your own.

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