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- Login to the Webtop and click on the Home Page dmHTML object in the site tree (the white page icon... not the blue dmNavigation object)
- Copy the objectid of this object to the ClipBoard (located at the bottom of the summary for the object)
- Now, locate the ./webskin/dmHTML folder in your project
- Take note of the current webskins in that folder.
- Now enter a url to call each of the webskins in that folder using the following format
Code Block title Example URLs Only http://localhost:8888/index.cfm?objectid=E689D66F-96FD-E9F6-B1AF64B8DAE78A69&view=displayPageStandard http://superheroes.locallocalhost:8888/index.cfm?objectid=E689D66F-96FD-E9F6-B1AF64B8DAE78A69&view=displayPage3Col http://superheroes.locallocalhost:8888/index.cfm?objectid=E689D66F-96FD-E9F6-B1AF64B8DAE78A69&view=displayTeaserStandard
- Discuss how this forms the basis of almost ALL web applications
Creating Webskins
The "smart controller" wires up the content type, the content item and webskin (view) by convention based on the parameters in the URL.
Webskins are literally just ColdFusion templates. Any file with a .cfm extension in a directory under ./myproject/webskin will be automatically registered as a webskin by the FarCry Framework. Consequently only files that you intend to be webskins should ever be stored here. To create a webskin simply create the template in the correct directory and RELOAD/RESTART the application.
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When a FarCry application starts it works out all the available webskins for every content type and stores them in memory. Every time you add a new webskin you need to reload the application in order for the system to recognise it. If you are logged in you can reload the application from the "Tray Menu" or by simply running a page with &updateapp=1 at the end of the URL (if you are logged in). Alternatively, if you only want to reload part of the application, go into the [ webtop / admin / developer utilities / reload application ] and simply select the options you wish to reload. This is a handy tab to have open at all times while your developing and constantly adding/updating webskins and metadata. |
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