Feb 9
I've been playing with Farcry 4 code name Gonzales since November last year and its now coming along with leaps and bounds. The form tools are a joy to behold! Creating custom data types is now an utter delight! All you have to do is run set up your properties, deploy the type, scaffold the admin and you're all set to use your new type! But I digress! This is something I'll have to write about another day.
One of the other new features of Farcry 4 is libraries. A lot of the CMSs you see out there, postnuke, e107, mambo etc. all have the ability to plug in new modules developed by the swathes of unwashed php developers out there. ;oD Farcry has always had this ability through custom types, but in FC3 its all a bit embroiled in the specific project or the core code. The new library functionality makes it much easier to create discrete applications that can be easily plugged into Farcry.
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Jan 18
I'm going to post a few articles on "stuff" relating to Farcry 3 and doing some introductions to new features in Gonzales (Farcry 4 Beta).
Here's a short one to get me started.
Steven Clason recently asked on the farcry dev list how do I get the filename for an teaser image that has been added to a fact.
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Dec 4
Starting at the beginning here's the first of my articles about Farcry.
Installing Farcry is a pretty painless process as long as you remember to do the updates after installing and before you get into the webtop. So what you need?
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Dec 1
Well I did the demo last night. Of course, as it was my first time presenting using Adobe Connect, it and JRun knew this and made my life hell from the very start.
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Nov 30
After my failed attempt to sort myself out to do a presentation last night, I am ready (as I'll ever be) to do my presentation tonight.
Take a look at the related entry for what I'm going to be talking about, but here are the Adobe Connect details and the presentation time.
Title : Farcry Basics and an Intro to Gonzales, Farcry 4
Time :
8pm GMT
Date : Thursday November 30th
Location :
Adobe Connect
I'm actually pretty nervous about this presentation, but also looking forward to it too now! I just hope I don't end up talking to myself ;)
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