Jeff Coughlin jeff@jeffcoughlin.com FarCry 3.0 An Overview Jeff Coughlin jeff@jeffcoughlin.com

What We’ll Go Over Who is Jeff Coughlin? Why Use FarCry? Minimum Requirements Installation Example General Site Configuration User Security Content Editing Examples Dynamic Content Examples Resource Links

Who is Jeff Coughlin? Developing in ColdFusion since 1999 Network Engineer for 7 years before discovering ColdFusion Owner of Versatile Internet Solutions, LLC

Why Use FarCry? FarCry is an enterprise-level web content management system built and maintained by Daemon (An internet consulting company based out of Australia). Open Source (Common Public License 1.0) Fully extensible application framework Commercially supported services model No limit on number of users or content items Upgrades are free and simple to deploy

Minimum Requirements Application Server Database ColdFusion MX 6.1 Database MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL (Support for Oracle is still being finalized in FarCry 3.0) FarCry Files (farcry_core, fourQ, farcry_pliant) Where to get these files: Stable build: http://www.farcrycms.org Latest files from CVS (instructions on FarCry website) Nightly builds: http://www.jeffcoughlin.com Moderate Knowledge of ColdFusion and CFCs

Installation Example Extract FarCry files (C:\farcry) Setup a domain name and webserver (IIS/Apache) Create a web admin alias (i.e. “farcry”) and point it to “farcry_core/admin”) Create a blank database and datasource Create a CF mapping called “farcry” (required) Suggested Plugins Friendly URL (requires URL mod rewrite) imageJ Run Installer (/farcry/install) Widgets Inc.

General Site Configuration Site Title Site Tagline Rich Text Editor tinyMCE, FCKEditor, HTMLArea, soEditor, and more Locale Site Logo Path Plugins Friendly URL imageJ

User Security By default FarCry uses a roles-based security model FarCry can integrate with existing LDAP and Active Directory configurations

Content Editing Examples Static content HTML pages Bulk image/file uploads Quick site builder Category tree quick builder Assign catgories to content items for relationships

Dynamic Content Examples News/Events Containers Includes Custom types Verity Search Integration RSS/XML content syndication SES Friendly URLs Reporting Website statistics (session paths, browser summary, Google searchs, in-site searches, and more) User auditing (login/logout, user activity)

Resources FarCry website http://www.farcrycms.org FarCry wiki(s) Developer Guide and User Guide http://docs.farcrycms.org:8080/confluence FarCry bug tracker http://bugs.farcrycms.org:8080 FarCry mailing lists http://www.farcrycms.org/go/support/community-support New FarCry Default Skin Coming Soon http://www.mollio.org

Questions and Answers How to contact me http://www.jeffcoughlin.com jeff@jeffcoughlin.com jeff@versatileinternet.com