Getting Started

The FarCry Express demo is fully functional. It’s only a sample application, but it should give you a feel for how FarCry works and is a great starting point for building your own tailor made CMS solutions.

There’s a comprehensive guide to editing and contributing in the FarCry environment.

The typography page shows examples of all the various styles and classes for the Fandango theme in action. Just view source on your browser to see exactly how these styles are implemented.

When you’ve finished with the Demo you might want to consider getting a proper installation going in your development and production environments.

The FarCry Core Downloads page has all the latest builds available. For older builds you can check the FarCry Builds page, or go direct to the FarCry Source Tree.

Be sure to consult the [FarCry Installation Guide] when installing for the first time. The FarCry frameowrk is pretty flexible in terms of installation configuration, but its a good idea to get a handle on the basics first.

Once you’ve got your own FarCry installation going, you will want to have a crack at building something. We have a bunch of handy resources for that:

• Developer Course: the Daemon FarCry Developer Course is freely available for anyone to follow along
• Documentation WIKI: a truck load of documentation on all aspects of the FarCry publishing platform
• FarCry Cheatsheet: once you get past the basics, print out this great little “two pager”

If you get stuck, give us a shout! The FarCry developer community is a friendly, if motley, crew of ColdFusion developers united by our love of FarCry.

• Forums/Mailing list is friendly! Ask questions, we want to help
• Committers Blog contains regular tips, announcements of upcoming features and more
• FarCry Google Custom Index covers all the official FarCry websites for development, forums, plugins, documentation and regular FarCry bloggers

If you want some professional help, look no further than the Daemonites. We built FarCry and have a business based on servicing the FarCry developer community.

• Instructor Led Training
• Development: Fixed Cost Projects & Time and Materials
• Mentoring & Code Review
• Commercial License (for when the GPL is too restrictive for your company)