How about mentioning the version that ran on Railo?
Farcry 6.0.18
Was a very happy day for me ;-)
On 17 July 2012 13:21, Geoff Bowers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I want to put together a simple historical roadmap of features back to
> FarCry 3.x. While we have a bunch of very detailed release notes for point
> and patch releases, there's nothing really succinct and marketing oriented
> giving people the broad strokes reasons for upgrading. Would like to get
> something like this onto the website.
>
> This is a quick refresher on key points since 3.x off the top of my head.
> Am I missing anything? I know I am! Let me know your favourite features
> over the years.
>
> # 4.x (codename: Gonzales)
> Very significant release -- separated farcry core (the framework) from
> a lot of the CMS features (released as farcrycms plugin). Essentially
> FarCry became a true framework. Introduction of the awesome
> "formtool" technology for building and rendering content types.
>
> # 5.x (codename: Fortress, Motley et al)
> Series of security updates, performances improvements and a multitude
> of behind the scenes changes.
>
> # 6.0 (codename: Formality)
> In 6.0 FarCry introduced jQuery, jQuery UI as the standard libraries
> for the webtop. A significant series of UI and usability enhancements
> for contributors. Also a ton of related plugins were published:
> http://plugins.farcrycore.org
>
> 6.0 also introduced image manipulation built into the CMS
> (specifically when using formtools), leveraging the CFIMAGE
> capabilities of CF8. And in later versions (like 6.0.9 or something)
> it introduced even better image tools like jCrop and ajax auto-upload
> and processing of images. A ton of other features (like JS/CSS
> combine helps tremendously with front end site performance, caching in
> general.
>
> If you're not on at least 6.0 its hard to understand just how far the
> FarCry publishing platform has come.
>
> # 6.1 (codename: Mayonnaise)
> Major features include managing database precision, indexation and
> schema changes in the framework ORM as well as easier type and rule
> deployment. Updated caching models with integrated support for reverse
> proxy servers (eg Varnish) and EH Cache. Awesome for developers,
> minimal impact for editors.
>
> For example, we run the entire Australian Olympics portfolio on this
> platform -- performing well in the lead up to London 2012 :)
>
> # 6.2 (codename: Fandango)
> The most recent release -- nice and pretty UI changes :) Incorporates
> support for automated mobile theming, a revamp of all security
> interfaces for editors and developers, lots of usability enhancements.
> All round a nice release for users in the same way 6.1 was a release
> for developers.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
> -- geoff
> http://www.daemon.com.au/
> skype. gb.daemon
> twitter. @modius
>
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