When I first found Farcry about 6 months ago, I thought Wow! this looks good, but how the heck do I make it do what I want it to. So I dropped it and looked, unsuccessfully, elsewhere.
Late last year I thought I would give Farcry a second chance, but this time I would get my shovel and magnifying glass out and explore it in detail to see if I could find out how it works. I am still exploring and learning, but I am convert to Farcry.
My advice to other newcomers, like myself, is to get your shovel and magnifying glass out, and do some digging within Farcry, you will be surprised as to what you find and learn, far more than by just reading documentation. Follow the excellent walkthroughs, but tailer them to your requirements, you will learn more this way. Read the NG, current and past messages, there is tons of advice and examples there.
Farcry is an out-of-the-box solution, when I discuss it with a potential client, I tell them, that thanks to the guys at Daemon, I can get their website up and running in 30 minutes (well i do like to make and drink a cup of coffee during the painless install). What does take longer, however, is to style it to their requirements, and to leverage the best use of what Farcry does and what you can add to Farcry to give a rock solid, reliable, scalable website that will grow with their business.
I have just recently turned a request to create an opt-in email newsletter into a full blown Farcry CMS website with the email newsletter tagged on to it as an extra. This has been achieved by demonstrating what Farcry comes with and describing what will be done to tailor it for my clients requirements. Having that base model of Farcry to demonstrate, shows the client the solid foundations that their website will be built on.
Thanks again to all Daemon and the support of all in this NG.
Chris.
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