Fridge as Content Engine Proxy

The Cook can be configured to use the Fridge as its data source instead of the Content Engine. If you first run the Fridge in online mode and use the web site for a while, then the Fridge's cache will slowly fill up with Atom documents and binary files representing all the visited pages. Once enough data has been assembled in this way, you can switch the Fridge into offline mode and continue to use the web site. It will work as before so long as you do not attempt to visit any new pages — if you do visit an uncached page, then the Fridge will return an HTTP "Page not found" error.

This means you can, for example, use the Fridge to enable both back-end recipe development and template development in offline locations where you do not have access to the Content Engine. You can also copy the content of the Fridge's cache to Fridge instances on other machines, enabling other back-end developers to work with the Cook in locations where they do not have access to the Content Engine.