Well, Being as Coldfusion version 8 (aka Scorpio) has been released, I decided to try and get my server copy updated as well... However, being a CHEAP ... I decided only to move up to version 7.. I really couldn't pass it up. My server was running version 6.1 and I could have upgraded to 8 for ONLY $649.00.. But, Looking on EBAY I found a NEW... Still in the original package, plastic wrap still on the box, never opened, never used copy of the FULL version of CFMX 7.0.2. And, for ONLY $ … [Read more...]
Day for Announcements!!
Well, today is starting to shape up quite nicely. This morning Adobe announced the beta release of Coldfusion 8 (Scorpio). Head over and check it out.. From the examples going on over at Ray Camden's Site It looks like this release will be well worth it!! And Also, a friend of mine just e-mailed me with this little tid-bit: Fred Dalton Thompson is planning to enter the presidential race over the Fourth of July holiday, announcing that week that he has already raised several million … [Read more...]
The Online Coldfusion Meetup Group
If you live in an area without a local User group... I do... then I would suggest signing up for the: Click here to check outThe Online Coldfusion Meetup Group! The next meeting will be about: "Attack of the Spam Bots" RSVP now Jake Munson, creator of CFQuickDocs, will discuss various methods for preventing spammers from attacking your forms. CAPTCHA is very popular, and there are also some new prevention techniques appearing on the horizon. He will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of … [Read more...]
GotCFM?
Just read over at Ray Camden's Blog about a new site released by Rey Bango called GotCFM.com. GotCFM.com is a site dedicated to promoting ColdFusion-related technologies. It is a site for CFML evangelism and knowledge. It is a site that will let people understand why the CF community loves this engine and why ColdFusion-centric technologies *ARE* an amazing choice for building scalable and engaging websites. So, take some time and go over and submit all of your Coldfusion powered … [Read more...]
Upload Files with Coldfusion.. It’s Simple!!
This is simple... simple I say!!! Uploading files to your website using Coldfusion is actually a Simple process... There is nothing really secret or sinister about this so.. here we go: … [Read more...]
New Year Update Reminder
Just a quick reminder to everyone out there... It's a New Year ... (Yippeeeee!!!) If you're still doing it by hand, don't forget to update the Copyright Dates on your web sites. If you're doing it automatically.. Good for you!! Keep up the Good work. Just check to see that it did what it was supposed to do. If you want to do it automatically, I blogged about a couple of methods a while back: Update-Copyright-in-Javascript-and-Coldfusion Check it out... great time saver.. … [Read more...]
Simple Pop-up: Fuel
Weird title, huh?! Well, last time I showed you all the code I like to use for Simple pop-up Windows. Really simple and easy to use. This window is useful when you are displaying product details, Biographical details etc. Really, anytime you are returning a list and you want to save space on the main page. To Fuel this window you need to start with the main page of info. For example, we have these products listed on our page: Lets pretend that we want the user to be able to click … [Read more...]