Category: ColdFusion

Feb 4 2010

CFML 101 - Grouping arrays for column presentation

 

This is an idea I got from a Ruby on Rails extension called in_groups_of.

Basically the idea behind this method, is to be able to get an array of any size, and split it up in groups of arrays with smaller sizes.

One application that keeps coming back over and over again, is the ability to display tabular data in columns instead of rows.

Imagine the following array as an example:

 

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  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 3:00 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | CFML - 101

Feb 2 2010

CFEclipse 1.3.5 - Bug found + workaround

Bug found on CFEclipse 1.3.5
(Photo: slowdown)

I tried reporting this on track, but it wouldn't let me register for some reason.

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  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 12:10 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | CFML - 101

Feb 2 2010

CFEclipse 1.3.5 Released

CFEclipse 1.3.5 Release news
(Photo: TalkingTree)

It just came to my attention that CFEclipse 1.3.5 has been released, and as usual I am a bit late announcing it.

From the what's new page, we can see that loads have been added to it, but the highlights in my opinion are:

  1. Proposal Categories
  2. Function Proposals
  3. An option to automatically format code
  4. Occurrence marking, which will automatically highlight all the occurrences of a selected string
  5. Opening Files from the OS (CFEclipseCall)
Well done to the CFEclipse team!

  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 10:43 AM - Categories: ColdFusion | CFML - 101

Aug 20 2009

MangoBlog 1.4 Released and Important notes

I'm probably late on this one, but mangoBlog v1.4 has just been released. From the changelogs:

What's new in version 1.4

  • Revisions of posts and pages are now stored and user can "restore" an older version
  • Added a permission for users to not to be able to access the administation (thanks to Seb Duggan)
  • Added a replacement for Verity search to search in database directly (this search now includes comments). It is the default search now.
  • Plugin settings are now stored in database, which should make it easier to migrate a blog
  • TinyMCE editor upgraded
  • Configuration file now has placeholders for base path so that directories do not need to be hardcoded in configuration file
  • Ability to disable or enable threading
  • Plugins made for ColdFusion 8 only can extend org.mangoblog.plugins.BasePlugin without including BasePlugin in their own folder
  • Friendly URLs for author archives

Changes in theme tags:

  • Added a descending order option for the comments tag
  • Enhanced Posts tag to be able to show posts for a given author
  • AuthorProperty tag can now output the name of the role of the author
  • Added AuthenticatedAuthor tag that allows the theme to know if the current visitor is logged in

Administration:

  • Post pagination and search
  • Session will be maintained while user is writing a post or page
  • Added permission to manage pods and to run blog updates
  • Drafts now always "float" to the top of the list
  • Ability to remove plugins
  • Added "beforeAdminPageContentEnd" event to the bottom of the page edit screen and "beforeAdminPostContentEnd" to the bottom of the post edit screen
  • Ability to manually set the post URL (thanks to Seb Duggan)
  • Added more functionality to BasePlugin to make it easier to write plugins. 
  • Plugins can now run their own upgrade method when a new version is installed via the administration
  • Paging for authors screen
  • Cosmetic changes: Add ons renamed to Plugins, go directly to edit mode after adding a new post or page (thanks to Seb Duggan), changed Pod Manager icon

Updates to new installs:

  • Added new plugin that allows keeping the old BlogCFC URLs functional
  • Added sample data
  • Include CFFormProtect (enabled by default instead of Captchas)
  • New default theme called Cutline
  • New installs on Railo will now have an error on main page (thanks to Andrea Campolonghi)

Plugins updated:

  • formRememberer (included in update)
  • CFFormProtect (not included in automatic update)

Bug fixes:

  • Solved some compatibility issues with Railo
  • Fixed XSS vulnerability (themes need to be updated to take advantage of this)
  • Preview link was wrong in future posts
  • Comments are now rejected if comments are closed for a post or page
  • Error when entering an empty search string
  • Error when not using friendly URLs
  • and more...

Important:

Now, for those who are using Railo and are updating via admin interface. There is a bug with the mango updater and Railo, Laura (Mango blog's developer) explains:

"This is a known issue with Railo (we should report it, since it is an incompatibility with CF). I thought 1.3.1 included the fix, but apparently not.

Open file components/Updater.cfc and change line 436 from

to:

"

More info can be found here:

Mango 1.4 upgrade bug / Railo 3.1 / Centos 5

  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 5:21 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | Railo | Mango Blog

Jul 3 2009

ColdFusion 9 ORM and why I see deception

Not trying to be contradictive here (maybe a little bit) or rain on anyones parade, but I've been hearing and seeing loads of fuss from people who are "just waiting" for ColdFusion 9 ORM to be released, or some people who have projects where ColdFusion 9 ORM "would suit just perfectly".

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  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 3:06 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | Adobe | Technology

Jun 23 2009

Another free ColdFusion service - cfaday

 

I've just published the last piece of the puzzle. For those who read my last blog post, you should be already familiar with the "a day series"

It's a small set of applications aimed to all ColdFusion Developers who want to go the extra mile, and not limit their knowledge to only a small set of information.

The functionality is pretty simple, you set one of the URL's as your homepage, and every time you open a new page/tab, it shows you a new ColdFusion function or tag deppending on the flavor you chose.

I'm now publishing the version that includes it all:

 

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  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 11:05 AM - Categories: ColdFusion | Adobe | Tag of the day

Jun 21 2009

Two new and free ColdFusion services for you!

So I've been playing with Google App Engines, and decided to create two projects in favour of our beloved ColdFusion.

I know there's tons of that stuff around the web, but I wanted to make one that would actually help people from all levels. I'll put their URL's here first, so you can cease your curiosity, and then I'll explain more as we go.

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  comments - Posted by Marcos Placona at 11:25 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | CFML - 101







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