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Moving to ContentBox and deciding what to do with older Entry Points to Blog
After going through the move over to ContentBox, I had a need to then map any of the older entry points over to the new entry points. I had a number of choices, but decided to take the action I am...
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Update: ColdFusion 10 - Windows 8/2012 update and not updating
I wanted to write this as an update to a post I wrote the other day, as I have some more information on how to do this cleanly. The problem is that to getColdFusioninstalled on Windows 8 / Server...
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Using Interceptors in ColdBox for greater scalabaility
The other day I spoke about how to create your ownCBHelperand inject it into the request for later usage, today I want to to touch a little more on this with the use of interceptors to expand the...
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ColdFusion Arrays and using Java to split strings
I wanted to touch more on this as I got a few emails about the problems with this when using array functions and tags, the one thing to note is that ColdFusion since version 6 is built on top of Java,...
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Commenting your Code, the argument for why you should
Over the years I have seen this question come up time and time again, and the people who argue against it are the people who really should know better. That is not to say they are not good or...
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Adding interceptors to your ContentBox themes
If you have played around withContentBoxthen you would know that this is a great CMS Application, it is entirely flexible and scalable. However the one thing that it is lacking at the moment is to be...
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Bug with Railo Closures that could could be potentially dangerous
I came across a post by John Wish that showed an example of Closures, however I saw an immediate issue with the very first example. When it was raised on theRailomailing list, I am shocked to see that...
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Adding widgets to your ContentBox modules and themes
In a previous post I talked about how you can add interceptors to your ContentBox themes, today I am going to show how easy it is to do the same with widgets, not only to your themes but also to your...
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Alternative Media Server for PS3 and other devices
Awhile ago I blogged about the problems that I was having with PS3 Media Server, since upgrading over to Windows 8, PS3 Media Server has just stopped working. Since looking around at some many...
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Adobe adds CGI check to ColdFusion 10 installation when it is not needed
Anyone who has been following my rants withColdFusion10 and the need to have theCGimodule installed forIIS, would know that I have been asking this question from Adobe sinceColdFusion10 was released....
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Adding multiple pages to ContentBox blog posts
Awhile ago I wascuriousto see, how easy it would be to add multiple page support to blog posts, within ContentBox. The solution was fairly simple, so I thought I would write up this quick post. Not...
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A funky way to replacing Captcha in ContentBox
One of the things that I don't like in ContentBox is the Captcha Widget, and the only reason for that is that the ReCaptcha from Google has all the features to make it better for vision impaired people...
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Extending ContentBox with modules separate to ContentBox
The post title probably doesn't explain this post that well, however what I am going to discuss in this post, is how to add modules to ContentBox that aren't part of the normal ContentBox structure....
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Extending ContentBox with modules separate to ContentBox - Part II
In my previous post,Extending ContentBox with modules separate to ContentBox, I talked about how to setup a module for ContentBox for the UI part of your module. In this post, we will continue with...
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Book review - Mastering EXT JS
First I don't normally do reviews, however this book should be part of any EXT JS developers collection. Mastering Ext JS as the name suggests, is more about putting an application together from start...
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Upload size before CfFile-Upload
I read a blog post fromMister Daiwhere he wanted to know the file size before using cffile, which then lead tothisnice discovery from him. Now the problem is that he is not really solving anything, and...
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Interesting Coldfusion problem with dates
In the last few days, I had just got around to scripting the needed changes to update this blog,so that it was running the latest version of ContentBox. While just running through some quick checks to...
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Interesting ColdFusion scripting problems when refactoring code
Today I managed to solvean issue that has been plaguing me for months on end, which I began cursing Adobe again. Anyway, the interesting thing is the way it actually fails and if I do say so myself it...
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Interesting Closure issues within ColdFusion 10
The other day I got notification that a bug I raised with closures, was to marked closed with a reason of no worth the effort. I raised this because there is a major concern, in regards to how it is...
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ColdFusion could do with better and improved Closure support
I can recall in the days of the ColdFusion 9 beta days, when people had been discussing how to implement script support for custom tags. I can say that a lot of people didn't look at the bigger...
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