I presented ColdFusion MX 7 to the London CFUG tonight. The event started at 3:00pm with an introduction by Macromedia's Jan Van Jensen, Lucas Sherwood then gave an intro to Flex, Steve Allison introduced Captivate, and then I had 90 minutes or so to present ColdFusion MX 7. I covered printing,...
Erik Lee, of the Macromedia Product Security team, has written an article entitled Configuring ColdFusion MX 7 Server Security . The article lists recommendations and best practices for securing servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7. This is not a...
While the crowds start gathering down under for MXDU, I am about to cross the Atlantic to Europe. I'll be there for 10 days for ColdFusion MX 7 launch activities and events in England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, and Netherlands. A couple of user group meetings have been scheduled too (...
It's no secret that my various public sites have been running on various beta, alpha, and even pre-alpha builds of ColdFusion MX 7 for a long time now. I've actually had lots of different builds running at the same time. Well, last night I made some time to do a clean CFMX7 install, and thankfully...
The original feature matrix posted on the Macromedia ColdFusion page did not adequately explain the differences between ColdFusion MX 7 Standard and ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise. A new ColdFusion Feature Comparison Matrix is now online (with comparisons back to ColdFusion 5).
Looking for ColdFusion MX 7 hosting? Several hosting companies have updated their profiles on my ColdFusion ISP List. Here are the ones currently offering ColdFusion MX 7 hosting .
Lots of you write to let me know about ColdFusion powered sites that you run into, and I share many of those finds via this blog. But now I have a request. I'd like to know of any sites that you run into that are using CFMX7 features (reports, document generation, Flash Forms, etc.). Of course, any...
If you prompt users for login information and need to authenticate again Windows NT domains or Active Directory, take a look at the new tag. The following code snippet authenticates using two passed FORM fields and returns a result structure: The returned structure will the name and authentication...
After a full day of CFMX7 related events and meetings, I spoke to the Tokyo CFUG last night. Or rather, we all spoke. I presented a series of short demos, highlighting CFMX7 functionality that attendees might not have seen. And then we opened the floor to general Q&A. The Tokyo group breaks the...
Some more CFMX7 press links. SMS support seems to be the feature capturing most of the attention. Builder.com: ColdFusion MX 7 hits the streets Computer Weekly: Updated Macromedia development platform focuses on internet and mobiles ITNews.com: ColdFusion MX 7 builds SMS apps for mobile phones...