February 13, 2005
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...
February 12, 2005
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 (...
February 12, 2005
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...
February 10, 2005
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).
February 10, 2005
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 .
February 9, 2005
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...
February 9, 2005
The Tabasco web site is powered by ColdFusion MX (and uses Flash too). Thanks to Tony Weeg for this one.
February 8, 2005
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...
February 8, 2005
Calvin Klein Underwear is powered by ColdFusion MX and Fusebox (and uses lots of Flash, too). Thanks to Micha Schopman for bringing this one to my attention. Oh, and sorry about that cheesy title. ;-)
February 8, 2005
Like many NFL teams, the official web site of Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots , is powered by ColdFusion. Game reports, stats, cheerleader info, streaming audio and video, news updates, and an e-commerce section, all powered by ColdFusion. Thanks to Ed Higgins for alerting me to this...