There is an issue when using search engine safe (SES) URL’’s in ColdFusion MX where the ”?” is not used in the URL string. This was solved with Updater 3.0 however here is the work-around kindly provided by “AssetNow”.
Add a servlet mapping to the web.xml file found in C:\\CFusionMX\\wwwroot\\WEB-INF (for ColdFusion MX default installation).
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CfmServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
No doubt the future of our development world will be dominated by wireless technologies. It is in truth a slow process but it will happen. Here is a good resource from Macromedia on existing and forthcoming developments for wireless and mobile devices.
This is a great information source from Macromedia relating to MX Connector issues and changes.
We have been inspired many times at Webapper by both internal and external achievements and insights. This article pointed out by Brian Leroux is really worth the read. It addresses the sometimes fatal flaw of waiting too long to put out that second version and the reasons why that happens.
This is an indispensible set of Custom Tags with C++ source code to use ColdFusion for all things Windows networking, NT Domains IIS etc. Now updated to cover CFMX.
Nick Bradbury created two titans of web application products in HomeSite and TopStyle and he has a current beta going for an RSS Feed Reader called FeedDeemon. There’’s a lot of buzz around this and you can find details and a download area here.
There are so many exceptional people in the ColdFusion-Flash-Fusebox communities. Michael and Judith Dinowitz have been a major influence and contributors to the ongoing success of ColdFusion with the mailing lists they manage, CF-Talk and many others. Michael has just released a Regex Tool which is available here.
Web Services continue to grow in importance and influence particularly for Enterprise Applications. This is a useful working example of creating and calling a Web Service in ColdFusion MX for querying an LDAP Service.
ArcIMS provides the foundation for distributing high-end geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping services via the Internet. ArcIMS software enables users to integrate local data sources with Internet data sources for display, query, and analysis in an easy-to-use Web browser. Here is a blog/information resource for all things ARCIMS and ColdFusion.
Our world just keeps more and more interesting. This is a great resource for all things related to Flash Remoting. Tom Muck is the creator and Tom has been another great Luminary of Macromedia products for some time.
