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Misc

Dolphins Blowing and Playing with Air Hoops
Dolphins Blowing and Playing with Air Hoops

What is amazing about this video, besides the fact that it is dolphins blowing rings of air and playing with them, is that they seem to learn it from each other! Maybe Douglas Adams was right about dolphins!

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Base Objects
Events - Copy
Session User Facade
Finding out what files around about to be Auto Updated by Mura

The application Event onBeforeAutoUpdate has variable rsDiff which lists all the files that are being update in the mura update just in case you, did what you were told not to and updated on of the core files.

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Mura Scope
Escape L Shortcut for Logging In

Use the short cut Escape L from any Mura Powered site to get the Login Page.

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Mura File Structure

/config/application.cfc - add custom functions, variables etc.. and they will be available every to Mura site. Never  gets updated by the updater.

/config/settings.ini.cfm - you can set up the settings "duh" call functions defined in /config/application.cfc.  Never gets updated by the updater.  Can use Coldspring notation.

/config/coldspring.xml.cfm - never ever modify this file use /config/coldspring.custom.xml.cfm (you will need to create it if it does not exist)

plugins/mappings.cfm - Mura uses this to write info about your plugins. Let Mura edit this file.

/requirements/custom_tags/  contains the core Mura CMS code, CFML, frameworks, customTags etc.. that Mura uses.

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Recent News

May 15, 2012
ColdFusion 10 EULA Changes
ColdFusion 10 EULA Changes

The Devil is in the details isn't it? Did you notice the price increase of ColdFusion 10?  That is not the biggest change you should be concerned about, read the fine print in the EULA that defines what a CPU is to truly understand how much more ColdFusion 10 is going to cost you.

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May 14, 2012
Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective 2012
Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective(2012)

Following the success of the fishbowl panel at Adobe Max 2011, I will once again host an open community discussion starting Friday May 18 at 8:00 PM at the cf.Objective Hyatt Regency.

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April 16, 2012
Bolt Talk: Why cf.Objective(2012) will rock your world with Matt Quackenbush
Bolt Talk: Why cf.Objective(2012) will rock your world with Matt Quackenbush

Matt Quackenbush of the cf.Objective(2012) steering committee joins me to talk about this premiere ColdFusion conference. This year there is great focus on js.Objective(2012) an entire track devoted Java Script, also there is still time (barely) to get in your Lightning Talk submissions. Matt explains what Lightning Talks are and why you should submit one.

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Tags: cfobjective
March 9, 2012
Create your own custom git command!
Create your own custom git command!
February 1, 2012
Bolt Talk: Open CF Summit with Kurt Wiersma
Bolt Talk: Open CF Summit with Kurt Wiersma

Kurt Wiersma joins me on Bolt Talks to explain the mission and purpose of the Open CF Summit.  All users of ColdFusion regardless if they use Adobe ColdFusion, Railo or OpenBD CFML engines can benefit from attending the Open CF Summit.  He also explains the "open space unconference" style of the conference as well as the HackFest that will take place.

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Tags: ColdFusion, Conference, Open Source, Kurt Wiersma, Open CF Summmit
January 27, 2012
Bolt Talk: Mike Henke - Cloudy with a chance of tests.
Bolt Talk: Mike Henke - Cloudy with a chance of tests.

Mike Henke talks about trying to introduce continuous integration and unit testing into his legacy code. Taking a "baby steps" approach he tells how he sets up a continuous integration environment, to test code changes even without unit testing.

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Tags: CI, Unit testing, Jenkins, ColdFusion, Henke, legacy code, continuous integration, source control, GIT
January 13, 2012
Bolt Talk: Luis Majano - ContentBox an Enterprise level content management system.
Bolt Talk: Luis Majano - ContentBox an Enterprise level content management system.

 Luis Majano is the founder of Ortus Solutions an Open Source Software company that is responisble for the ColdBox Framework, Wirebox, Forgebox & all things "Box." Their latest offering is an Enterprise level content management system, not surprisingly named: "ContentBox."  Luis joins me on BoltTalks to chat with me about ContentBox. 

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Tags: CMS, ColdFusion, Open Source, ColdBox
January 6, 2012
Bolt Talk:The Future of BlogCFC with Scott Stroz
Bolt Talk:The Future of BlogCFC with Scott Stroz

 BlogCFC is the most widely know opensource blogging software written to run on ColdFusion.  The brain child of Ray "ColdFusion Jedi" Camden, BlogCFC has had some recent news regarding it's future.  Scott Stroz aka Boyzoid joins me on Bolt Talks to talk to me about these exciting changes.

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Tags: Blog, CMS, Open Source, ColdFusion
December 8, 2011
Bolt Talk:Getting Involved in the Community, Why? with Michael Seid
Bolt Talk:Getting Involved in the Community, Why? with Michael Seid
Tags: Community
December 7, 2011
How to use showerror with cfabort in CFScript
How to use showerror with cfabort in CFScript

With CFabort you display a custom error message when the page aborts this way: <cfabort showerror="My Fail Whale message"> But how do you do it in cfscript?

 

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