I am looking for ColdFusion developers to work on a project I am working on. I need someone with 8+ years experience and who understands OO concepts. If you're interested; send me an email to : webmaster@easycfm.com.

I've been busy working on the new EasyCFM... In the 8+ years the site has been up; it's been a repository of tutorials and online forums; that's great but we need to bring in some new features and things to bring it into the new era... with that being said; new things are coming... soon! Stay tuned! (I don't want to spoil the surprises) :)

And yes, the developers I am looking for above are for the new changes.... so let me hear from you if you're interested!

~P

A few days ago a user on Easy asked a question about tracking users click through your site, like a breadcrumbs.... now naturally my suggestion was to insert a value to the database and then (based on the user's IP address) return back the data for display. This is still my favorite solution as it is quick and painless; the user however asked me to provide a solution that did not involve the database... so here goes nothing.... (disclaimer, use the database it's better and allows you to get data long term, but for a short timespan type thing this might help you... so I thought I'd post it.

As mentioned before, the database is the best route; but this is one route you could go.

I wanted to post a little message letting everyone know that Free ColdFusionHosting.Com (Formerly CFM-Resources.Com) now supports ColdFusion 9 for your account. I upgraded it last night to provide you with the latest and greatest features. More features are in the works as we speak, the control panel is getting an overhaul so you can create your own datasources and more.... things are about to get "fun" again..... So what do you get for free?

So I am thinking of doing something on easycfm.com that would bring out some development and creativity, but I am looking for some suggestionsand ideas from the community.

If MacGyver could use a paperclip for multiple uses... what would you define your personal tool, tag, inhouse tool, framework, anything to be to achieve the same thing? One thing to do many things with.

I'm looking for some suggestions and ideas on a good hack day that we can run to show the world that ColdFusion is not only scalable, but also re-usable. The final idea here is to develop something that we can all use to demonstrate the power of ColdFusion (and maybe with other technologies?)

Anyway, just an idea.. anu suggestions? ideas? Let me hear it... I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I am willing to give out a nice prize to the winner (cash? something electronic? your thoughts on this also)..

I just have been hearing a lot lately that ColdFusion is not as scalable or powerful as other languages (and though I know this is said a lot and has been said for years, I'd like to prove everyone wrong with a single or multiple examples that we can demonstrate the true power of ColdFusion).

So c'mon, let's hear your thoughts... don't be shy, any suggestions is better then none... so speak up!

We all love ColdFuion and would love to see it grow even more then it has in the last decade and I believe if we all pull together we can do it.... so let's hear it!

Pablo

Tonight I went through and made some changes on the server. We were having some issues with the setup and so I reconstructed the server from the ground up... If you run into any issues, please let me know so I can correct it!

Simply drop me an email and let me know!

More new changes coming soon; please stay tuned!

EasyCFM.COM has changed the way ColdFusion authors get compensated for their work, in the past we would hold contests and sweepstakes and if your tutorial won you would get a prize! We understand that as rewarding and exciting as this is; most people love to get paid for their work (even when they are helping others) no matter what!

With this in mind, we have created a new system to compensate authors posting their work on our site. Every tutorial you post will pay you out real money (based on a few different criterias):

1. Length of your tutorial - By length we mean how many words exist in the tutorial, how much explanation do you put into it, do you really drive the user to understand your topic, etc. We're looking for the best authors out there, that can provide good explanations of how to do things with ColdFusion, so get creative, explain it in full detail and get paid more money!
2. Quality of your work - We provide bonuses (after-the fact) to the most successful tutorials posted on the site. (and you can get more then one for a single tutorial... so you can continue to make money even after the tutorial has been on the site for a long time!) The bonus structure is based on feedback from our community, popularity of your tutorial, visitor ratings & feedback, etc). We will track it and then add money to your account instantly for providing high quality work!

So start making some money today, upload your fresh tutorial content and together we'll make EasyCFM.COM bigger and better; but more importantly; get some cash in your pocket!

New, bigger and better things are coming on EasyCFM.COM.... here's a taste of what we've done so far!

I wanted to announce some changes done recently to EasyCFM.COM. These changes were done at the requests of our community using Firefox (mostly) and to go back to our original style designs. (People said they missed the "reddish" colors).

Here is a list of items that were recently changed.

• Forum was modified to display color scheme in firefox. Previously it would not keep the same look at Internet Explorer. This was due to a bug in the original forum software. I went through and modified all the code to correct the issue.
• Corrected the layout of all the pages throughout the site to ensure that the intended design was consistent throughout all browsers.
• Modified the site logo to keep a constant link to our twitter account (Tweet!!).
• Changed the site-wide stylesheet design and color schemes to the original colors, bye bye blue! Woo Hoo!
• Modified the menu for the site (top area) to be CFMENU driven to take advantage of newer better built-in ColdFusion technology. Look for new areas to be developed on the site; so we can continue to add to the menu!

If you have any additional suggestions or would like to see anything else added/modified.... please let me know! After all it's all about our community! You make this site the success it is, we never forget that!

More great things to come!

I wanted to post a quick post that I will be working on a set of tutorials that deal with user interfaces (design, usability, etc) that can all be achieved with ColdFusion. the first tutorial will deal with CFMENU. That tutorial can be seen here: ColdFusion User Interfaces - Series (CFMENU).

I will be also working on some additional tutorials to demonstrate the ease of use to deploy some powerful sites.... more to come on that... Chek out the tutorial and let me know what you think!

I was just thinking about how far EasyCFM.COM has come since I launched it in 2002 (after leaving CFM-Resources) and how many people have gotten help or bettered themselves through it and it really does blow my mind away...

I am always in awe of how good this community is to each other. Being part of other communities (c#, flash, photoshop, etc) I can say that the ColdFusion community always impresses me with their willingness to help other developers and how far they go to ensure people get it. It really has come a long way..... here's an example:

Back in the day; I remember starting out the first tutorial sweepstakes and giving away a couple hundred bucks to to the winner... this time around I am giving three prizes for the winning tutorial submissions...

Winner - $1,000.00 in cash
Second Place - $750.00 in cash
Third Place - $500.00 in cash

How awesome is that... I mean I know its not about the money (at least not to me) but it shows me that the site has matured and that it's come a long way since back in '02.

Anyways... just thinking outloud :)