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Mixing CFLAYOUT and PDF/Flash
[2007-11-14] Michael Brennan-White asks:

EXIF Metadata with ColdFusion 8
[2007-10-31] One example that I've been meaning to post is how to get Image Metadata using the Exchangeable Image File Format or EXIF a using ColdFusion 8.

What You Shouldn't be Doing in ColdFusion
[2007-09-25] A few weeks ago I saw an interesting post on Dzone about what you shouldn't do in Python. (See the article here.)

Slow Page Reports with ColdFusion 8
[2007-09-12] Many moons ago, I reported on how you could write a template to parse your server.log file for slow page reports.

FeedBurner CFC
[2007-08-27] I've been using FeedBurner for quite sometime now to host my RSS feeds, and when they bought Blogbeat, I was even happier since Blogbeat was a great blog-stats tool.

Getting Space Available on a Hard Drive (partition)
[2007-08-22] I'm working on a tutorial for a client involving file uploads (which I'll be sharing on the blog). In the tutorial I talk a bit about monitoring the number of uploads and how much space they are taking.

Preselecting a Tab via the URL in ColdFusion 8
[2007-08-08] A quick and simple tip - ColdFusion 8 lets you set a default selected tab by using selected="true" in the tab.

Updating ColdFusionBloggers.org - Using CFDIV for Paging
[2007-07-25] So once again I'm messing with ColdFusionBloggers to show off some ColdFusion 8 AJAX goodness.

ColdFusion 8: Working with PDFs
[2007-07-11] Ok, time for a little revelation. This may prevent me from ever working for Adobe, but I have to be honest.

Quick Example of CFTHREAD & a Warning
[2007-06-27] Other people have talked about CFTHREAD (see Ben Nadel's excellent post on the topic) so I'm not going to bother with a full description of the tag.

AJAX UI Windows in Coldfusion 8
[2007-06-27] I've been blogging about new ColdFusion UI controls in ColdFusion 8 and today I'm discussing CFWINDOW.

Tracking Users
[2007-06-13] Rob sent in an interesting question this morning concerning tracking users and their activities.

Client & Session Storage Questions
[2007-05-16] Slawko (why do my readers always seem to have cool names?) asks an interesting question about Client and Session storage:

Variable Type Gotchas: ColdFusion List Delimeters
[2007-05-02] During my presentation earlier this week, I brought up a few 'Gotchas' that ColdFusion developers may not be aware of.

Coldfusion: Duplicate Application Name Issue
[2007-04-13] A friend of mine was tearing his hair out trying to solve a problem that occurred randomly.

Model-Glue - Watch Out for Renamed Events
[2007-03-28] So I think everyone knows that if you redesign a web site, you can potentially end up with renamed files and the like which means old URLs will no longer work.

Accurately Tracking Data Views
[2007-03-14] A user posted an interesting question over on my forums that I thought I'd share with others.

Server Side Paging and Spry
[2007-02-26] A while ago I promised a demo showing how to use Spry's new PagedView feature to combine client and server side paging.

Baby Steps - Object Factories
[2007-02-14] About a week or so ago I attended a presentation on object factories by Rob Gonda.

Debugging Tip for Flex/ColdFusion
[2007-01-29] There are multiple methods of debugging applications, including the very cool FusionDebug, log files, ServiceCapture, and the debugging rolled into Flex Builder 2 itself.

Parsing XML As Query Object In Coldfusion
[2007-01-17] I work in the financial industry as a developer and not that the financial industry has any greater implementation of XML than any other, but web applications that utilize back office processing for loan applications, or new account opening processes, or retail internet banking applications all to some extent make calls to a host. Many times it's a DB2 database, and many times some other process that returns account information or validation information in xml format.

Consuming RSS Feeds With ColdFusion
[2007-01-03] ColdFusion doesn't seem to get the respect it deserves amongst the dedicated Java or .NET or even PHP development circles, but having worked in all of those environments, I'd like to state for the record, that completing a large scale development project AHEAD of schedule, keeping your Business Managers and Projects Managers happy, and let's not forget the most important of all...

Session Metrics w/ Application.cfc
[2006-12-19] A few months ago I blogged (How ColdFusion can save your business) about how you can use the onSessionEnd feature of Application.cfc to track the success of your ecommerce site.

Helms on ColdFusion
[2006-12-06] Fusion Authority has published an interesting editorial by Hal Helms, scheduled for inclusion in FAQU 3.

Where You Put Your CFERROR Tag Matters
[2006-12-04] Chalk this up to the "I can't believe you never saw this before" file.