ColdFusion

Author:Mike Muller
Language:english
Category:Programming,
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Macromedia's ColdFusion is a rapid application development platform. Through the use of a tag-based scripting language, it enables you to build and to deploy powerful web-based applications. Even if you do not have any type of programming experience, learning ColdFusion is a breeze with the help of Mike Muller. He guides you through this Virtual Training Company tutorial by taking you through the development of an actual community web site. He reviews connecting to databases with SQL, using includes and scoped variables. He also covers the user log-in process, creating cork boards, searchable directories, screen-scraping, and much more. Start learning now by clicking one of the topics below.
ColdFusionColdFusion: Macromedia's ColdFusion is a rapid application development platform. Through the use of a tag-based scripting language, it enables you to build and to deploy powerful web-based applications. Even if you do not have any type of programming experience, learning ColdFusion is a breeze with the help of Mike Muller. He guides you through this Discovery Computer Training tutorial by taking you through the development of an actual community web site. He reviews connecting to databases with SQL, using includes and scoped variables. He also covers the user log-in process, creating "cork boards," searchable directories, "screen-scraping," and much more. Start learning now by clicking one of the topics below. Listed below are all of the chapter and lesson contents for the ColdFusion Try For Free Right Now To help you evaluate our training, we have made some of the tutorials for ColdFusion freely available. Click on any of the linked lesson listings below to preview Free! ColdFusion
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Macromedia ColdFusion

Introduction

What is Cold Fusion?
Whats Covered? What Should You Know?
Additional Resources and Support
What You Need to Develop in CF
CF Studio: Connecting to the Server Via FTP
Absolute FTP: Connecting to the Server

Adhering to Standards

Building a Site with Standards
Design Concepts CFINCLUDE Templates
Creating the Access Database
Importing Flat File into Access
What Well Shoot for

Review

Quick Review of FORM:SELECT
SQL:SELECT; CFQUERY; CFOUTPUT
FORM:SELECT MULTIPLE; Dynamically!

The Business Directory

Working on the Business Directory (in progress)
CFIF nbsp for phone number
CFIF; TRIM(); SQL:WHERE
SQL:LIKE/OR; search on description
CEILING() every other line gray
CFIF no criteria; no results
CFIF Show all search criteria
ARRAYNEW; Found 5 instances
A look at the database. Preferred
Set up dynamic link to business_info.cfm
CFPARAM; CFLOCATION: No ID? No page!
Create business_info.cfm
Create business_add.cfm and dropdowns
SQL Check if #company# exists
SQL:INSERT into business table
CFIF; CFSET no blank fields
Cleanup; suggestions. Fix Accepted

The Films Page

Creating the Films Page
CFHTTP Get search results
REPLACE() Make all URLs absolute
LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Start cleaning up results
LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Continued
LEFT; Finish cleaning up results; and suggestions

Admin Pages

admin Pages; scoped variables; CFAPPLICATION
Create the admin login. RIGHT; LEFT; LEN
Logging in; setting CLIENT variables; the menu
Setting up Link; Link_type tables in Access
Describe the Links Admin application
Coding the links.cfm page; SQL
Listing all links and linking back to form
Prefilling in form with link data
Building a dynamic SELECTED Drop-down list
Drop-down list using CFLOOP; ARRAYNEW
Modify; Delete specific record. CFINPUT
Links_action; NOW; DATEFORMAT; LIKE
Links_action; UPDATE; DELETE; INSERT
Cleaning up links.cfm and working on link_types
Show links by category; CFOUTPUT inside CFLOOP
Cleaning up output; query.RECORDCOUNT
Links_add; copied from links and links_action
Cleaning up output of links_add form
CFMAIL the new link to me/you
CFMAIL continued

The Cork Board

Discussing Strategy for the Cork Board
Designing the database tables
Stealing code; making SQL
Stealing code; making SQL
Stealing code; making SQL
Digest results on the homepage
Creating the corkboard page
Starting to show results
Renaming corkboard_msg.cfm
Prefilling in the search form
Starting search results
Fixing search results
Cleaning up search results
Adding default digest messages
Add Show full story links
Finishing results
Creating the Add your own form
The action page TIMEFORMAT()
Special SQL [ ] commands

The Cork Board Continued

Return to Admin to Manage Corkboard
Corkboard.cfm SQL:TOP/ORDER BY
Corkboard.cfm continue CFLOOP:STEP
Corkboard.cfm; sort by table headers
Corkboard_action.cfm

User Join / Login

User Logins on the Website Overview
Logging in: menu; login; login_action
Email_action; verify; verify_action.cfm
Join.cfm
Join_action.cfm and checking info
Edit_me.cfm
Pre-fill in corkboard form w/ user info
Show_user.cfm
Walk through app. Set up FZ account
Tracking.cfm; browser info (user_agent etc)
Suggestions for further development

The Last Word

Closing; Resources; and Thank You.


01 Introduction
0101 What is Cold Fusion?
0102 Whats Covered? What Should You Know?
0103 Additional Resources and Support
0104 What You Need to Develop in CF
0105 CF Studio: Connecting to the Server Via FTP
0106 Absolute FTP: Connecting to the Server

02 Adhering to Standards
0201 Building a Site with Standards
0202 Design Concepts CFINCLUDE Templates
0203 Creating the Access Database
0204 Importing Flat File into Access
0205 What Well Shoot for

03 Review
0301 Quick Review of FORM:SELECT
0302 SQL:SELECT; CFQUERY; CFOUTPUT
0303 FORM:SELECT MULTIPLE; Dynamically!

04 The Business Directory
0401 Working on the Business Directory (in progress)
0402 CFIF nbsp for phone number
0403 CFIF; TRIM(); SQL:WHERE
0404 SQL:LIKE/OR; search on description
0405 CEILING() every other line gray
0406 CFIF no criteria; no results
0407 CFIF Show all search criteria
0408 ARRAYNEW; Found 5 instances
0409 A look at the database. Preferred
0410 Set up dynamic link to business_info.cfm
0411 CFPARAM; CFLOCATION: No ID? No page!
0412 Create business_info.cfm
0413 Create business_add.cfm and dropdowns
0414 SQL Check if #company# exists
0415 SQL:INSERT into business table
0416 CFIF; CFSET no blank fields
0417 Cleanup; suggestions. Fix Accepted

05 The Films Page
0501 Creating the Films Page
0502 CFHTTP Get search results
0503 REPLACE() Make all URLs absolute
0504 LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Start cleaning up results
0505 LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Continued
0506 LEFT; Finish cleaning up results; and suggestions

06 Admin Pages
0601 admin Pages; scoped variables; CFAPPLICATION
0602 Create the admin login. RIGHT; LEFT; LEN
0603 Logging in; setting CLIENT variables; the menu
0604 Setting up Link; Link_type tables in Access
0605 Describe the Links Admin application
0606 Coding the links.cfm page; SQL
0607 Listing all links and linking back to form
0608 Prefilling in form with link data
0609 Building a dynamic SELECTED Drop-down list
0610 Drop-down list using CFLOOP; ARRAYNEW
0611 Modify; Delete specific record. CFINPUT
0612 Links_action; NOW; DATEFORMAT; LIKE
0613 Links_action; UPDATE; DELETE; INSERT
0614 Cleaning up links.cfm and working on link_types
0615 Show links by category; CFOUTPUT inside CFLOOP
0616 Cleaning up output; query.RECORDCOUNT
0617 Links_add; copied from links and links_action
0618 Cleaning up output of links_add form
0619 CFMAIL the new link to me/you
0620 CFMAIL continued

07 The Cork Board
0701 Discussing Strategy for the Cork Board
0702 Designing the database tables
0703 Stealing code; making SQL
0704 Stealing code; making SQL
0705 Stealing code; making SQL
0706 Digest results on the homepage
0707 Creating the corkboard page
0708 Starting to show results
0709 Renaming corkboard_msg.cfm
0710 Prefilling in the search form
0711 Starting search results
0712 Fixing search results
0713 Cleaning up search results
0714 Adding default digest messages
0715 Add Show full story links
0716 Finishing results
0717 Creating the Add your own form
0718 The action page TIMEFORMAT()
0719 Special SQL [ ] commands

08 The Cork Board Continued
0801 Return to Admin to Manage Corkboard
0802 Corkboard.cfm SQL:TOP/ORDER BY
0803 Corkboard.cfm continue CFLOOP:STEP
0804 Corkboard.cfm; sort by table headers
0805 Corkboard_action.cfm

09 User Join / Login
0901 User Logins on the Website Overview
0902 Logging in: menu; login; login_action
0903 Email_action; verify; verify_action.cfm
0904 Join.cfm
0905 Join_action.cfm and checking info
0906 Edit_me.cfm
0907 Pre-fill in corkboard form w/ user info
0908 Show_user.cfm
0909 Walk through app. Set up FZ account
0910 Tracking.cfm; owser info (user_agent etc)
0911 Suggestions for further development

10 The Last Word
1001 Closing; Resources; and Thank You.

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