Macromedia ColdFusion Tutorial

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The Business Directory
Business Directory (in progress)
CFIF nbsp for phone number
CFIF; TRIM(); SQL:WHERE
SQL:LIKE/OR; searching on description
CEILING() every other line gray
CFIF no criteria; no results
CFIF Show all search criteria
ARRAYNEW; Found five instances
The database explored. Preferred
Setting up dynamic link to business_info.cfm
CFPARAM; CFLOCATION: No ID? No page!
Creating business_info.cfm
Creating 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
Chapter Overview
CFHTTP Get search results
REPLACE() Making all URLs absolute
LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Start cleaning up results
LEN; FIND; RIGHT; Continued
LEFT; Finish clean up results; and suggestions

Admin Pages
Chapter Overview; scoped variables; CFAPPLICATION
Creating the admin login. RIGHT; LEFT; LEN
Log in; set CLIENT variables
Set up Link; Link_type tables in Access
Links Admin application
Code the links.cfm page; SQL
List all links and link back to form Explained
Prefill in form using link data
Constructing a dynamic SELECTED Drop-down list
Drop-down list with CFLOOP; ARRAYNEW
Modify; Delete specific record. CFINPUT
Links_action; NOW; DATEFORMAT; LIKE
Links_action; UPDATE; DELETE; INSERT
Clean up links.cfm and link_types
Displaying links by category; CFOUTPUT inside CFLOOP
Clean up output; query.RECORDCOUNT
Links_add; copy from links and links_action
Clean up output of links_add form
CFMAIL the new link to me/you
CFMAIL cntd

The Cork Board
Strategy for the Cork Board - Overview
Design the database tables - Step by Step
Stealing code; Creating SQL - Lesson 1
Stealing code; Creating SQL - Lesson 2
Stealing code; Creating SQL - Lesson 3
Digest results on the homepage
Constructing the corkboard page
Now to Show the results
Rename corkboard_msg.cfm
Prefill in the search form
Start and Fix search results - Lesson 1
Start and Fix search results - Lesson 2
Clean up search results
The Addition of default digest messages
Adding Show full story links
Finish results
Create the Add your own form
The action page TIMEFORMAT()
Special SQL [ ] commands

The Cork Board Continued
Admin to Manage Corkboard
Corkboard.cfm:
• SQL:TOP/ORDER BY
• continue CFLOOP:STEP
• sort by table headers
Corkboard_action.cfm

User Join / Login
User Logins on the site Overview
Log in: menu; login; login_action
Email_action; verify; verify_action.cfm
Join.cfm Explained
Join_action.cfm and check info
Edit_me.cfm
Pre-fill in corkboard form with user info
Show_user.cfm
Walk through application Set up FZ account
Tracking.cfm; browser info (user_agent etc)
Further development

The Last Word
Closing; Further Resources; and Macromedia ColdFusion Tutorial Overview