In case you haven't heard this is some MDCFUG news:
1) Forta meeting filling up - are you *really* registered?
http://www.cfug-md.org/cfugorama.cfm
2) Allaire Developer Conference registration starts Friday
http://www.allaire.com/conference/
3) Win $3000 of Ektron CF addons (eWebEditPro and eMPower) in the
MDCFUG on-line raffle.
http://www.ektron.com/getinfo.cfm?doc_id=290
4) Free FusionAuthority Alert weekly CF newsletter
http://www.fusionauthority.com/index.htm
Details:
1) Forta Meeting
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The registrations for the special Ben Forta ColdFusion User Group
Meeting
are going fast. But I have heard from several CFUG members that they
did NOT get a confirming email from FigLeaf after registering. If this
happened to you then run, don't walk, to the alternative CFM site
http://www.cfugorama.com/html/register.cfm
and register. Only registered CFers can win the prizes and seating
is limited!
* What: Ben Forta/Ashley King sharing CF programming tips
* Cost: FREE (and free food too!)
* Sponsors: TeraTech, Figleaf, Allaire
* Website: http://www.cfug-md.org/cfugorama.cfm if you don't like
Flash
http://www.cfugorama.com/ if you love Flash
* When: Wed May 17th, 6:30pm.
* Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Grand Ballroom
http://marriotthotels.com/WASDT/
Phone: 202-328-2000
2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington DC
(near Conn Ave and the Zoo)
Metro: Redline Woodley Park/Zoo
- Michael Smith, TeraTech, TeraTech http://www.teratech.com/
MDCFUG http://www.cfug-md.org/
TeraTech, Figleaf and Allaire are sponsoring a free Ben Forta/Ashley
King
CFUG meeting on Wednesday May 17th in Washington DC.
Ben Forta and Ashley King are two of the hottest names in the ColdFusion
universe. Both are well published and bring excellent insight into the
world of ColdFusion for both users and non-users. THE MEETING WILL TAKE
PLACE AT THE MARRIOTT WARDHAM PARK ON MAY 17. The meeting is free and
open to the public.
Wednesday May 17, 2000 6:30 PM
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Grand Ballroom
Washington DC
Directions to the hotel and more information can also be found at the
event
website. The site also provides free registration (required to attend
and to be
eligible for the free product give aways). The address is
http://www.cfugorama.com/
Ben Forta http://www.forta.com/ is the author of the popular book The
ColdFusion
4.0 Web Application Construction Kit (now in its third edition) and the
more
recent Advanced ColdFusion 4.0 Application Development. Forta will
present tips
on how and, more importantly, how not to use ColdFusion. Also included
in his
presentation will be tricks of the trade used by some of the largest web
sites
powered by ColdFusion.
Also speaking will be Ashley King, a chief architect and senior engineer
of the
Allaire Spectra product who is now the Spectra Evangelist for the
Allaire
Corporation. King is co-author of "The ColdFusion Web Application
Construction
Kit", "Advanced ColdFusion Development", and the upcoming "Allaire
Spectra E-
Business Construction Kit". King will be presenting an overview of
Spectra
including tips and tricks.
2) Allaire Developer Conference
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We just heard that the next Allaire Developer Conference is to be
held in Washinton DC!
Allaire Developer Conference
November 5-8, 2000
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, D.C.
(Yes that is the same location as the Forta meeting - great minds
think alike! :-))
Building on last year's successful, sold-out conference, the second
annual
Worldwide Allaire Developer Conference promises to be the must-attend
event
of the year.
Registration will open Friday, May 12, 2000 at
http://www.allaire.com/conference. Take
advantage of the early registration fee and save $100.
Hope to see you in D.C. in November!
3) FREE PRODUCT RAFFLE FROM EKTRON
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At our March MDCFUG meeting, several members heard an
informative presentation by Bill Rogers, Ektron CEO.
Bill provided an overview of content management challenges
being faced by today's Web developers and ebusinesses, and
demo'ed two Ektron products, eWebEditPro and eMPower
(formerly eContentManager).
As a follow-up to the meeting, Ektron is offering a product
raffle exclusively for members of MDCFUG.
To participate, visit http://www.ektron.com/getinfo.cfm?doc_id=290
You could be the lucky winner of one of these products:
*** eWebEditPro
This browser-based content authoring tool is designed for
business end users. It replaces a text area field for content
entry and offers full-featured Word-like functionality for
content creation and publishing. Read a review at:
http://www.fusionauthority.com/alert/index.cfm?alertid=19#Rev1
*** eMPower
This complete, scaleable content management system
is priced as an affordable turnkey application for any size
organization. The product will be officially released
within the next few weeks!
For more detailed raffle information and entry form, go to:
http://www.ektron.com/getinfo.cfm?doc_id=290
All entries must be submitted by May 16 at midnight (EST).
Good luck!!
About Ektron:
Ektron's solutions empower business end-users to easily add and
update content on dynamic Web sites, while allowing IT professionals
to maintain control. Ektron prices its products for small- to
medium-sized businesses and intranets. Ektron has numerous
ColdFusion-based clients and appreciates the continued support
of the ColdFusion community.
4) FusionAuthority Alert
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See you Wednesday!
--
Michael Smith, TeraTech Inc - Tools for Programmers(tm)
VB, CF/ASP Web, Telephony, Math, Access programming tools & consulting
100 Park Ave Ste 360, Rockville MD 20850 USA
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