The Special Forta/King CFUG meeting is TODAY Wednesday 5/17/00 6:30pm
Details:
** Forta Meeting
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The registrations for the special Ben Forta ColdFusion User Group
Meeting
are going fast - over 700 are registered and we only have 650 seats
(the room hold 800 total). Soooo...
To get a seat (and the free food and drink)
I suggest you COME EARLY!
But I have heard from several CFUG members that they
did NOT get a confirming email from FigLeaf after registering. If you
did not get an email yesterday with
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fig Leaf Software Information)
Subject: See you tomorrow at CFUG-O-RAMA
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 if you arrive early)
* 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/
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.
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.
** FREE PRODUCT RAFFLE FROM EKTRON - closes 5/18!!
**********************************
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
The deadline is being extented from May 16 for 2 more days, so
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.
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See you at the CFUG-O-RAMA tonight!
Regards,
--
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
Voice: +1-301-424-3903, 800-447-9120 x500 Fax:301-762-8185
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