I thought one of the guys on the list offered you a free (or cheap) space on one of their boxes to experiment with CF7. (I'm thinking Mike Kear?)
Glad to hear you're thinking about making the jump. <cfdump> is worth the upgrade itself! Rick Faircloth wrote: > Alright.I'm convinced.after working with ASP.NET 2.0 > and the free MS development tools, and especially after > reading the TechRepublic article that Greg referenced, I think > sticking with CF is the best route. > > However, as some of you know, I'm still using CF 4.5 and > it's still doing everything I'm asking it to (probably because > I don't know the right questions by now :oP). > > What I need is some direction on moving from CF 4.5 to > CF 7. > > I'm used to running my own CF and web server, but I'm > wondering if I shouldn't get a cheap GoDaddy.com hosting > account or a hosting account from somewhere else that > is running CF 7 and will provide a "playground" for me to > learn about all the new toys. Once I've learned how to play, > I may go ahead and replace my CF 4.5 server with CF 7 on > my web server, simply because I like the control. However, > I don't want to pay the "upgrade cost" of $1300 right now > and I don't think I want the hassle of running the server > while playing with the code and techniques. > > I could install the dev version of CF 7 on my laptop, where I > do al lot of my experimenting, but, again, I'm not sure if there's > much benefit at first to running my own CF 7 server. > > I'll stop for now. > > Advice anyone? > > Rick > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243622 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

