>- see footer for list info -< >>I just like reading other threads and learning from people's Q&A's.
Then you definitely want to start reading blogs then too. :) Check the CF categories on feed-squirrel.com and fullasagoog.com for some interesting ones. (Not that I'm trying to discourage your from staying on this list... hope it doesn't come across that way!) On Jan 28, 2008 10:07 AM, Nick Middleweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- see footer for list info -< > I'll take a look at House of fusion but now I'm here and it looks like > people are willing to help - definately something I need :) so I'll keep > stuck here and post more in the next coming weeks... > > I just like reading other threads and learning from people's Q&A's. > > > Cheers guys! > > > > > On 25/01/2008, Peter Boughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > >> p.s. Is there not a lot of activity on this group? > > > > Tends to come irregularly - sometimes there's a whole pile of new > threads > > in > > a day, othertimes days can pass without a single message. > > > > There are other more frequent lists if that's what you want. > > CF-Talk on houseoffusion.com is (I think) the most popular one. > > > > There's various other things dotted about the place. Not sure if there > is > > a > > "list of lists" anywhere or not. > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2008 12:13 PM, Nick Middleweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > Snake and Rich - thank you for your replies... > > > > > > Snake: thanks for the links and heads up on the commands. > > > > > > Rich, thanks for moer info and some psuedo. I've used Image Magick > > before, > > > funnily I was speaking to someone the other day and they reckon it's a > > bit > > > on the slow side compared to other tools but not knowing too much I > > didn't > > > comment. Saying that, it's free so great! I'd be interested to hear > what > > > you > > > think?... > > > > > > > > > Thanks again and I'll be back... > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > p.s. Is there not a lot of activity on this group? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 23/01/2008, Rich Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > > > > > If you're not on Coldfusion 8 yet then you won't be able to use > > cfimage > > > to > > > > > > > > create your thumbnails. > > > > > > > > There are a few ways of creating images out there - you can harness > > Java > > > > to > > > > do it ( http://www.opensourcecf.com/imagecfc/ ), or CFX_image ( > > > > http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.manner/ ) and there are some other > > > > tags/methods > > > > as well. > > > > > > > > Personally I prefer imagemagick ( www.imagemagick.org ) - it's > pretty > > > > comprehensive and I prefer it for the quality of the resized images. > > > > Others > > > > tend to result in either blurry or jaggedy thumbnails. > > > > > > > > So the final method for doing it would be: > > > > > > > > run cfdirectory to get a directory's files. > > > > loop over the result. > > > > for each file use fileexists to see if that files corresponding > > > thumbnail > > > > exists. > > > > If it doesn't use imagemagick/other image function to read the > > original > > > > image and resize it to your thumbnail dimensions (I like to crop > them > > > into > > > > squares first if they're not already). > > > > Imagemagick command for this is: > > > > > > > > convert 'filename' -resize 50x 'outputfile' > > > > > > > > replace the filename, width and outputfile with your > > > filenames/dimensions. > > > > > > > > I don't think its possible to set the datemodified from coldfusion > > > > (although > > > > if someone knows how please tell me). Otherwise you could read this > ( > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yqmgxz ) for a method of doing it, or you could > > > instead > > > > save a date against the filename in a database and use that as a > > lookup > > > on > > > > whether the file has changed or not. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps - give us a shout if you need any more help! > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 12:02 AM, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > > > First bookmark www.cfquickdocs.com and http://livedocs.adobe.com/ > > > > > You will need these. > > > > > > > > > > Now lookup the following tags and functions > > > > > > > > > > fileexists > > > > > Cfdirectory > > > > > Cffile > > > > > Cfimage > > > > > > > > > > These are what you need to complete your task. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Russ Michaels > > > > > Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > > My Blog: www.russ.michaels.me.uk > > > > > > > > > > Commerical ColdFusion & BlueDragon Hosting: www.cfmxhosting.co.uk > > > > > FREE CFML Developer hosting : www.cfdeveloper.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > > > Middleweek > > > > > Sent: 22 January 2008 23:35 > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: [CF-Dev] [NEWBIE] How to resize JPEGs? > > > > > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > > > Hello chaps, > > > > > > > > > > I am totally new to CF, found this list via this site: > > www.ukcfug.orgso > > > > > hope this is the most popular one on the planet!... > > > > > > > > > > I've done ASP web dev work and I'm a seasoned web man when it > comes > > to > > > > 4D > > > > > so > > > > > I kind of know what I'm doing... but with CF I have nought got a > > > clue... > > > > > > > > > > I want to get used the environment and have a play to get used to > > the > > > > > syntax, etc and how it all works. I'm using DW v8 and have created > > an > > > > > empty > > > > > processfiles.cfm page :) > > > > > > > > > > What I like it to do is look inside a given folder and then check > to > > > see > > > > > if > > > > > it's thumbnail version exists in another folder. If it doesn't, > I'd > > > like > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > create the thumbnails and set the modified datetime stamp to the > > same > > > as > > > > > the > > > > > larger image. This way, when the page is called again, it can > check > > to > > > > see > > > > > if it needs to update the thumbnail or leave it intact. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone please help me with this pretty simple task... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > Nick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, > > go > > > to > > > > > > > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer > your > > > help > > > > > -< > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, > > go > > > to > > > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer > your > > > help > > > > > -< > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, > go > > to > > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > > help > > > > -< > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go > to > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > -- > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > help > > > -< > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > \ \ > > Peter Boughton > > blog.bpsite.net > > / / > > _______________________________________________ > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > -- > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help > > -< > > > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help > -< > -- \ \ Peter Boughton blog.bpsite.net / / _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
