Just wanted to say thanks for all the input on this thread. I think most likely we're going to try and use BlogCFC so hopefully I can share the experience later after we implement it. Thanks, Dusty
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cheyenne Throckmorton Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] integrate blog with cf site I actually just installed BlogCFC for the first time two nights ago, and have been extremely pleased with its functionality and codebase. I wrote a blog about how much I liked it, and how it kicked the tar out of the crappy DNN blog I've been running for the past year or so. Unfortunately, that posting isn't live yet, but it was just basically really backing up Rays project. It easily spawns out several blogs and I have it running on CF8 and SQL Server 2005 which I'm not sure were even supported in the documentation yet. To answer your question about integrating. I've just now started looking at the product, but its well coded and laid out. There is a function in the blog.cfc file called authenticate() method that accepts a username and password that he compares against the tblusers table in your SQL Server install. Here you could either call a direct query to your database of usernames instead, or even do something quick that says <cfif userinSession()> or whatever you have, to just bypass the authentication. I'll probably do some active directory stuff here when we release some internal company blogs. Its all going to depend upon your setup, but going with a tried and true, completely open-code application in CF like Rays I think is going to prove your best bet. I'm not dogging Wordpress by any means, just really backing BlogCFC as what you could try first, rather than spending time having to deal with a non-CF (who knows how open) software project. -Cheyenne On 8/30/07, shawn gorrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why don't you pop an email to Ray about it? Ray has to be one of the best people in the CF community about giving away code and helping people out when they ask. Don't be shy about popping him an email, as he is probably one of the nicest dudes you'd ever meet. I use a very old version of BlogCFC and have been totally happy with it. I've done my own extensions to it, and find the codebase to be simple to understand. I'm sure it has changed significantly in the years since the release I'm using. ----- Original Message ---- From: Dusty Hale < <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:26:10 PM Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] integrate blog with cf site Just so I understand correctly I've already built a login system from the ground up using cf and sql 2000. Do you think I could somehow integrate word press or BlogCFC so it could use the existing system that is built with cf and sql 2000? There are 20,000+ users in the database and we want those users and new account signups to have access to the blog and in the near future a forum as well. Many thx, Dusty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] On Behalf Of Dean H. Saxe Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:11 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] integrate blog with cf site You'd need a single signon method, not a totally trivial thing to build from scratch if you want to integrate with the Wordpress blog. Why not look at Ray Camden's BlogCFC? -dhs Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "[T]he people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." --Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall at the Nuremberg Trials On Aug 30, 2007, at 5:04 PM, Dusty Hale wrote: > I have a cf site that has an SQL Sever 2000 database. It holds its > user accounts in this database which controls logins. I need to > integrate a blog with the site but we don't want users to have to > login to the cf application and to the blog. I need to integrate an > existing blog application so that it would could share the user data. > My thoughts are: > > 1. Use the free Word Press blog that comes with the hosting account at > HostMySite.com. My understanding is that Word Press uses a MySQL > database so I could write some cf code to insert user records into its > database and then auto login folks to the blog by posting to its login > script? Has anyone tried to do something like this? I only consider it > because it comes free with the hosting account. > > 2. Find a blog application that uses CF and SQL 2000 and somehow > integrate it with the existing cf application. This seems like the > best approach but I haven't started looking for suitable blog > application yet. If anyone has done this and could recommend a > suitable one, much appreciated. > > Also I should mention that the blog will be used mainly for posting > company newsletters and articles. We would also like to do the same > thing with a discussion forum but again need it to work with the > existing login system. > > Thanks, > > Dusty > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Annual Sponsor - Figleaf Software > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform <http://www.acfug.org/?fa=login.edituserform> > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists <http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists> Archive @ > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink > ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com <http://www.figleaf.com/> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform <http://www.acfug.org/?fa=login.edituserform> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com <http://www.fusionlink.com/> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com <http://www.figleaf.com/> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform <http://www.acfug.org/?fa=login.edituserform> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com <http://www.fusionlink.com/> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor - Figleaf Software <http://www.figleaf.com/> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform <http://www.acfug.org/?fa=login.edituserform> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com/> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor - Figleaf Software <http://www.figleaf.com> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
