(ot) Powerpoint question
Hi all, sorry for the OT question but I think someone here may be able to advise. Is it technically possible to keep an application (for example a Windows executable of some kind) on top of a Powerpoint presentation which is in fullscreen, presenter mode? Imagine I was presenting a PPT file and wanted to annotate it live on my screen by drawing on top of it using a simple freehand drawing tool. For this to happen the drawing app would need to have focus which means the PPT snaps out of presentation mode. Any ideas welcome. Regards, Stefan ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: (ot) Powerpoint question
I think that PowerPoint lets you draw directly on slides within PowerPoint itself, in full screen mode. There are keyboard shortcuts to erase annotations, show and hide the mouse pointer, etc. Dave Merrill Web . Database . Interaction Design -Original Message- From: Stefan Richter [mailto:ste...@flashcomguru.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:19 AM To: cf-talk Subject: (ot) Powerpoint question Hi all, sorry for the OT question but I think someone here may be able to advise. Is it technically possible to keep an application (for example a Windows executable of some kind) on top of a Powerpoint presentation which is in fullscreen, presenter mode? Imagine I was presenting a PPT file and wanted to annotate it live on my screen by drawing on top of it using a simple freehand drawing tool. For this to happen the drawing app would need to have focus which means the PPT snaps out of presentation mode. Any ideas welcome. Regards, Stefan ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
McAfee OnAccess Scan and ColdFusion Servers: Performance
Afternoon all, We have McAfee enterprise running on our live webservers and I've noticed performance issues that may be to do with the OnAccess scanner scanning .jar and possibly .class files. One very obvious symptom occurs when restarting CF: with scanning turned off, a restart happens nearly instantly; with scanning turned on it takes over 2 minutes. We are also seeing McAfee timeout alerts in the Application logs around the same time as CF request processing slowdowns. Another possible area of concern is scanning log files every time they are written to. My questions are these: 1. Has anyone experienced this? 2. Has anyone remedied / configured McAfee to play nice with CF (if indeed there is a problem)? I have read McAfee's KB articles on Java apps and am waiting to hear back from our hosts opinion on this: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=3Dcontentid=3DKB57236 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=contentid=KB58727 Our hosting provider has been very doubtful over McAfee causing any issues at all and it would be great to get any kind of real world experience here. TIA Dominic ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329433 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: McAfee OnAccess Scan and ColdFusion Servers: Performance
AV programs can cause major performance issues on database servers and Web servers. I've seen servers so taxed by active virus scans that they no longer accept incoming connections. Servers generally don't need any AV programs, unless you allow anonymous people to upload files to them, in which case you can target the upload folders for scans. I recommend not running AV programs on database and Web servers unless there is a definite need to. The McAfee desktop program has a reputation of noticeably slowing down computers, and I would bet their enterprise product has the same issues. If you really want to keep McAfee running, add the ColdFusion jar files to the exclusion list. -Mike Chabot On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Dominic Watson watson.domi...@googlemail.com wrote: Afternoon all, We have McAfee enterprise running on our live webservers and I've noticed performance issues that may be to do with the OnAccess scanner scanning .jar and possibly .class files. One very obvious symptom occurs when restarting CF: with scanning turned off, a restart happens nearly instantly; with scanning turned on it takes over 2 minutes. We are also seeing McAfee timeout alerts in the Application logs around the same time as CF request processing slowdowns. Another possible area of concern is scanning log files every time they are written to. My questions are these: 1. Has anyone experienced this? 2. Has anyone remedied / configured McAfee to play nice with CF (if indeed there is a problem)? I have read McAfee's KB articles on Java apps and am waiting to hear back from our hosts opinion on this: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=3Dcontentid=3DKB57236 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=contentid=KB58727 Our hosting provider has been very doubtful over McAfee causing any issues at all and it would be great to get any kind of real world experience here. TIA Dominic ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329434 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: McAfee OnAccess Scan and ColdFusion Servers: Performance
AV programs can cause major performance issues on database servers and Web servers. I've seen servers so taxed by active virus scans that they no longer accept incoming connections. Servers generally don't need any AV programs, unless you allow anonymous people to upload files to them, in which case you can target the upload folders for scans. I recommend not running AV programs on database and Web servers unless there is a definite need to. The McAfee desktop program has a reputation of noticeably slowing down computers, and I would bet their enterprise product has the same issues. If you really want to keep McAfee running, add the ColdFusion jar files to the exclusion list. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. You shouldn't need AV running on your servers, because you're not using your servers as desktops. A properly configured server doesn't need a general AV package scanning all available storage. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329435 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: McAfee OnAccess Scan and ColdFusion Servers: Performance
Thanks alot Mike, that's really helpful. Dominic 2010/1/6 Mike Chabot mcha...@gmail.com AV programs can cause major performance issues on database servers and Web servers. I've seen servers so taxed by active virus scans that they no longer accept incoming connections. Servers generally don't need any AV programs, unless you allow anonymous people to upload files to them, in which case you can target the upload folders for scans. I recommend not running AV programs on database and Web servers unless there is a definite need to. The McAfee desktop program has a reputation of noticeably slowing down computers, and I would bet their enterprise product has the same issues. If you really want to keep McAfee running, add the ColdFusion jar files to the exclusion list. -Mike Chabot On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Dominic Watson watson.domi...@googlemail.com wrote: Afternoon all, We have McAfee enterprise running on our live webservers and I've noticed performance issues that may be to do with the OnAccess scanner scanning .jar and possibly .class files. One very obvious symptom occurs when restarting CF: with scanning turned off, a restart happens nearly instantly; with scanning turned on it takes over 2 minutes. We are also seeing McAfee timeout alerts in the Application logs around the same time as CF request processing slowdowns. Another possible area of concern is scanning log files every time they are written to. My questions are these: 1. Has anyone experienced this? 2. Has anyone remedied / configured McAfee to play nice with CF (if indeed there is a problem)? I have read McAfee's KB articles on Java apps and am waiting to hear back from our hosts opinion on this: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=3Dcontentid=3DKB57236 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=contentid=KB58727 Our hosting provider has been very doubtful over McAfee causing any issues at all and it would be great to get any kind of real world experience here. TIA Dominic ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: McAfee OnAccess Scan and ColdFusion Servers: Performance
Thanks Dave. 2010/1/6 Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com AV programs can cause major performance issues on database servers and Web servers. I've seen servers so taxed by active virus scans that they no longer accept incoming connections. Servers generally don't need any AV programs, unless you allow anonymous people to upload files to them, in which case you can target the upload folders for scans. I recommend not running AV programs on database and Web servers unless there is a definite need to. The McAfee desktop program has a reputation of noticeably slowing down computers, and I would bet their enterprise product has the same issues. If you really want to keep McAfee running, add the ColdFusion jar files to the exclusion list. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. You shouldn't need AV running on your servers, because you're not using your servers as desktops. A properly configured server doesn't need a general AV package scanning all available storage. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: How to query encrypted password
Yes, and it is in Oracle 11g. Nathan -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:05 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: How to query encrypted password I need to query an Oracle user table where username and encrypted password are stored. I need to compare the user input password with the encrypted password in the table. Can the CF Decrypt function do the work? Can someone give me a pointer? How was the password encrypted in the first place? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How to query encrypted password
Interesting - I have never heard of the encryption algorithm called Yes. -Cameron On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Nathan Chen nathan.c...@cu.edu wrote: Yes, and it is in Oracle 11g. Nathan -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] How was the password encrypted in the first place? ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329439 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Is it possible for a ColdFusion web service method to return an object?
I am experimenting to see if it is possible for a ColdFusion web service method to somehow return another object of some sort. I am not having any luck with either my code or searching Google, but I wanted to ask before I gave this up as impossible. My last experiment looked something like this: *webservice-test.cfm* cfset testObj = createObject(component,webservice) |cfoutput#testObj.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfoutput#testObj.getObj().myFunction(george)#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testObj.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testObj# cfset testWS = createObject(webservice,http://localhost/webservice.cfc?wsdl;) cfoutput#testWS.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testWS.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testWS# | *webservice.cfc* |cfcomponent cfproperty name=ID default=10 type=numeric cfproperty name=obj type=webservice2 cfset variables.ID = 12 cfset variables.obj = createObject(component,webservice2) cffunction name=getID access=remote returntype=numeric cfreturn variables.ID /cffunction cffunction name=getObj access=remote returntype=webservice2 cfreturn variables.obj /cffunction /cfcomponent | *webservice2.cfc* |cfcomponent cffunction name=myFunction access=remote returntype=string cfargument name=myArgument type=string required=yes cfset myResult=arguments.myArgument cfreturn myResult /cffunction /cfcomponent | The top portion of the code that access the nested components locally works exactly as expected. The lower portion of the first file that accesses the nested components as a web service produce an empty string for the method that is supposed to reference the second cfc file. Is that what happens if one tries to nest objects in a web service, or am I doing something wrong. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329440 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How to query encrypted password
Interesting - I have never heard of the encryption algorithm called Yes. It's very flexible! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: How to query encrypted password
Oh yeah, YES - It's the Yodeling Encryption System - the method is quite simple actually, but deeply mathematical in principle - Each encryption is done using a key of the binary data produced by a 10 second yodeler. No two yodels are alike, of course, so that produces a mathematically impossible to break algorithm that then locks down your data so hard that it can never be unlocked. Of course, the practical implications are limited. Dave Phillips (one who watches Numb3rs too much!) -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:25 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: How to query encrypted password Interesting - I have never heard of the encryption algorithm called Yes. It's very flexible! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Is it possible for a ColdFusion web service method to return an object?
I don't have a ton of experience with web services, but I would think the answer is no. Web services generally return string representations of data, either in the form of XML or JSON. You could use something like cfajaxproxy to create a js proxy object to a cfc, but even then you would need to be careful in how your cfc is crafted, and what methods are set for remote access, managing security, etc. Steve Cutter Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Co-Author of Learning Ext JS http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book _ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Ian Skinner wrote: I am experimenting to see if it is possible for a ColdFusion web service method to somehow return another object of some sort. I am not having any luck with either my code or searching Google, but I wanted to ask before I gave this up as impossible. My last experiment looked something like this: *webservice-test.cfm* cfset testObj = createObject(component,webservice) |cfoutput#testObj.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfoutput#testObj.getObj().myFunction(george)#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testObj.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testObj# cfset testWS = createObject(webservice,http://localhost/webservice.cfc?wsdl;) cfoutput#testWS.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testWS.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testWS# | *webservice.cfc* |cfcomponent cfproperty name=ID default=10 type=numeric cfproperty name=obj type=webservice2 cfset variables.ID = 12 cfset variables.obj = createObject(component,webservice2) cffunction name=getID access=remote returntype=numeric cfreturn variables.ID /cffunction cffunction name=getObj access=remote returntype=webservice2 cfreturn variables.obj /cffunction /cfcomponent | *webservice2.cfc* |cfcomponent cffunction name=myFunction access=remote returntype=string cfargument name=myArgument type=string required=yes cfset myResult=arguments.myArgument cfreturn myResult /cffunction /cfcomponent | The top portion of the code that access the nested components locally works exactly as expected. The lower portion of the first file that accesses the nested components as a web service produce an empty string for the method that is supposed to reference the second cfc file. Is that what happens if one tries to nest objects in a web service, or am I doing something wrong. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How to query encrypted password
Encryption is not the same thing as Hashing. Encryption is reversible, hashing (ideally) is a one-way function. Common hashing algorithms include MD5 and SHA1 Common encryption algorithms include AES, RSA and Blowfish Hashing of passwords and storing them in the database unencrypted is the most common scenario. However, some applications prefer to use encryption so that passwords are recoverable for the user. Encryption can be done either at the application server level or in the database itself. First thing, then, is to identify whether the passwords are hashed or encrypted and if they are encrypted, whether they are encrypted by the db or the app server. Judah On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Kevin Pepperman chorno...@gmail.com wrote: I need to query an Oracle user table where username and encrypted password are stored. I need to compare the user input password with the encrypted password in the table. Can the CF Decrypt function do the work? Can someone give me a pointer? Usually a password in encrypted with a irreversible encryption, it should be anyways. The methods to verify the password is usually the same. The way you validate the submitted password is to encrypt the password submitted by the client with the same exact method that was used to encrypt the one that is stored, and then compare the submitted with the stored encrypted passwords. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Is it possible for a ColdFusion web service method to return an object?
I believe you can send complex objects with SOAP but I never utilized that feature and haven't worked with SOAP in some time. I'd start by looking at the docs for SOAP services in CF and see where that leads you. Judah On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Ian Skinner h...@ilsweb.com wrote: I am experimenting to see if it is possible for a ColdFusion web service method to somehow return another object of some sort. I am not having any luck with either my code or searching Google, but I wanted to ask before I gave this up as impossible. My last experiment looked something like this: *webservice-test.cfm* cfset testObj = createObject(component,webservice) |cfoutput#testObj.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfoutput#testObj.getObj().myFunction(george)#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testObj.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testObj# cfset testWS = createObject(webservice,http://localhost/webservice.cfc?wsdl;) cfoutput#testWS.getID()#/cfoutputhr / cfdump var=#testWS.getObj()#hr / cfdump var=#testWS# | *webservice.cfc* |cfcomponent cfproperty name=ID default=10 type=numeric cfproperty name=obj type=webservice2 cfset variables.ID = 12 cfset variables.obj = createObject(component,webservice2) cffunction name=getID access=remote returntype=numeric cfreturn variables.ID /cffunction cffunction name=getObj access=remote returntype=webservice2 cfreturn variables.obj /cffunction /cfcomponent | *webservice2.cfc* |cfcomponent cffunction name=myFunction access=remote returntype=string cfargument name=myArgument type=string required=yes cfset myResult=arguments.myArgument cfreturn myResult /cffunction /cfcomponent | The top portion of the code that access the nested components locally works exactly as expected. The lower portion of the first file that accesses the nested components as a web service produce an empty string for the method that is supposed to reference the second cfc file. Is that what happens if one tries to nest objects in a web service, or am I doing something wrong. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329445 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
meta tag location
I usually put a few meta tags in the application.cfm file, and a few more on the individual pages. Is there any danger to not keeping all the meta tags in one place? A client claims their google ranking has fallen since this has been done. Thanks, Les ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: meta tag location
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Les Irvin les.cft...@gmail.com wrote: I usually put a few meta tags in the application.cfm file, and a few more on the individual pages. Is there any danger to not keeping all the meta tags in one place? A client claims their google ranking has fallen since this has been done. Thanks, Les Are they all still in the head tag? ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
ImageFlare / Efflare Licensing Issues
Hey Does anyone know how to ACTUALLY get hold of someone from Efflare? I've called the phone number on their website and filled out their support form... No response... I have to get an answer on a license issue ASAP... Lawyers from a Fortune 500 company are asking questions... These are people I don't want to annoy... I know Magnus used to follow this list... Can someone get me in touch with them??? =\ -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, AZCFUG.org ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: meta tag location
What are the meta tags? Meta tags are 99% useless for search engine ranking. Remove them and see what happens. -Original Message- From: Les Irvin [mailto:les.cft...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:41 AM To: cf-talk Subject: meta tag location I usually put a few meta tags in the application.cfm file, and a few more on the individual pages. Is there any danger to not keeping all the meta tags in one place? A client claims their google ranking has fallen since this has been done. Thanks, Les ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329449 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Is it possible for a ColdFusion web service method to return an object?
I am pretty sure you can return complex objects. But I do not know what the limitations/compatibility issues might be. I tried your code with CF9 last night, and it does work. I do not have access to CF8 right now, but have you tried something like this: TestWebservice.cfm cfset ws = createObject(webservice,http://localhost/webservice.cfc?wsdl;) / OBJ cfdump var=#ws.getObj()#hr / Webservice.cfc cfcomponent cfset variables.ID = 12 / cfset variables.obj = createObject(component,MyObject) / cffunction name=getID access=remote returntype=numeric cfreturn variables.ID /cffunction cffunction name=getObj access=remote returntype=MyObject cfreturn variables.obj /cffunction /cfcomponent MyObject.cfc cfcomponent cfproperty name=name default=Bob type=string cfset variables.name = Bob / cffunction name=setName returntype=void cfargument name=name type=string cfset variables.name = arguments.name / /cffunction cffunction name=getName returntype=string cfreturn varaibles.name / /cffunction /cfcomponent ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CF5 download
So, Just a follow up. I received a copy of CF5 enterprise from kind members of this list, thanks again. The original license I had was only for Linux. Since it was given to the company I am working at for free when Macromedia Generator was phased out. So I did a test install in a Ubuntu VM, only to discover CF5 only runs on older versions Apache (LTE Apache 2.0.43-xx ) AFAIK I did get it running with a old version of Apache using some .so modules from this site. http://home.nextron.ch/coldfusion/ But all these versions of Apache have security holes, so I cant use them in production. So, I figured, maybe i'll have to settle for IIS :( ; I moved to a WIN32 server that has several other variations CF server, (XP pro, IIS 5.1, quad core,) however the license key I had would not work in WIN32. - :| I logged in to Adobe.com, and fired up their Live help around 2AM and explained the situation. The Generator purchase was almost 7 years ago under Macromedia, and ADOBE had no record of giving out the free CF5 license at all and it did not show up in the account, even though the Generator purchase was there. But, within 15 minutes of a long list of questions, they got back to me, and provided a license for ColdFusion5 Enterprise WIN32. So, I now have it all installed and working under IIS. This means several apps wont have to be re-factored right away, saving the company money and time. It is funny to see the slew of CFML servers; CF5, CFMX, ACF8, ACF9, RAILO, BlueDragon JX and OpenBd all playing nice on 1 XP box. My, how far this all has come in such a short time! In finishing, I have to say Kudos to Adobe for being understanding, and doing the right thing. Thanks again to this group for the help, I am sometimes stunned at how fast, and how many people respond to this list. It is one the reasons I originally got inspired by CFML, and it is one of the best things about the language, the CFML community's simply rock. /K ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329451 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: meta tag location
I think you better rethink that one. The Title Meta tag and the Meta Description tags are 2 very, very important tags as far as the search engines go. Yes the meta keywords is no longer in use but for proof look in the organic search for a top ranking page and then view source and a good percentage of the time you will see the meta description as the anchor text for the link to the landing page. The title and description should be different for every page on the site too. Terry -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:51 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: meta tag location What are the meta tags? Meta tags are 99% useless for search engine ranking. Remove them and see what happens. -Original Message- From: Les Irvin [mailto:les.cft...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:41 AM To: cf-talk Subject: meta tag location I usually put a few meta tags in the application.cfm file, and a few more on the individual pages. Is there any danger to not keeping all the meta tags in one place? A client claims their google ranking has fallen since this has been done. Thanks, Les ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329452 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: meta tag location
I usually put a few meta tags in the application.cfm file, and a few more on the individual pages. Is there any danger to not keeping all the meta tags in one place? A client claims their google ranking has fallen since this has been done. They should ideally all be in the HEAD of the document, although I'm not sure how much of a difference it'll make with Google, which appears to primarily use metadata for categorization rather than relevance. You can ensure that they're placed in the document head from any code you use to build the page, using the CFHTMLHEAD tag, unless you've already flushed content using CFFLUSH. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsit ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: meta tag location
I think you better rethink that one. The Title Meta tag and the Meta Description tags are 2 very, very important tags as far as the search engines go. Yes the meta keywords is no longer in use but for proof look in the organic search for a top ranking page and then view source and a good percentage of the time you will see the meta description as the anchor text for the link to the landing page. The TITLE tag is not a META tag. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VSOB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329454 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: meta tag location
From my research on several large commerce websites I have worked on, Google does not even use the Meta Description, page Title or URL for page rank or position. It may look like they do since they highlight the keywords in the results, but that does not mean it is used that way. Google does not use the keywords at all, but some other search engines may still use them. But, like Terry Troxel mentioned, they do use content from the title and description in the actual results, and for categorization. So visually and semantically they are important. It also seems like Google has it dialed in so well, that sometimes even the actual content can be completely irrelevent in how well the site ranks. The fact is that Google must base their Page Ranking and seacrh result placements purely on how many users find what they are looking for. Of course, Google does track clicks, if the client returns to google, then they didnt find what they were looking for. I think Google uses that information above all others. I have also found that Google really checks for changed content, quite a bit. And not just for simple timestamp changes, but actual dated content. or new products. One site I work on is indexed very well by google, We see the google-bots come and go on a regular schedule. They hit the site every 2-3 hours, they grab the main page, and almost seemingly random pages, looking for changes maybe? But whenever we add a couple dozen new products, or have a big sale that changes prices on large amounts of products, the google-bots will hit the site every 20-30 seconds, indexing the new or changed content like crazy. So, I don't rely on any forms of SEO to be a magic bullet, These things do help them categorize, (title, h1, h2, h3 etc..) but good content and relevance is the only silver bullet. /K ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: meta tag location
Google and meta tags: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywo rds-meta-tag.html -Original Message- From: Kevin Pepperman [mailto:chorno...@gmail.com] Sent: 07 January 2010 06:16 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: meta tag location From my research on several large commerce websites I have worked on, Google does not even use the Meta Description, page Title or URL for page rank or position. It may look like they do since they highlight the keywords in the results, but that does not mean it is used that way. Google does not use the keywords at all, but some other search engines may still use them. But, like Terry Troxel mentioned, they do use content from the title and description in the actual results, and for categorization. So visually and semantically they are important. It also seems like Google has it dialed in so well, that sometimes even the actual content can be completely irrelevent in how well the site ranks. The fact is that Google must base their Page Ranking and seacrh result placements purely on how many users find what they are looking for. Of course, Google does track clicks, if the client returns to google, then they didnt find what they were looking for. I think Google uses that information above all others. I have also found that Google really checks for changed content, quite a bit. And not just for simple timestamp changes, but actual dated content. or new products. One site I work on is indexed very well by google, We see the google-bots come and go on a regular schedule. They hit the site every 2-3 hours, they grab the main page, and almost seemingly random pages, looking for changes maybe? But whenever we add a couple dozen new products, or have a big sale that changes prices on large amounts of products, the google-bots will hit the site every 20-30 seconds, indexing the new or changed content like crazy. So, I don't rely on any forms of SEO to be a magic bullet, These things do help them categorize, (title, h1, h2, h3 etc..) but good content and relevance is the only silver bullet. /K ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
