yet another coldfusion blog

I am left with a bit of a dilemma regarding one of my latest Mura plug-ins, URLIntercepts.

Basically this is a plug-in that intercepts a Mura page request, looks for patterns in the url that have been identified (such as /go/storefront/shoppingmall/) and then allows the application to split off the remainder (or match + remainder) and put this into a response object.  The remaining url (i.e. /go/storefront/) is passed to Mura as a regular page request.  This makes it possible to use clean, SEO friendly urls and hide garbage information (ie. ?prid=blah&page=blah...) from the user.  Currently it uses both path-matching and regex to look for matches.

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I love epiphanies; for me they are a big part of what makes coding fun.  Sure, one man's epiphany is another's old saw, but a personal discovery is still a reward in itself.

So, while this may be obvious to others (and its obviously been doable for ages), this little discovery has proven quite rewarding.  Basically its using <cfmodule> as a scope-safe view for a content-type bean.

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An interesting perspective raised in ColdFusion Panel last week (https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a204547676/p34336028/) is that the introduction of Railo, an open-source engine that supports the bulk of the ColdFusion language (as well as introducing alternate features), will perhaps fragment the CF community.

For the record I strongly disagree with this sentiment, though I admit I understand where the statement draws from.

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I've used a UK-based site as a casual resource on ColdFusion vs. the world in regards to day rates, available jobs, etc. and thought it might be worth sharing for those who have never seen it.

http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/coldfusion%20developer.do

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So forums ... a much, much requested plugin for the Mura CMS. As you might guess from the title, they will be arriving shortly.

For the full post, please see: http://www.clevertechnology.com/go/blog/coming-soon-discussion-forums-for-mura/

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