Guys, for awhile, I've been griping up a storm via my blog and to whomever would listen that MM & Adobe weren't doing enough to get the word out about CF. And while I still think that a lot of work needs to be done, I came to the realization that I also needed to do more than just post gripes. I recently read this post on Ray Camden's blog:
http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm/2007/2/22/Help-spread-the-word-at-the-Peoples-Toolbox The quote that struck me was: "apparently they had never heard of it, and I'm having a bit of trouble convincing them that a) lots of people use ColdFusion and b) that it is indeed worth adding to their site"" It hit me how bad of a job *all* of us have done in keeping ColdFusion in the limelight. ColdFusion and CFML just celebrated its 10th year and here's some new, unknown site questioning CF's worthiness. I was floored. So I decided to use a domain that I've had sitting around for some time as a vehicle for CF-related evangelism. http://www.gotcfm.com/ I am looking at GotCFM.com as a VERY niche site that's whole focus is to have information to help promote CF-related technologies. It won't allow people to search for the best way to create a CFC or which custom tag is available for zip code locations. There are plenty of top-notch sites for that. I want to build a place where anyone can go to find specific information such as: - A continuously updated list of sites using CF - Information on how to position CF within your company - Information on specific features that make CF better than other technologies - Case studies on successful implementations of CF - "Powered by" buttons - Banner ads that can be added to your site to promote your favorite CF engine Some of you may say, "Well, Ben Forta already keeps a list of sites using CF", and that's certainly true. Ben has done a great job over the years of trying to get a nice list of sites. But, by no fault of Ben, its not all encompassing, its not up-to-date and it doesn't appear to include sites built using other technologies like Ralio, Coral or BlueDragon. We don't just need a list of Adobe ColdFusion powered sites. We need a list of ALL *CFML* powered sites. And we need a method of allowing people to submit these sites themselves. I hope to flush it out further, especially if I can get community support. I hope that this type of site, dedicated solely to methods of bi-partisan CF evangelism, will help spread the word about CFML. I've already received support from New Atlanta and hope to soon get the support of Adobe, Ralio and the whole CF-Community. Your feedback is welcome and your involvement would definitely be appreciated. You can start by submitting sites that powered by *ANY* CFML engine. That would be a great first step. If you have other ideas for the site, please let me know. Thanks, Rey Bango... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270722 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
