Fantastic idea Rey! I'll be visiting and helping out as much as I can. I'll start by submitting the sites that my company works on which are written in CFML. :o)
Chris Rey Bango wrote: > 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... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270768 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
