Ah. Indeed. :) --Ben
On 10/24/2013 11:53 PM, Russ Michaels wrote: > I think you got the wrong end of the stick. > I was talking about the apps rather than the language. > > Russ Michaels > www.michaels.me.uk > cfmldeveloper.com > cflive.net > cfsearch.com > On 25 Oct 2013 04:34, "Ben Conner" <b...@webworldinc.com> wrote: > >> Hi Russ, >> >> You mention php and security with the suggestion that php sites are >> (relatively) >> secure. I know little about php other than having been told at one time >> that >> php had some significant issues with security. I also understand since it >> is >> open-source, it is much like the *nix variations...as in what flavor are we >> talking about? >> >> Is php more bullet-proof these days? >> >> Idle curiosity, mainly. >> >> --Ben >> >> On 10/24/2013 11:55 AM, Russ Michaels wrote: >>> If you don't do php then you may have some limits but tbh I haven't found >>> anything that there is not a plugin for. >>> The other big advantage with foss is the constant updates. But then >>> disadvantage is popular foss getd attacked more often too. >>> With a bespoke website your usually never going to get any updates unless >>> you get hacked and then have to ask someone to fix it. This is a big >>> consideration these days that did not exist when the sites were built. >> We >>> get this a lot with legacy cf sites which got hacked months b4 client >>> noticed and it usually takes us less time to convert the site to wp than >> it >>> would take to go through all the code adding cfqueryparam and protecting >>> against other attacks. >>> I am no fan of php but safly all the b3st apps are built in php. >>> >>> Russ Michaels >>> www.michaels.me.uk >>> cfmldeveloper.com >>> cflive.net >>> cfsearch.com >>> On 24 Oct 2013 18:25, "Robert Harrison" <rob...@austin-williams.com> >> wrote: >>>>> TBH doing something in CF if you can do it in wordPress is pointless >> and >>>> more expensive. Knocking out quick websites is not really what CF is >> good >>>> for these days, so I think you are doing the right thing. >>>>> Use CF if they wan't completely bespoke systems or apps that you cannot >>>> achieve with off the shelf FOSS. >>>> >>>> I understand, but we do have a modular framework and CMS already >> developed >>>> in CF. We can configure and deploy quite quickly in CF. I'm not seeing a >>>> significant difference in development time between WP and CF, but I do >> see >>>> that hosting WP sites is much easier and the perception is that WP is >> more >>>> current. However, I also see that I never have to say no to my clients >>>> running CF, but those running WP must stay inside the box. >>>> >>>> Robert Harrison >>>> Director of Interactive Services >>>> >>>> Austin & Williams >>>> Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct >>>> 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>>> T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 >>>> http://www.austin-williams.com >>>> >>>> Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog >>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austi >>>> >>>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
