Re: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Billy Cravens
I prefer building my own as well. I've found that the low- and mid-range systems tend to be cheaper if you buy a brand (you'll be locked in, but those systems probably don't have a lot of shelf life anyways), but for the high end, you can get some serious bang for your buck building your own -

Re: SOT: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Scott Brady
I had no issues running CF9 and Lion. In fact, from what I recall, I did the OS upgrade and it still ran just fine when the upgrade was done. Actually, I do get a message in the Launcher that it has to stop CF un-gracefully (some permission issue I haven't bothered fixing), but it starts up and

Re: IIS load monitoring

2011-09-08 Thread Russ Michaels
I have tried WHOSON before and had problems with it and found it lacking, perhaps it has changed since then, but here is a FREE solution that is very popular these days http://www.livezilla.net/home/en/ On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk wrote:

Ecommerce - need it to allow vendors to manage their own inventory sections - any recommendations?

2011-09-08 Thread cfcom
Hi, Need to set up an ecommerce site that will allow every vendor to manage their own items for sale while still being published to one central website. Can any one point me in a good direction to solve this issue? Thanks ~|

Re: Ecommerce - need it to allow vendors to manage their own inventory sections - any recommendations?

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Perhaps this module for Magento might be the ticket. You'd have to dig deeper than my ten second scan though. Good luck. http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/AITOC%2C+Inc./extension/1844/advanced-permissions On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM, cfcom cf...@aceligent.com wrote: Hi,

(ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
We have a client with over 300 pages of content that wants a site search. They formerly had the free Google solution and didn't like it. All the content is stored in a mySQL (yuck) db across three tables. So my question is: What do people think is the best route to take to offer search

RE: Ecommerce - need it to allow vendors to manage their own inventory sections - any recommendations?

2011-09-08 Thread cfcom
Michael thank you, I'll take a look now... -Original Message- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: 2011-09-08 09:11 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Ecommerce - need it to allow vendors to manage their own inventory sections - any recommendations? Perhaps this module for Magento

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Gerald Guido
I have used Yahoo's site search api. The give you results in xml format so you can do with it as you please. Free too. HTH G! On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Michael Grant mgr...@modus.bz wrote: We have a client with over 300 pages of content that wants a site search. They formerly had the

RE: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Rick Faircloth
I've never actually implemented a site search, so I'm curious about this one, too. Michael... why are collections not a possibility? And, I've always used MySQL (and love it :o). Is that what the Google free search utilizes? Rick -Original Message- From: Michael Grant

RE: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Jacob
But those guys at various computer repair places would say anything to make a sale, especially the large one which has a squad full of geeks. They pray on the uneducated and was hoping Peter was one of them... -Original Message- From: James Holmes [mailto:james.hol...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Matthew Williams
If it's in a database, I tend towards collections for the site search. I've got a site with 65k products that uses this approach at the moment. -- Matthew Williams Geodesic GraFX www.geodesicgrafx.com/blog twitter.com/ophbalance

Re: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Peter Donahue
Hello Jacob and everyone, We were also getting reports of there being bad sectors on one or more hard drives. Since she does work from home a new machine would definitely be in order. Now if I could interest her in learning CF so she can help me with my Web and other projects. All the best.

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Can you link me? Googling that term sends me to Yahoo's search BOSS API which is only free for up to 250 pages. I could actually find site search API only site explorer API which says it's scheduled to be shut down Sept 15, 2011. http://developer.yahoo.com/search/siteexplorer/ Is site search API

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Collections aren't an option because as it stands right now the site isn't a CF site, it's PHP. I know I probably shouldn't be posting this in CF-Talk, but this is hands down the greatest collection of minds I know of, so I'm hoping to get some insight here. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM,

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Russ Michaels
What about the Google custom search ? On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Michael Grant mgr...@modus.bz wrote: Collections aren't an option because as it stands right now the site isn't a CF site, it's PHP. I know I probably shouldn't be posting this in CF-Talk, but this is hands down the

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Russ Michaels
oh and you can use SOLR with PHP as well you know, is it not a CF only solution. http://php.net/manual/en/book.solr.php On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: What about the Google custom search ? On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Michael Grant

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Gerald Guido
I could actually find site search API only site explorer API which says it's scheduled to be shut down Sept 15, 2011. Yeah that is the one. Crap. I had no idea it was closing down. My bad. Actually that is a good thing that you brought that to my attention. I guess I will be following this

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
No worries. I'm actually glad it's on your radar now. It would suck to find out after it shut down. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Gerald Guido gerald.gu...@gmail.comwrote: I could actually find site search API only site explorer API which says it's scheduled to be shut down Sept 15,

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
That's a very good point Russ, thanks. I will pitch this as a possibility. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: oh and you can use SOLR with PHP as well you know, is it not a CF only solution. http://php.net/manual/en/book.solr.php On Thu, Sep 8,

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Russ Michaels
I would give the Google custom search engine a look though, you can fully customise it and integrate into your site, most people just do it the lazy way and link out to an external link, which is messy. see www.cfsearch for an example, this took me no time at all. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:19

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Thanks Russ, I will check it out. Our client will likely want a solution without ads, but it looks like the paid version is pretty reasonable, with plans starting at $100.00/year for up to 10,000 queries. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: I would give

RE: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Rick Faircloth
Just so I'm clear, too... that's Yahoo's search API that's shutting down Sep 15, 2011? -Original Message- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:17 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution No worries. I'm actually glad

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Gerald Guido
Just so I'm clear, too... that's Yahoo's search API that's shutting down Sep 15, 2011? This one is: http://developer.yahoo.com/search/siteexplorer/ On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Rick Faircloth r...@whitestonemedia.comwrote: Just so I'm clear, too... that's Yahoo's search API that's

CF9 - SpreadsheetSetCellValue exception

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Franklin
Okay, I have a spreadsheet loaded up. I am trying to create multiple copies of the spreadsheet on the server with different sets of values set in them. So, I have an index based loop..0 to 9 First run through, seems to go okay (although the formulas won't update based on the new values,

RE: CF9 - SpreadsheetSetCellValue exception

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Franklin
Apparently, you must get a new reference to the spreadsheet after each write action. Once I put the Read action inside the loop, it started working. Anyone know how to cause the formulas to update based on the updated data? -Original Message- From: Bill Franklin Sent: Thursday,

Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Harrison
This is not exactly a CF program (although it's a CF site), but I could still use any ideas anyone may have. We have a portal page that runs in secure sockets (https). Part of the page pulls in some social media (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter). If we pull these in using non-secure (http) IE

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Watts
Thanks Russ, I will check it out. Our client will likely want a solution without ads, but it looks like the paid version is pretty reasonable, with plans starting at $100.00/year for up to 10,000 queries. If you have any questions about Google Site Search, or want to purchase from a reseller,

Re: Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
I've had this exact thing happen. Just swap https for http in your object values. They all have a secure version for exactly this type of thing. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Robert Harrison rob...@austin-williams.comwrote: This is not exactly a CF program (although it's a CF site), but I

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Watts
And, I've always used MySQL (and love it :o).  Is that what the Google free search utilizes? No, Google's search tools rely on Google's own proprietary functionality. In the case of Google Site Search, it's really kind of baked into the public search functionality that Google offers.

Re: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Very good to know, thanks Dave. We're compiling our options and will make our recommendations to the client. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: Thanks Russ, I will check it out. Our client will likely want a solution without ads, but it looks like the

RE: (ot) Best Site Search Solution

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Harrison
We use the Google paid version frequently. It works well; it's easy to implement. Here's a couple of samples if you want to see it can be customized to match your site: http://www.rivkinradler.com or http://www.vaughn.edu/ Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams

RE: Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Harrison
I've had this exact thing happen. Just swap https for http in your object values. They all have a secure version for exactly this type of thing. Yes, that's what we did and it works in all browsers except IE 8. IE 8 won't load the YouTube video via https. All other the browsers work fine.

Re: Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Sorry I just read this: IE 8 won't load Flash from https and the YouTube video won't run. I've never run into this before. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Michael Grant
Does this help? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3605362/swf-not-loading-in-ie8-after-we-switched-to-ssl On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Robert Harrison rob...@austin-williams.comwrote: I've had this exact thing happen. Just swap https for http in your object values. They all have a

RE: Strange Catch 22 Situation

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Harrison
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How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Nathan Chen
All: First, I am not talking about cfschedule tag; I am talking about the scheduled task on CF Admin page under Debugging Logging area. I have a simple scheduled task, which used to run correctly based on the time I defined(e.g. 12pm daily). But now it runs at 6am daily. I checked with the

RE: How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Harrison
Check your time zone settings. That sounds like a time zone offset. Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be

Re: How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Wil Genovese
1. do cfoutput#now()#/cfoutput to get the time. 2. when was the last time the CF server was restarted? 3. when was the last time the server itself was restarted? 4. have you tried to delete and recreate the scheduled task? 5. has the server timezone setting changed at all? Wil Genovese

Re: Ecommerce - need it to allow vendors to manage their own inventory sections - any recommendations?

2011-09-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
Need to set up an ecommerce site that will allow every vendor to manage their own items for sale while still being published to one central website. If you're looking for a ColdFusion solution, my software CFWebstore does have features to help support this. There's a special permission to

Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Burns
Passing this along as an FYI for fun. Came across this on the High Scalability blog. Talks about what the creator of F'edCompany uses for his backend (hint - uses CFML): http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/8/31/pud-is-the-anti-stack-windows-cfml-dropbox-xeround-jungledis.html His Twitter

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Watts
Passing this along as an FYI for fun. Came across this on the High Scalability blog. Talks about what the creator of F'edCompany uses for his backend (hint - uses CFML): http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/8/31/pud-is-the-anti-stack-windows-cfml-dropbox-xeround-jungledis.html The article

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Wil Genovese
I've emailed with Pud in the past - I worked for three of the dot-bombs that were on his list back in the day. Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Sep 8, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Dave Watts

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Burns
The link in the original article to Pud's blog ends up giving me an error. Here's one that works: http://pud.com/post/9582597828/why-must-you-laugh-at-my-back-end ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Wil Genovese
Besides, the Apple Investor site is not Apple's. The IP address is 206.200.251.19 running IIS6 Whois reports this Nasdaq Stock Market NASDAQ-BLK2 (NET-206-200-0-0-1) 206.200.0.0 - 206.200.255.255 American Registry for Internet Numbers NET206 (NET-206-0-0-0-0) 206.0.0.0 - 206.255.255.255 The

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread sslone
BTW, I'm pretty sure that Pud was/is fairly active on cf-talk, as I seem to remember email from him to the list. The Apple investor page is an outsourced solution from shareholder.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology

RE: How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
6. Are you sure it is starting at that time and not ending? .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -Original Message- From: Wil Genovese [mailto:jugg...@trunkful.com] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 2:37 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: How

RE: How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Nathan Chen
Wil and Robert, Thank you very much. It is a time zone issue although I didn't know what caused it. Someone posted a solution on web, and it worked. I changed the time zone to other time zone, restarted the server, reset the time zone to the correct one, restarted the server again, then it

Re: How to fix the wrong time of the scheduled task on Admin

2011-09-08 Thread Wil Genovese
ColdFusion gets the time from the underlying Java layer. Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Nathan Chen wrote: Wil and Robert, Thank you very much. It is a

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread .jonah
Pud just sold one of his companies - TinyLetter - to MailChimp: http://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-acquires-tinyletter/ TinyLetter was built on the same CFML stack and as a side note to that MailChimp is OK with being a bit weird themselves: http://blog.mailchimp.com/ewww-you-use-php/ Pud's

Re: SOT: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Lyons
I really can't get used to 1 mouse button, does my head in :-) Any 2 or 3 button mouse will work with a mac and right clicks actually work ;) ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Sean Corfield
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:42 PM, ssl...@rubbergumball.net wrote: BTW, I'm pretty sure that Pud was/is fairly active on cf-talk, as I seem to remember email from him to the list. He's on the FW/1 list, learning about MVC and micro-frameworks right now... -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An

Re: Article on F'd Company mentions using CFML

2011-09-08 Thread Lists
According to stephen withington (Blue River) Apple actually uses Mura internally for content management. On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:20 PM, .jonah jonah@creori.com wrote: Pud just sold one of his companies - TinyLetter - to MailChimp: http://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-acquires-tinyletter/

Re: SOT: Workstation recommendations

2011-09-08 Thread Maureen
I've had three HP computers die in the last month. I'm currently using a 13 year old Sony Vaio that still works perfectly. Sony gets my money for the next purchase. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Matt Williams mgw...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, I'll be shopping for a new desktop and just