[ACFUG Discuss] writing a Content Mngmt system in CF..FAQ or Howto?

2007-04-11 Thread Ajas Mohammed
Hello everyone, I came across Joomla which is a great tool and I have heard of so many content management systems(CMS) written in CF. My question is how the application works because all a user is doing is saving some settings in the application for example lets say

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] writing a Content Mngmt system in CF..FAQ or Howto?

2007-04-11 Thread Teddy R. Payne
I would agree with both John and Dean here. The magnanimity of the questions versus the usefullness of redoing the wheel. If I were to to consider writing a CMS, I would be very interested in capturing several pieces of data.: The meta data on how to display a page in the templates that the

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] writing a Content Mngmt system in CF..FAQ or Howto?

2007-04-11 Thread Ajas Mohammed
Thank you everyone. I appreciate the comments. I agree it doesnt make sense to reinvent the wheel. The reason I wanted to know about CMS is because a client of mine uses custom inhouse CF built CMS and I have to add some new features to it. As per my knowledge, I always think a person should get

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] writing a Content Mngmt system in CF..FAQ or Howto?

2007-04-11 Thread Dean H. Saxe
I think you're going about it backwards. Look at the code. Review it. Figure out how it works. Then modify it. Trying to understand it by understanding other CMS systems just won't get you there. And it certainly won't help you figure out how to add features. -dhs On April 11, 2007,

[ACFUG Discuss] developing cf apps with sql server express databases

2007-04-11 Thread Dusty Hale
Anyone use SQL Server Express for developing CF apps on a local PC with windows XP Pro? Is this a good (cheap) solution for a development platform if the live platform will have SQL Server 2005? Will a database developed with SQL Server Express port over well and is the Interface for SQL Server

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] writing a Content Mngmt system in CF..FAQ or Howto?

2007-04-11 Thread Ajas Mohammed
Thanks All, I didnt have access to code and thats the reason I was thinking of all things that might help me in understand. Dean, I agree with your comment. Looking at code greatly helps to understand how things work. Thats what I have been doing for sometime now and will do for this work also.