Sean Corfield gave a great presentation about ColdFusion and Open Source at the CFinNC Conference today.  I'm going to give a little summary of one part of that here.

Many open source projects are supported by foundations, like the Open Source Initiative, the Apache Software Foundation, the Free Software Foundation, and the like.  Sometimes, large projects even have their own supporting foundations, like the Drupal Association, or the Plone Foundation.  

Until recently, ColdFusion has had no such supporting organization, but we now have the For ColdFusion Foundation.  From their website:

The For ColdFusion Foundation (4CFF) is a non-profit dedicated to helping the ColdFusion Community at-large through fostering a collaborative environment for ColdFusion Free Open-Source Software Projects and their Developer Communities, so that we all may enjoy great software.

Sean says they'll be making an announcement soon about some of the first projects they'll be supporting.  I don't think they're mine, since I only learned about 4CFF today :)

But check it out anyway!

www.4cff.org

 

 I'm presenting tomorrow at CFinNC in Raleigh, and I've uploaded the presentation and examples here:

http://www.opensourcecf.com/cfinnc

 Project Page for CFFM:  http://www.opensourcecf.com/cffm

 In case you were not aware, the new version of FCKEditor is now called CKEditor.  It was just released about a week ago, and I discovered that it does not yet come with a filebrowser of any kind, but you can PURCHASE his commercial product called CKFinder.

However, with a bit of work, I've managed to make CFFM integrate nicely into the new CKEditor.  Please see the editor integration demo for more details, and view the README.TXT for installation and integration instructions.

This feature is available in CFFM 1.3 RC2.

CFFM Project Page:  http://www.opensourcecf.com/cffm
Get it from SVN at http://svn.riaforge.org/cffm 

 

 Registration for CFinNC is now open! CFinNC is a free web development conference held in Raleigh, North Carolina during the weekend of October 17th and 18th with an International line-up of speakers presenting on timely and relevant topics on web development. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and the creativity of the planning committee, registration for the event will be free and includes entry to the weekend event and to all presentations. 

In order to keep the event free we have removed some hard costs and some benefits you normally get from paid-registration events.   

Please be aware of the following:

 

1) You are responsible for paying for lunch for both days. We have enlisted the services of a local caterer and will be providing lunch each day for $10/day. This includes a sandwich, chips and drink. Please bring cash the day of the event! We will not be able to process credit cards! 

 

2) Limited Edition, Collectible CFinNC conference t-shirts will be available for purchase for $15 with any proceeds going to offset costs and possibly sponsor a planning committee dinner (if we sell them all). 

Lunch and shirt purchase is completely optional.  You may indicate if you would like to purchase lunch and/or a t-shirt on the registration form.

 

For more information, please check the CFinNC website at:  http://www.cfinnc.com.

I've been working on making CFFM cooler, with jquery and a few plugins (imgPreview, uploadify)... It all still runs on "older" versions of CF (tested on CFMX7, 8, and 9)
It's fully ajaxified... the main document is never reloaded.

www.opensourcecf.com/cffm/demo/cffm.cfm

I haven't "released" this version yet but if you desire to put it on your own server for testing, you can get it out of subversion (http://svn.riaforge.org/cffm)
If you play on the demo, make a directory of your own and upload some files, otherwise you may experience unexpected behavior from you and someone else doing stuff to the same file =) The demo also resets its file structure every 30 minutes so if you're working in your own directory and suddenly its gone, that's why :)
I appreciate any and all feedback and suggestions for improvement.

  Project Page for CFFM:  http://www.opensourcecf.com/cffm

So I sucked it up and added a few more features to CFFM last night.

• CFFM now defaults to using CFIMAGE on Coldfusion 8 and above.  This means a couple of image manipulation features are gone since CFIMAGE doesn't seem to have the ability to flip horizontal, flip vertical, or crop an image.  Though I honestly didn't really dig that far into the cfscript options for CFIMAGE, I do know that such options were not available via the cfimage tag.  If you want to use something else like ImageCR3, or Blue Dragon's CFIMAGE, you could write your own image object that wraps the component in question.  For examples, see ImageObject_imagecfc.cfc and ImageObject_cfimage.cfc.
• Because of the CFIMAGE integration, CFFM's image manipulation features are now enabled when using the RAM:// drive in Coldfusion 9.

Translations - If you have done a translation for CFFM, please let me know, I'd like to include it with the distribution.

 

 

 Project Page for CFFM:  http://www.opensourcecf.com/cffm

CFFM 1.2 is finally here.  I fixed all open bugs, and tested it on CF9 Beta on Windows, OpenBD 1.1 on Windows, and CF7 on Linux.

I also did a preliminary test of using the the Virtual File System (VFS) in Coldfusion 9.  It actually works for file management but since the files aren't in the web root they can't actually be accessed.  I suppose that'll have to wait until 1.21!

Alright, it's currently vaporware. But I'm actually gonna do a new version of CFFM, very soon. It's still a damn fine file manager and I think a spot nicer than the one that comes with fckeditor. Also, someone at adobe suggested with a few changes it could be used as a file manager for the new virtual file system in Coldfusion 9. That sounds fun.

The initial release will be programmed for Coldfusion 8 and beyond. It'll make use of CFIMAGE probably so maybe I'll add a flag to disable those features if the server is not running CF8.

It also may end up using a lot of jquery. We'll see!

I had a need to generate a list of random names, and finding such a list on the internet was not particularly easy.  Of course, I have access to a larage database of about 600,000 people, so I just took the top 500 first names, the top 1000 last names, and did a cross join.  Selected the top 10,000 of them, ordered randomly, and put them into a spreadsheet for your pleasure.  I've also uploaded a csv file and an access db.

• 10,000 Names - Zip Archive (contains XLS, CSV, and MDB files)
• 10,000 Names - Excel Spreadsheet (.xls)
• 10,000 Names - Microsoft Access (.mdb)
• 10,000 Names - CSV

Example data:

firstName	lastName	middleInitial	firstNameFirst	lastNameFirst
Kristina	Chung	H	Kristina H. Chung	Chung, Kristina H.
Paige	Chen	H	Paige H. Chen	Chen, Paige H.
Sherri	Melton	E	Sherri E. Melton	Melton, Sherri E.
Gretchen	Hill	I	Gretchen I. Hill	Hill, Gretchen I.
Karen	Puckett	U	Karen U. Puckett	Puckett, Karen U.
Patrick	Song	O	Patrick O. Song	Song, Patrick O.
Elsie	Hamilton	A	Elsie A. Hamilton	Hamilton, Elsie A.
Hazel	Bender	E	Hazel E. Bender	Bender, Hazel E.
Malcolm	Wagner	A	Malcolm A. Wagner	Wagner, Malcolm A.
Dolores	McLaughlin	C	Dolores C. McLaughlin	McLaughlin, Dolores C.
Francis	McNamara	C	Francis C. McNamara	McNamara, Francis C.
Sandy	Raynor	A	Sandy A. Raynor	Raynor, Sandy A.
Marion	Moon	O	Marion O. Moon	Moon, Marion O.
Beth	Woodard	O	Beth O. Woodard	Woodard, Beth O.
Julia	Desai	E	Julia E. Desai	Desai, Julia E.
Jerome	Wallace	A	Jerome A. Wallace	Wallace, Jerome A.
Neal	Lawrence	A	Neal A. Lawrence	Lawrence, Neal A.
Jean	Griffin	R	Jean R. Griffin	Griffin, Jean R.
Kristine	Dougherty	O	Kristine O. Dougherty	Dougherty, Kristine O.
Crystal	Powers	O	Crystal O. Powers	Powers, Crystal O.
Alex	May	A	Alex A. May	May, Alex A.
Eric	Steele	T	Eric T. Steele	Steele, Eric T.
Wesley	Teague	E	Wesley E. Teague	Teague, Wesley E.
Franklin	Vick	I	Franklin I. Vick	Vick, Franklin I.
Claire	Gallagher	A	Claire A. Gallagher	Gallagher, Claire A.
Marian	Solomon	O	Marian O. Solomon	Solomon, Marian O.
Marcia	Walsh	A	Marcia A. Walsh	Walsh, Marcia A.
Dwight	Monroe	O	Dwight O. Monroe	Monroe, Dwight O.
Wayne	Connolly	O	Wayne O. Connolly	Connolly, Wayne O.
Stephanie	Hawkins	A	Stephanie A. Hawkins	Hawkins, Stephanie A.
Neal	Middleton	I	Neal I. Middleton	Middleton, Neal I.
Gretchen	Goldstein	O	Gretchen O. Goldstein	Goldstein, Gretchen O.
Tim	Watts	A	Tim A. Watts	Watts, Tim A.
Jerome	Johnston	O	Jerome O. Johnston	Johnston, Jerome O.
Shelley	Weeks	E	Shelley E. Weeks	Weeks, Shelley E.
Priscilla	Wilkerson	I	Priscilla I. Wilkerson	Wilkerson, Priscilla I.
Elsie	Barton	A	Elsie A. Barton	Barton, Elsie A.
Beth	Walton	A	Beth A. Walton	Walton, Beth A.
Erica	Hall	A	Erica A. Hall	Hall, Erica A.
Douglas	Ross	O	Douglas O. Ross	Ross, Douglas O.
Donald	Chung	H	Donald H. Chung	Chung, Donald H.
Katherine	Bender	E	Katherine E. Bender	Bender, Katherine E.
Paul	Woods	O	Paul O. Woods	Woods, Paul O.
Patricia	Mangum	A	Patricia A. Mangum	Mangum, Patricia A.
Lois	Joseph	O	Lois O. Joseph	Joseph, Lois O.
Louis	Rosenthal	O	Louis O. Rosenthal	Rosenthal, Louis O.
Christina	Bowden	O	Christina O. Bowden	Bowden, Christina O.
Darlene	Barton	A	Darlene A. Barton	Barton, Darlene A.
Harvey	Underwood	N	Harvey N. Underwood	Underwood, Harvey N.
William	Jones	O	William O. Jones	Jones, William O.
Frederick	Baker	A	Frederick A. Baker	Baker, Frederick A.
Shirley	Merritt	E	Shirley E. Merritt	Merritt, Shirley E.
Jason	Cross	R	Jason R. Cross	Cross, Jason R.
Judith	Cooper	O	Judith O. Cooper	Cooper, Judith O.
Gretchen	Holmes	O	Gretchen O. Holmes	Holmes, Gretchen O.
Don	Sharpe	H	Don H. Sharpe	Sharpe, Don H.
Glenda	Morgan	O	Glenda O. Morgan	Morgan, Glenda O.
Scott	Hoyle	O	Scott O. Hoyle	Hoyle, Scott O.
Pat	Allen	L	Pat L. Allen	Allen, Pat L.
Michelle	Rich	I	Michelle I. Rich	Rich, Michelle I.
Jessica	Rich	I	Jessica I. Rich	Rich, Jessica I.
Evan	Grant	R	Evan R. Grant	Grant, Evan R.
Melinda	Proctor	R	Melinda R. Proctor	Proctor, Melinda R.
Calvin	Diaz	I	Calvin I. Diaz	Diaz, Calvin I.
Eugene	Graham	R	Eugene R. Graham	Graham, Eugene R.
Vickie	Watkins	A	Vickie A. Watkins	Watkins, Vickie A.
Luis	Hinton	I	Luis I. Hinton	Hinton, Luis I.
Allan	Marsh	A	Allan A. Marsh	Marsh, Allan A.
Melanie	Hewitt	E	Melanie E. Hewitt	Hewitt, Melanie E.
Marianne	Branch	R	Marianne R. Branch	Branch, Marianne R.
Natalie	Walton	A	Natalie A. Walton	Walton, Natalie A.
Caroline	O'Brien	'	Caroline '. O'Brien	O'Brien, Caroline '.
Arlene	Case	A	Arlene A. Case	Case, Arlene A.
Kyle	Watts	A	Kyle A. Watts	Watts, Kyle A.
Calvin	Christensen	H	Calvin H. Christensen	Christensen, Calvin H.
Gary	Parks	A	Gary A. Parks	Parks, Gary A.
Samantha	Hardin	A	Samantha A. Hardin	Hardin, Samantha A.
Sara	Lucas	U	Sara U. Lucas	Lucas, Sara U.
Stacy	Eason	A	Stacy A. Eason	Eason, Stacy A.
Gladys	Davidson	A	Gladys A. Davidson	Davidson, Gladys A.
Mike	Whitehead	H	Mike H. Whitehead	Whitehead, Mike H.
Lynne	Rose	O	Lynne O. Rose	Rose, Lynne O.
Faye	Sparks	P	Faye P. Sparks	Sparks, Faye P.
Diana	Moore	O	Diana O. Moore	Moore, Diana O.
Leon	Pearson	E	Leon E. Pearson	Pearson, Leon E.
Ethel	Rodgers	O	Ethel O. Rodgers	Rodgers, Ethel O.
Steve	Graves	R	Steve R. Graves	Graves, Steve R.
Alison	Scarborough	C	Alison C. Scarborough	Scarborough, Alison C.
Sherri	Sutton	U	Sherri U. Sutton	Sutton, Sherri U.
Patsy	Sinclair	I	Patsy I. Sinclair	Sinclair, Patsy I.
Kelly	Bowman	O	Kelly O. Bowman	Bowman, Kelly O.
Stacy	Olsen	L	Stacy L. Olsen	Olsen, Stacy L.
Curtis	Love	O	Curtis O. Love	Love, Curtis O.
Dana	McLean	C	Dana C. McLean	McLean, Dana C.
Jennifer	Christian	H	Jennifer H. Christian	Christian, Jennifer H.
Brett	Lamb	A	Brett A. Lamb	Lamb, Brett A.
Brandon	James	A	Brandon A. James	James, Brandon A.
Keith	Chandler	H	Keith H. Chandler	Chandler, Keith H.
Joann	Stout	T	Joann T. Stout	Stout, Joann T.