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There is nothing more frustrating than taking 30 minutes filling out some text in a long form only to submit and have your session reset and lose all of your data. Here is a simple solution to keep a session open on forms where users may need an e...
In recent months I have been using PHP to extend functionality inside of WordPress for the SpatialKey site and working with JQuery as well. After working with ColdFusion for so long I have gotten spoiled by the CFDUMP tag . Here are a few options ...
I ran into a confusing issue with ColdFusion 8 that could affect users that install the enterprise version with the evaluation option and are using multiple instances. Here is what led up to this issue occuring for me Instal...
This article highlights the many different Flex development frameworks available as the Flex community has grown by leaps in bounds in recent years.
After leaving Adobe in November of 2007 I joined Universal Mind as the director of Technology. UM had been working on a product that was called LaunchPad. At that time LaunchPad was a proof of concept built for the San Francisco PD with basic hea...
I will be presenting again at Max this year in San Franscico on the topic of "Architecting ColdFusion For Scalability And High Availability". I want to take a new approach this year and solicit input on specific areas to cover during the...
If you had a chance to read my getting started with Ec2 article I highlighted some of the challenges with deploying applications on the cloud. One of these challenges can n...
I was recently introduced to Amazon's new Ec2 services. The idea of cloud computing really intrigued me after I heard about it so I decided to take the dive. There is a bit of a learning curve with getting s...
In my last blog posting I discussed the advantages of using MaxMind GeoIP to obtain a site visitors geographical location based on their IP. In this posting I will show...
Early this year I wrote a blog article about using IP2Location to identify a users location and ISP based upon their IP. You can find the previous articles here:
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