John Morgan writes courseware at Blue Star training when he's not busy training programmers, Web developers and database developers. He also speaks at conferences, workshops and the San Diego ColdFusion Users Group, which he hosts.
There once was an emporium that sold the finest treasures in all the world.
Their service was second to none, and their prices were more than reasonable.
But they had a problem. The problem was that only a few knew where the
emporium was, and most didn't even know it existed. Sadly, the emporium
failed because their potential customers couldn't find them.
A similar tale of woe could be told of many would-be-great Web sites. Web
sites destined to fail because they ignore the first rule of retail success:
"Location, location, location." What is true in the physical world is even
truer of the virtual world. If your customers can't find you, they're not
your customers.
This story was also true for me. I had created a dynamic, database-driven Web
site for Blue Star Training, ... (more)
From my very first line of ColdFusion code I was in heaven. There were lots
of powerful tags and functions that made Web site creation a dream. What more
could I ask for? User-Defined Functions (UDFs), that's what!
I was surprised that a language that was so extensible omitted the ability to
create functions. I knew that if CF was going to be all that it could be, I
needed to find a way ... (more)
John Morgan writes courseware at Blue Star training when he's not busy training programmers, Web developers and database developers. He also speaks at conferences, workshops and the San Diego ColdFusion Users Group, which he hosts.
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