ColdFusion Open-Source Update - October 22, 2007

Two new projects and four updates this week. This week the open source update is coming to you from Waterford, Ireland, where, despite the endless rain I have managed to enjoy a Guinness, a Smithwick's and a superb dinner. In case you are wondering, the Guinness and Smithwick's taste the same here as across the pond, but you can't beat the atmosphere.

New Releases and Updates

New Project: Kinky File Explorer
Kinky File Explorer - ColdFusion And jQuery Based File Explorer
Ben Nadel offers this file explorer that simplifies sharing a code-base with users.

New Project: CF_SSLPOP
Initial Release
The project by Vicente Junior allows you to implement SSL POP3 to connect to mail like Gmail.

Galleon
Minor update to Galleon
Ray Camden fixes IE support in the admin area for his forum application.

ColdBox
ColdBox 2.5.0 Beta 1 is now available!!
Luis Majano announces a new beta release that includes a long list of new features, updates and fixes.

Share API
Share API Updated
Ray Camden has updated his component to interface with Adobe Share.

Coop
Update Released
John Farrar has updated his UI framework.

Fusebox
Fusebox Scaffolding Updated
Sean Corfield has posted Kevin Roche's extension to the beta program page.

Announcements

BlogCFC
BlogCFC survey
Any Jarrett Posts about a survey going on at BlogCFC.com.

ColdBox
BlueDragon 7 bug when looping over an iterator. Need Help?
Luis Majano is looking for some assistance with an unusual error on BD.

Mach-II
Mach-II 1.6 Development Started & Small Updates
Peter Farrell updates users on the development of Mach-II 1.6 and on upcoming documentation updates.

New Documentation Available for BuildUrl(), SES URLs and command
Peter Farrell has posted some new documentation for new 1.5 features.

POI Utility CFC
POIUtility - Object Instantiation Exception
Ben Nadel offers a brief description of a common problem people encounter.

FarCry
FarCry 4.0.9: Scaffolds & WebTop Overview Skins
Geoff Bowers discusses some new features powered by ExtJS which are being snuck into the 4.0.9 release.

FarCry 4.1: Roadmap for Fortress
Geoff Bowers lays out the roadmap for the next dot release of his CMS.

SquidHead
Why Use Squidhead?
Terrence Ryan goes over some of the benefits of using his application generator.

Boomsocket
boomsocket: The Status, An Update and A Tease
Eric Jones posts an update to the ongoing alpha for Digital-Positions CMS.

Kalendar
Kalendar Design Contest Winners
Jason Durham and Mark Aplet have jointly won.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

BlogCFC
Making blogCFC a 3 column layout
Duncan Loxton gives a tutorial on how to change the standard BlogCFC layout to a 3-column layout.

Adding CFAkismet to BlogCFC
Nathan Mische offers this tutorial for utilizing Askimet to prevent blog spam.

FarCry
Farcry - Extending Just About Everything
Scott Stroz offers this tutorial on how to customize your FarCry install using its built-in extensibility.

FarCry - Creating Our Custom Form
Scott Stroz continues his series of FarCry tutorials.

Canvas
A Quick Note for Canvas Wiki Users: Handling Large Text Extries
Rob Brooks-Bilson discusses a small issue you might encounter with your Canvas Wiki datasource.

Slainte!

Just remember: it's all that rain that makes Ireland so (green and) beautiful!

Finally! A ColdFusioneer visiting Ireland! If your up in Cork (About 2 hours away) we would love to meet you! Email me at dan[at]digital-crew.com if you can make it up!