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Programmatically Clearing the Permissions Cache

2009-06-29 22:58:43.0

User permissions are cached for quick access. These contain what kind of rights does a user/group have on which objects.

There are times when you want to programmtically clear the permissions cache. Here is how to do that.

Running Railo and Adobe ColdFusion on the Same Context Root in JBoss

2009-05-27 17:49:54.0

To make my applications run both on Railo ColdFusion and Adobe ColdFusion, I needed to make sure that code changes I was making for Railo did not break anything in Adobe CF. Initially, I set up two separate JBoss instances, one running AdobeCF and th...

Moving to Railo - Test compile-time errors quickly

2009-05-27 17:45:56.0

Over the last few weeks I''ve been working quite intensively with Railo. And over that period I''ve been migrating a lot of my current applications to Railo. The migration process has been relatively painless and that is really impressive. There are ...

How to setup Apache with JBoss on a Shado Site

2009-02-04 16:58:27.0

At Straker we have standardized on JBoss as our application server of choice. This article shows how to configure Apache virtual hosts to proxy request to JBoss, basically doing what the JRun web connector would do if you were running JRun. There are...

Periodically Polling the server from Flex

2009-01-29 16:27:28.0

This article gives a quick example of how to poll a server periodically from ZoomFlex using Cairngorm. Not a lot of explaination but some code examples that you can work through. Add an onCreationComplete function to the default application file // ...

Using ShadoCMS and the Across Language Server

2009-01-19 01:35:39.0

This article covers how to setup and use ShadoCMS integration with the Across Language Server to manage seemless translation workflows. ShadoCMS integrates with Across via CrossAPI which is the web service API interface for Across. Out of the box S...

Install ColdFusion on Jboss with Apache

2009-01-14 18:36:53.0

This article describes how to install ColdFusion 8 on JBoss and then using Apache as the web server. 1. Download JBoss from the download site. I downloaded jboss-5.0.0.GA.zip 2. Unzip the download file and put on the server somewhere convienient 3. G...

Important ShadoCMS Variables

2008-12-09 16:35:31.0

When working with templates, ShadoCMS makes available a whole bunch of variables. These variables can be used in templates for accomplishing tasks like conditional processing.

Here is a list of some important variables.

Overview

2008-11-20 11:19:15.0

By default, ShadoCMS sites are set up and coded to use the name of the site in all URLs. This works very well as a default option as it requires almost no webserver and code changes. But there are times when you want to make the URLs in your site mor...

Regular Expression for Finding Unqualified Component Names

2008-11-18 12:07:56.0

Using fully-qualified component names is always a good idea. It reduces the risk of incorrectly using a wrong component in case there are multiple components with the same name on a ColdFusion server. Also, when using ShadoCMS, it makes the code more...

Working with Page Variables/Properties

2008-11-12 21:07:23.0

Page variables (known as page properties in an earlier life) are very useful in setting up variables that can be inspected by templates at runtime. The inspected values can be then used to change the logic on a template. This allows developers to res...

Email Users When They are Added to a Site

2008-11-12 01:52:27.0

When users are added to a ShadoCMS site, by default they are not notified that they have been added. However, if you need to notify users by email that they have been added to a ShadoCMS site, you can easily create an event handler that does this. He...

Adding Print and PDF functionality

2008-11-10 10:10:43.0

Often it is very useful to add functionality to a site that allows a user to print a whole section to screen (which can then be printed to a printer) or to a PDF.

It is fairly straight-forward to create this in ShadoCMS. Here is how.

Automate Lucene Search Store Indexing

2008-11-07 17:36:17.0

Here is a script that can be added to ColdFusion scheduled tasks to automate indexing of a few or all Lucene search stores.

ShadoCMS Search and Java Version

2008-09-24 03:03:26.0

The ShadoCMS search uses a few Java libraries to index and retrieve content -- in site tree, digital assets and SOF objects. These Java libraries are dependent on the version of Java that is being used on the ColdFusion server. You need to have Java ...

Hungarian Notation for ShadoCMS Sites

2008-09-23 00:37:51.0

Hungarian notation is a naming convention in computer programming, in which the name of a variable indicates its type or intended use.

Test-driven Development with ShadoCMS

2008-09-18 04:41:06.0

Writing tests as you develop code for a ShadoCMS site is the best way to ensure that the code you write works as expected. We recently added information in the documentation section that shows how to setup a test-driven development system using the M...

Shado 8.5 New Release - Member Manager

2008-09-16 19:17:20.0

Straker releases the new member manager module as the first in a series of module enhancements and new functionality additions over the coming months.

ShadoCMS 8.5 Released

2008-08-18 12:53:52.0

ShadoCMS v8.5 has been released further solidifying Shado as a leader in the Multilanguage and Rich Internet Application market.

System Requirements for Installing ShadoCMS 8

2008-06-13 06:24:59.0

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