Instant Web Sites Using ColdFusion

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Instant Web Sites Using ColdFusion

• MD CFUG 1/11/2005
• Presented by Jon Brundage
• Accessibility Consultant, CF developer
• Jonwind_at_windcompany.com

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The Power of CF

• A great CF Page
• An empty canvas for you to create upon!

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The concept

• We are setting up a domain to allow customers to
  create a web site.
• Each Customer site is created via a series of
  forms.
• All the information needed to make the pages is
  stored in a database.
• CF variables control the site.

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Some assumptions

• We have already created an account for the
  customer
• A great deal of validation and error handling
  would be added in a production environment.
• Javascript is supported.

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Set-up

• Extract internetmusicsites folder to WWWroot
  folder on CF server
• Create datasource internetmusicsites that maps
  to internetmusicsites.mdb (MS Access) in the
  /database folder

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Application flow

• Customers log in
• Go through Wizard that builds site
• Subsequent log-ins allow them to edit the site

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Wizard Step 1

• Builds Home page
• Enters basic information such as site name,
  address, and contact information.
• Chooses style sheet

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Wizard steps 2 to 4

• Chose an image for the header
• Upload a picture
• Add some event information

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Exercise create edit pages

• Provide pages for customers to edit pages.
• When they log-in, check for existence of site
  name- if no then go through wizard, otherwise
  provide edit pages.

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Thanks to you and TeraTech!

• Jon Brundage jonwind_at_windcompany.com
• Independent consultant for Web Accessibility
  (Section 508 and W3C Web Accessibility
  Initiative)
• Web site consulting and development
• If you need more information on the architecture
  of this site, consult my previous presentation
  (April 2003) Page layout and navigation in CF
  http//www.cfug-md.org/meetings.cfm
• Thanks to Charlie Arehart for CF custom tag
  textareaformat.cfm