Hey everyone... A brief request from me to you! Please read!

I wanted to take a moment to let you all know something that I found out today, some really sad news... this is off-topic from ColdFusion; however it reminds us that the little things in life we need to remember and apprecaite. Most of all family. We all tend to get tied up with work, deadlines, deliverables, clients, etc... but then we find out that those things (though important) are not that important.

I found out from a close friend today, Kim, that her 6 year old son Kelton was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor; and they are giving him 2-4 weeks to live. Now as most of you know I am not one to start a debate on religion, etc... but she has asked me (as any mother would) to please reach out to those I know (all of you :) and ask that they please say a short prayer for her son. Again, not saying you have to, but if you do believe in God and in prayer, plase take a moment to pray for little Kelton. I appreciate your support and I am sure Kim does too!

This is a picture of Kelton Scott Edmonds

If you'd like to send a kind note to the mother, please send send me the email and i will pass it on or reply to her MySpace post below. I appreciate your help!
http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&messageID=5711968897&MyToken=2d6d8a4d-6800-4e1c-ad83-e0b85893be40

Thanks for your support and help!

And the winner is? Taco Fleur with his tutorial : ColdFusion tutorial to export from database to RSS. Congratulations and thanks for your submission. If you are the author; please send me an email with your address where i can send the prize to!

I wanted to reach out to the authors and ask; how did you like this type of voting? Did you prefer this method or the old one? Let me know your thoughts!

I have gotten a few emails regarding FreeColdFusionHosting.Com; I am still persuing this venture and wish to open t soon; but am having some licensing issues and with cost. I know some of you (if not all of you) are excited to see this launch; and just know it is STILL in the works. On a side note; I reacquired the domain name cfm-resources.com (the original company i owned that provided free ColdFusion hosting back in the day (the first one to provide free CF hosting!), and I will be incorporating this domain into the site... more to come on that.... I am really excited to be able to reuse this name and to provide the same (and better) services then once before! :)

I am looking at replacing the forum to use something more "new-age" with web 2.0 (Ajax?) implemented and that will allow uploading of content (i.e. videos, attachments, etc) and also maybe even tie it into some type of newsgroup server for those that don't want to particularly use the site everyday... Ever done something like this? Help us get better... get with me!

Lastly, I wanted to get some feedback on individuals that use this site to see if there are things you'd like to see on the site.. I am looking to expand it to provide more free stuff to our users; if you have an idea... let me know!

Some ideas I was kicking around were...:

1. Web services that you can integration to deliver content to your sites
2. A system that we can incorporate for people to post jobs and for you guys to get contracts (similar to www.elance.com)
3. A place for our developers to post their work and sell their applications, tags, etc...
4. A new system that will allow everyone to leverage more skills and test things on newer environments... like a CF 7 sandbox, a CF 8 Sandbox, a BlueDragon sand box, etc...
5. A new section on the site to interview people, companies, leaders in the community, etc so we can make a difference across the board in the CF community!
6. An online system for you guys to track your projects, tasks, etc with your clients... Basically a community driven project management system!
7. A true (powerful) work showcase area where individuals can go in and really provide work showcases... things you've done.. the challenges, the achievements, etc... This would be cool to have!

What do you think? anything else you;d like to see that would benefit everyone? Please let me know.. I want to expand the site to give you guys (and gals) easier tools to learn, get better and expand your knowledge and businesses... let me know... I look forward to your comments!
More to come...

First off; I'd like to thank all the tutorial author's that have submitted a tutorial during the sweepstakes period.

I am finalizing the voting system that the site judge's will use to rate the entries; and then the majority selection (based on rating) will be declared a winner. Expect a winner really really soon!

I'd also like the thank HostMySite.Com for sponsoring this tutorial sweepstakes, if you're looking for ColdFusion Hosting check them out today!

Anyways, here are the tutorials that are qualified to win the prize:

Beginners Tutorials

How to greet your users on their birthday
This tutorial uses a couple of date/time functions and database query results in order to get your DBMS to greet your users when their birthday dates match the current date.
Date added: Wed. January 2, 2008 | Posted by: Julio Cesar Sousa Amaral

Sending e-mail with Flex and ColdFusion
I demonstrate as sending e-mails integrating Flex and ColdFusion
Date added: Fri. January 4, 2008 | Posted by: Francisco Paulino - Tofinha

Creating a chat system with Flex and Coldfusion
This tutorial will cover both the Flex and Coldfusion areas of a chat application that uses the users computer to store the entire chat log and coldfusion only stores the 5 newest messages.
Date added: Wed. February 6, 2008 | Posted by: Craig

Editing with a Flex Datagrid
Would you like to learn how to edit the information in a Flex 2 DataGrid directly? All the examples I’ve seen proceed by data binding TextInputs to a DataGrid as part of a form. I’ve written this tutorial so that you can change the information right in the DataGrid cells.
Date added: Thu. February 21, 2008 | Posted by: Renee

Making a Forum
In this tutorial we will learn how to make a forum from scratch.
Date added: Wed. January 16, 2008 | Posted by: Louis Stowasser

Yet Another Dynamic Drop Down Tutorial
Another tutorial which demonstrates an easier method of making dynamic drop down menus. It uses multidimensional arrays.
Date added: Wed. January 16, 2008 | Posted by: Louis Stowasser

ColdFusion tutorial to create same hash as CF, but in MS SQL!
How cool would it be, being able to create the same MD5 hash as ColdFusion, directly in the MS SQL RDMBS?
Date added: Sun. January 6, 2008 | Posted by: Taco Fleur

ColdFusion tutorial to export from database to RSS
Always wanted to export items from your existing database into RSS with ColdFusion and syndicate it, but don’t know how? Well, this is your lucky day! We’re going to show you how you can easily export your database records to RSS.
Date added: Sat. January 5, 2008 | Posted by: Taco Fleur

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