Rough Apollo Timetable

• Nested List Sort Control
• jQuery-powered List Sort Control (11/11/07)
• List Reorder Tool
• Member/Set Tool

• Ray Camden's ColdFusion Blog
• ColdFusion Weekly Podcast website
• Ben Forta's Blog
• Digg.com
• Dzone.com
• The Flex Show
• CF/Flex/AIR/Adobe in the News (a Yahoo Pipe)

• The Swartzfager Greyhounds
• About Me

Java.net Article About Why Java Developers Should Check Out ColdFusion
youtube said: nice blog.thanks [more]

My first jQuery plugin: textCounting
Brian Swartzfager said: @Todd It wouldn't have bothered me so much if it had been a jQuery developer I'd never heard of, but... [more]

My first jQuery plugin: textCounting
Todd Rafferty said: @Brian, I wouldn't feel stupid. After all, you had to have learned something making one yourself. ... [more]

My first jQuery plugin: textCounting
Brian Swartzfager said: @Todd: No, obviously not (insert choice swear words here). Before I started this plugin, I looked... [more]

My first jQuery plugin: textCounting
Todd Rafferty said: Was wondering if you saw this: http://remysharp.com/2008... [more]

How to Create a Countdown Timer in JavaScript
Brian Swartzfager said: @Iggy: There's nothing all that special about the HTML and CSS used to lay out the badge, and having... [more]

How to Create a Countdown Timer in JavaScript
Iggy said: Love the blog - but noticed that you never posted the wrapping HTML code to display the timer. Any ... [more]

Rare mid-week edition of CFConversations podcast now available
Andrew Powell said: Truth be told, the latest one was the first episode to which I'd paid attention, and that only b/c I... [more]

Creating a hyperlink that works with or without AJAX
Ringtones said: Usefull tips, thank you. [more]

Java.net Article About Why Java Developers Should Check Out ColdFusion
kola said: Thanks for the feedback! :) [more]

A list of jQuery plugins I use
Daniel Kim said: NyroModal http://nyromodal.nyrodev.... - really customizable modal/lightbox plugin jQuery Date Inp... [more]

A list of jQuery plugins I use
Dana K said: tablesorter was a God send on a legacy project that was using queries for re-sorting. ow. blockUI ... [more]

A list of jQuery plugins I use
Dave Phipps said: My current favourite jQuery plugins are: Form (http://malsup.com/jquery/form/" target="_blank">http://malsup.com/jquery/...) cycle (http://malsup... [more]

Techniques For Providing Instructions Within A Web Application
battery said: [...]Good site I “Stumbledupon” it today and gave it a stumble for you.. looking forward to seeing w... [more]

Using a Compound List to Simulate a Compound Boolean Statement
asggf said: http://www.getnowaccess.c... [more]

The new Dreamweaver beta: Subversion, show related files, show code sources
Brian Swartzfager said: @Gary: I think the prevailing thought in the community is that if Adobe does create an IDE for Cold... [more]

The new Dreamweaver beta: Subversion, show related files, show code sources
Gary Fenton said: Thanks for the heads-up, I wasn't aware of the beta. I was hoping to see more IDE functionality than... [more]

A ColdFusion IDE feature request: tools for creating Java classes
Tom Chiverton said: Well, yes, for sure CF8 isn't as fast a 'pure java', but I'm happy to either throw CPU cycles or tec... [more]

A ColdFusion IDE feature request: tools for creating Java classes
Peter Bell said: There is a real issue with CF 8 in the performance of object instantiation. I was chatting to someon... [more]

Creating a hyperlink that works with or without AJAX
Brian Swartzfager said: @Rey: Thanks for the tip. I've amended the code per your suggestion. [more]

Creating a hyperlink that works with or without AJAX
Rey Bango said: One note Brian. Whenever you need to reference a jQuery object multiple times, it's best to assign i... [more]

A ColdFusion IDE feature request: tools for creating Java classes
Tom Chiverton said: CF8 has basically, for us, solved this 'slow transfer of large lists of CFCs' problem, due to it's c... [more]

A ColdFusion IDE feature request: tools for creating Java classes
Brian Swartzfager said: @Dan: If it's simply a matter of allowing for strongly-typed CFCs that don't require as much work to... [more]

A ColdFusion IDE feature request: tools for creating Java classes
Dan Roberts said: I think it would make more sense to give us a way in the language to create strongly typed CFCs, if ... [more]

ColdFusion Weekly Podcast 3.08: Andy Powell on Enterprise MVC with CF and Java
Andy Powell said: Thanks for the plug Brian! [more]

Flex adoption leads to thousands of new ColdFusion developers?
Campbell said: I have been exposed to it through working with Flex and I have told myself I must sit down and have ... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
anu said: Brian, I've been using your example to build my app and its coming out great. Big thanks to you... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
anu said: I absolutely don't mind if its messy. I think it'll still be a very good resource for me to get star... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Brian Swartzfager said: If you don't mind the code being a bit messy, I can package it together in a .zip file and either se... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
anu said: I'm looking for resources to get started on a similar project for my work. We need to be able to bui... [more]

Investing My Tax Rebate In the ColdFusion Economy
Brian Swartzfager said: @"Chimbles": I'm quite responsible, thank you very much. [more]

Investing My Tax Rebate In the ColdFusion Economy
Chimbles said: How about, learning some responsibility and when the check arrives instead of running about to purch... [more]

Blueprint for An Emergency SMS Messaging System
Brian Swartzfager said: I don't know if ColdFusion 8's AJAX features include a built-in function for checking for new data l... [more]

Blueprint for An Emergency SMS Messaging System
Smith said: We have looked into this method as well. We are currently researching displaying a cfwindow on the ... [more]

ColdFusion Developers and Social Technologies
Brian Swartzfager said: @barry: I agree that CF developers are more inclined to come together (whether in person or on the ... [more]

ColdFusion Developers and Social Technologies
barry.b said: it depends. one thing I _have_ noticed is that CF people seem to be more "connected" tha... [more]

BlueDragon Goes Open-Source: A Good Thing, But How Good?
Michael Long said: I suspect that it will have little impact, as BD is effectively a step behind the official version. ... [more]

Internet Explorer 8's Webslices Feature: Widgetizing Pieces of Web Pages?
Brian Swartzfager said: Based on what I just read about Web Clips (sorry, not a Mac user), the two biggest differences are w... [more]

Internet Explorer 8's Webslices Feature: Widgetizing Pieces of Web Pages?
Fred said: How are the Slices different from Safari 3.0's Web Clips? [more]

If You Don't Follow RIA News, You Must Be a TWiT
Brian Swartzfager said: Nope, don't buy it. If they can spend an entire episode talking to Jonathan Coulton about niche mus... [more]

If You Don't Follow RIA News, You Must Be a TWiT
Tony Fendall said: Someone else noticed too! I remember Leo saying something about Apollo on net@nite a few months ago... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Joshua Cyr said: I really should play with jQuery. :-) ColdBox is interesting. I don't do much with any framework, ... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Brian Swartzfager said: (Grin) Once you add the Resizables jQuery UI files to an application, making a box resizable like th... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Joshua Cyr said: I am happy to share too, though its all sorta rapped up in coldbox. Lemme know. I will be looking ... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Brian Swartzfager said: Well, if there's anything in mine that you'd like to emulate and you want to know more about, just a... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Joshua Cyr said: I am actually making images and storing them. I have my own big server, so no big deal. Though I do... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Brian Swartzfager said: Actually I released it last week, but my initial post about it didn't generate too much attention (m... [more]

ColdFusion 8's Image Functions + jQuery= A UI For Adding Text and Color Blocks Into An Image file
Joshua Cyr said: Wholly crap, I can't believe we both started the same basic idea last week and released it this morn... [more]

Investing My Tax Rebate In the ColdFusion Economy
Brian Swartzfager said: I knew there was something I had forgotten! Thanks, Judith, I'll do that when I get home tonight. [more]

Investing My Tax Rebate In the ColdFusion Economy
Judith Dinowitz said: Well, this is awfully self-serving, but why not subscribe to the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update? ... [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
Brian Swartzfager said: @crisp: To be honest, I don't know, though my guess would be no. [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
crisp said: Do you have by any chance DBA role on the Oracle user ? I get the same thing when I use a code gener... [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
Brian Swartzfager said: @Todd: True, but it would be nice to be able to get the tables you want in one step (either using t... [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
todd sharp said: Don't forget the tag returns a query, so QofQ will work on it... [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
Brian Swartzfager said: So it's not just me/my organization's Oracle server. I agree then that the tag needs enhancement fo... [more]

Oracle and The CFDBINFO tag: More Tables Than I Bargained For
joel said: I filed an bug report/enhancement on this a while back. There really needs to be an "owner"... [more]

CFUnited Now a Week Earlier
Brian Swartzfager said: In hindsight, perhaps that would have been the way to go, but I really didn't consider it to be priv... [more]

CFUnited Now a Week Earlier
Ben said: I think it would be good idea to wait an official announcement first. [more]

Sorting a Nested List Using jQuery And Saving the Changes
Tony Garcia said: Thanks a lot for posting this, Brian. I' m looking forward to digging into the code. Cheers! [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Brian Swartzfager said: Hey, Tony, I've just published a blog post with a link to a demo that lets you rearrange items in n... [more]

Neat Video Demo of the Allurent Desktop Connection AIR App At Work
Tony Garcia said: Allurent presented this stuff from their work on the Anthropologie web site at the Flex Camp in Bost... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Tony Garcia said: Whenever you're ready, Brian. You gave me enough info on your prior comment for me to give it a try ... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Brian Swartzfager said: It's always been my plan to show off the tool I made for that application, but I still haven't decid... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Tony Garcia said: Thanks a bunch for the info, Brian. That makes a lot of sense. JS isn't really my forte, so if you c... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Brian Swartzfager said: Hi, Tony, The jQuery UI sortable function will handle nested lists: just make the top-level UL ele... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Tony Garcia said: Hey Brian, This is very cool. I've been looking for something like this. Have you tried to do this w... [more]

Techniques For Providing Instructions Within A Web Application
Brian Swartzfager said: I've been thinking about getting something like Camtasia so I could make videos of some of the UI to... [more]

Techniques For Providing Instructions Within A Web Application
Jim Priest said: Great idea!! I've also had good luck by creating videos of complex admin tools using Camtasia. I s... [more]

How to Copy To and From the Clipboard using JavaScript in AIR Beta 2
Brian Swartzfager said: You're welcome: glad to hear that I saved someone else a little pain. [more]

How to Copy To and From the Clipboard using JavaScript in AIR Beta 2
bunnyhero said: THANK YOU!! i was wondering why my clipboard code wasn't working. even the updated documentation for... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Brian Swartzfager said: Anne, I'm SO sorry. Soon after moving my site to a new hosting provider, I essentially abandoned th... [more]

UI Tool for Rearraging Items in a List
Anne Wittenberg said: There is a CF error at the List Reorder Tool link. I am looking for a list reordering tool in CF and... [more]