CFInternals

How to install ColdFusion 8 on Leopard (OSX)

The guys over at daemonite have written detailed instructions for those of you who absolutely have to have ColdFusion 8 running directly under OS X Leopard.

Unlike the instructions posted earlier by Mark Drew (which apparently have worked for some and not for others), this installation is not for the faint of heart.

The standard ColdFusion installer for OSX has no web connector for Apache 2.2, so you're going to have to compile your own using the XCode tools found on the OS X DVD.

ColdFusion / Leopard Compatibility Issues

Reports are coming in that ColdFusion 8 can't communicate with the latest version of Apache on Leopard. No fix or word from Adobe as to if or when a hotfix might be available.

Worse, it appears that ADC (Apple Developer Connection) developers who have been getting Leopard seeds prior to its release have known about the problem since August.

Contact Forms and Web Site Usability

MaoStudios just posted a good entry on contact forms and web site usability, in which they advocate using web-based contact forms as opposed to email links. While I agree with the approach, and with their comments, there's one more thing I think you should consider before implementing such a thing on your own site.

Multiple Layout Specifications in CS3

SitePoint just released an article discussing the multiple layout specifications that the W3C is recommending that web browser vendors implement.

My position? The W3C is nuts.

A new direction for ColdFusion?

Ryan Stewart comes back from MAX with an article discussing ColdFusion's future. In particular, he talks about how ColdFusion now falls under the Platform Business Unit, which puts it in the same organizational unit at Adobe as Flex, Flash Player and AIR.

One of the key results, he explains, is that now ColdFusion should have an "even closer integration with Adobe’s products." But is that really such a good thing? Ryan obviously seems to believe so, but I'm not so sure. Here's why.