Calling for Testimonials

Adding new pieces is a snap. Charlie Arehart noticed I didn't have anything showing who I am on the persistent bits of the blog. He emailed me an 'About Me' pod, which went right in the pod manager and just worked.

The BlogCFC Customization and re-design is really easy and BlogCFC is one of the most powerful blogging software for ColdFusion Community.

In the process of deploying BlogCFC as the foundation for my Church's web site. I love how simple it is to use. It will be perfect for my tech-challenged users who will be in charge of posting entries. I also believe the site is fairly user-friendly for visitors. Current information is right there, while static information is available nearby.

If I had a wish list for BlogCFC, it would be for a simpler way to apply a new skin/template to the front end. At the moment, it appears to require an understanding of the code, expertise in CSS/XHTML, and an eye for design. Many blogs out there make it fairly simple to change look and feel with only a few clicks. This is my one wish for BlogCFC. Other than that, I really appreciate the application as it is and especially the BlogCFC team for all their work on it.

id also love it if when i changed the layout, i didnt lose my layout changes with every upgrade... this should be more customizable and less ruining of your old layout if you upgrade.

I considered several different brands of blog software, but ultimately decided to use BlogCFC. It's very easy to customize, uses CSS and since it's open source you can add your own little tweaks to it. It's been great ever since I went live with my site and it's there to stay.

I have BlogCFC sites running on both ColdFusion and Railo, and I've never had a problem on either platform. It's extremely simple to set up, easy to use, and offers a good variety of database platforms for the back end. But, most of all, it just works.

Love blogcfc!

Was easy to integrate into a large cf site; www.21school.ox.ac.uk/blog/

Really looking forward to v 6: application.cfc control would be fab as would themeing

@GG: Are you running the latest BlogCFC? I added FormProtect from Jacob Munson. It adds super-duper spam protection.

Blogcfc is not only a very well written and easy-to-understand CF application, it makes a great blog too. I have had fun customizing both my admin and display over the last few years, and learned a lot in the process.

I fell in Love with blogcfc from day one. As a novice user I had great difficulty understanding the code and it took me a few months to learn how to change the skin to the look I wanted.

Raymond has been great in replying to queries. In general it’s a fantastic piece of work. I only wish someone could write a proper help file to deal with all aspects of coding and to tell us novice users who know nothing about code how to change and modify color, size, columns etc.

I still do not feel confident enough to upload my blog and there are some things I would love to add but I don’t know how.

1-   Member Login. It would be wonderful if there was a facility for users to register with their own personal username and password , including automatic password verification returned to them if they so forgot. This would mean that anyone trying to access the blog would have to register. Something similar to http://www.blogcfm.org/blogcfm/login.cfm
2-   Somehow to upload flash (*.swf) files and movies easily the same way as uploading photo’s.
3-   I know it is risky but the option to allow some or all registered users to upload their images to the blog.

I think if these features are incorporated in the future editions particularly a good help file or an interface like a Manager that can change the settings rather than interfere with the code a great many people who use Wordpress and other blogs would certainly swith to blogcfc.

Regards

Cyrus

Sometimes I wonder why I bother to "roll my own" blog. I'm not sure I really have a good answer other than I just can't help it. I need the freedom. I used to use BlogFusion way back when it was a DIY blog package, but moved to BlogCFC when it became the primary ColdFusion blogging platform. I can't honestly say I'm in love with it, but I really do appreciate the fact that it is available. Thanks for all your hard work.

You have access to a blog entries categories (remember there can be more than one) when you display the blog entry. So you could use custom code to say, if cat so and so, show image so and so.

Again I think blogcfc is the best. I am however reluctant to use it as I would have preferred my blog to be a community blog where registered users could post their own entries and comments / pictures and uploads particularly in flash.

Currently the blog Admin can raise an issue and the rest can merely comment. It would be ideal if many people could post direct.

An option for Member registration and authentication would be the solution but no one has since developed this for blogcfc. Meaning that everyone could read the blog, but to post a comment or add a new entry the user would have to be a verified member.

Further I found a glitch in the blog. Someone can maliciously damage the outline of the blog by entering multiple characters in an entry like 3 lines of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Suddenly the whole interface of the blog becomes damaged and to fix it the entry must be removed.

In general Raymond has worked hard on blogcfc and it is the best open source blog I have ever come across.

Cyrus

It’s great to get such a fast response from Ray. Thank You

I am sorry Ray, I do not mean to distort the interface of your blog, but as mentioned currently anyone can comment on an entry in blogcfc and type the following for example

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

and the blog interface will become distorted.

PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES but this was merely to show what happens.

The only way to get things back to normal is to delete the entry.

If a commenter was to be a member of the blog prior to placing a comment, then this issue would not arise. If it did the person could be banned.

The option to have registered users post their articles and pictures direct to blogcfc opens a new dimension which is not covered by many blogs today.

Imagine a news blog where the public can post their photos news and videos of events direct to a blog after having registered. Content monitoring will obviously be done by the Blog Admin but in general the blog will be open to the public.

So sorry for the XXXX entry. It was just to show you what happens. I think you'd better delete my last comment. The x's look terrible. But thanks Ray for all your effort.