1. Instant Web Sites Using ColdFusion MD CFUG 1/11/2005 Presented by Jon Brundage Accessibility Consultant, CF developer Jonwind@windcompany.com

2. The Power of CF A great CF Page: An empty canvas for you to create upon!

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Application flow Customers log in Go through “Wizard” that builds site Subsequent log-ins allow them to edit the site

7. Wizard Step 1 Builds Home page Enters basic information such as site name, address, and contact information. Chooses style sheet

8. Wizard steps 2 to 4 Chose an image for the header Upload a picture Add some event information

9. 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.

10. Thanks to you and TeraTech! Jon Brundage jonwind@windcompany.com jonwind@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 http://www.cfug-md.org/meetings.cfm Thanks to Charlie Arehart for CF custom tag “textareaformat.cfm”