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Thank You, cfUniForm...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:13:00 -0700

This probably comes as no surprise, but it has been many years since I have written a form without the aid of cfUniForm. Today, however, I had a need to throw together a ridiculously quick and simple upload form on a project that only has this one form on it. Hardly enough to warrant adding cfUniForm into the mix. Or so it seemed. [More]

cfUniForm v4.6.0 - IMPORTANT PrettyComments XSS Vulnerability Fix Release

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:38:00 -0700

IMPORTANT: If you have textareas in any of your forms, you will want to upgrade! A big THANK YOU! to Marc Esher for identifying an XSS vulnerability with the plugin that cfUniForm had previously used for "expandable" textareas. Marc contacted the author of the PrettyComments jQuery plugin repeatedly in an effort to help the author resolve this issue. However, the author gave no indication that he was interested in a fix. Because of this, cfUniForm now uses Elastic for expandable textareas. [More]

Announcing the cfUniForm-users Mailing List

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:16:00 -0700

Short. Sweet. To the point. http://groups.google.com/group/cfuniform-users?lnk=gcimh Done.

cfUniForm v4.5 - Now on GitHub

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:58:00 -0700

After being prodded by several folks for over a year now to move cfUniForm to a public repository, and specifically GitHub, I am pleased to announce that I have finally taken the Git plunge. Git is a dramatic departure from SVN, but it is oh so good in oh so many ways. I feel like I am barely beginning to scratch the surface in git goodness, and can't wait to move *everything* to git. For now, though, I just wanted to make sure and send out a quickie post to let everyone know that cfUniForm v4.5 is officially available now, and that you can grab it from RIAForge or from GitHub. Hopefully I can find (make!) some time to get some more detailed posts out in the next few days/weeks, but for now, take a look at my Forms That Don't Suck presentation and demo code, as they contain all kinds of goodies not previously available.

Forms That Don't Suck - Preso & Code (Finally)

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:42:00 -0700

Wow. I, ummm, don't even know what to say. I cannot believe it is July already. The last few months have been a massive whirlwind of activity around the Quack household: remodel, band booster stuff, conferences, presentations, graduation, new job... the list seems to never end. Unfortunately, I have been so busy and have totally last track of time, and never remembered to force myself to sit down and get my presentation and demo code ready to distribute. Oh well, better late than never, I suppose. [More]

cfUniForm v4.1 - Minor Release Update to Uni-Form 1.4

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:21:00 -0700

I just released cfUniForm 4.1 on RIAForge. As far as cfUniForm is concerned, this is a minor release done for the specific purpose of updating cfUniForm with the latest release (1.4) of the Uni-Form markup and CSS spec. On the other hand, for those who have been seeking themed CSS with cfUniForm, you will be happy to know that this release is for that exact purpose. [More]

cfUniForm: "Rate Me"

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:56:00 -0700

jQuery's star rating plugin makes it simple to add a "Rate Me" interface to your application. Combine it with cfUniForm v4.0, and now it's ridiculously simple to add a star rating field (or ten) to any form. [More]

cfUniForm Quick Tip: Struct or String

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:32:00 -0700

One of the improvements in the latest cfUniForm release is a change in behavior for the 'pluginSetup' attribute on the field tag. Even though this change does not break any old code, I still wanted to write a brief explanation of what the change is, why I made it, and how to make use of it. [More]

cfUniForm v.4.0 - Leaner, Meaner, More Features - Just Plain Ol' Better

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:00 -0700

WOW! It has been a year already since cfUniForm v3.0 was released. I guess it's about time I made some serious upgrades, eh? Well, after a year of a few minor updates, I present to you cfUniForm v4.0, a major release with a number of new features and other updates to make it leaner and meaner. [More]

cfUniForm - Right-Aligned Labels and No Asterisk

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:16:00 -0700

I sometimes get asked questions like "hey, man, how can I right-align labels with cfUniForm?" or "how can I change colors?", etc. The answer is: override the CSS! That's the entire purpose of Cascading Style Sheets. Here's a quick example of how to override a couple of default behaviors with the Uni-Form specification (which is what cfUniForm is a wrapper for). [More]

Integrating cfUniForm and ValidateThis

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:16:00 -0700

As noted in the cfUniForm documentation, Bob Silverberg's ValidateThis validation framework plays quite nicely with cfUniForm. However, there is one "gotcha" that I have been meaning to blog about for awhile now, but keep forgetting. [More]

cfUniForm v3.5 Released

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:00 -0700

I have just released cfUniForm v3.5, which can be downloaded from the riaforge project page. This latest version includes a couple of minor bug fixes as well as a new 'enctype' attribute for your form tag, which allows you to create your own upload fields without relying on the built-in type="file" field. Be sure to check out the new multiple uploads demo as well as the updated FAQs page. A big "thank you!" goes to Byron Raines for providing the use case for the multiple uploads (one I had not thought of) as well as submitting a couple of patches for bugs (related to providing an ID for individual fields).

cfUniForm v3.4 Released

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:06:00 -0700

Wow. I have been so busy with things lately that I just realized that I forgot to release the latest version of cfUniForm. Well, that and I finally took a much needed vacation. :-) This release contains a handful of minor bug fixes and a few new features, most of which are from new contributors to the library! So let's take a quick glance under the hood. [More]

cfUniForm v3.3 - Client-Side Cancel Redirect and Cancel Button Bug Fix

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:34:00 -0700

One of the questions that I have been asked repeatedly is

"Why does the cancel button still submit the form?"

Well, as of today, you have the option of changing that behavior. [More]

cfUniForm v3.2 - Bug Fixes and New Error Message Array Support

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:00:00 -0700

Well, after several months of getting no love, cfUniForm has seen a flurry of activity in the last week. This evening I have released the latest and greatest, v3.2, which addresses a couple of bugs and adds a brand new enhancement. [More]