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

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:21:00 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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 -0500

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]

cfUniForm - Snippets For CFEclipse

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:10:00 -0500

I have just added a snippets folder to the cfUniForm download zip file with some basic snippets to help you build your cfUniForm-powered forms even faster. To use them, simply copy the folder to your CFEclipse install and refresh your snippets in CFE.

cfUniForm - FAQs and Request for Live Examples

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:41:00 -0500

cfUniForm FAQs In most cases, the questions that I receive about cfUniForm are already answered by looking at the demo code in the cfUniForm demos section, but as cfUniForm has grown, there seem to be more and more questions coming in that are not explicitly answered in the demos. So, today I added an FAQ page. If you have questions about how to use the library, I recommend a 5-step process to finding the answer:

Look at the demos and the demo code
Read the FAQs
Read the "use example" comments at the top of each file in the library
Read my blog
Send me your question via the contact page

Live Examples? I have received a number of cfUniForm examples from different people that are quite cool. They could serve as excellent examples of not only cfUniForm, but of the various use cases that developers encounter in their day-to-day work and of the mad skillz and creativity used in providing a solution to the use case. Unfortunately, many of them are "behind closed doors" and/or still in development and not yet ready for public consumption. If you have public-facing examples of cfUniForm-powered forms that you would like to show off, submit the URLs and I'll add them to the list in the demos section.

Holy Cow! Two Updates in One Day!

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:20:00 -0500

It figures that a couple hours after I release cfUniForm v3.0 that jQuery would announce their 1.3.2 release. As a result, I have released cfUniForm v3.1, which now includes jQuery 1.3.2. As always, be sure to check out the demos and download the latest.

cfUniForm v3.0 - Complete Update Bringing Support for Latest Uni-Form and jQuery Releases

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:09:00 -0500

Thanks to the combination of the holidays and a huge workload, it has been a few months since the last significant update to cfUniForm. During this time there have been updates to the Uni-Form markup/CSS as well as to jQuery and several of the integrated plugins. I finally decided to sit down and take the time to update cfUniForm to include all of these various updates. [More]

cfUniForm - Custom Validation Demo

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:01:00 -0500

A HUGE "Thank You!" to Michael Sammut for submitting demo code for using custom validations with cfUniForm. In his demo, Michael shows how easy it is to use some of the special rules options for jQuery's validation plugin with your cfUniForm-powered forms.