Adding the power of Java servlets to your Web site is easier than ever when you combine the strengths of ColdFusion and JRun. However, every journey begins with one small step. To get started on the journey to the wonderful world of Java, Web developers using ColdFusion should become familiar with the two most common methods of invoking servlets: via the URL or using the tag.

A key advantage in using ColdFusion to develop Web applications is the ease of which it allows you to integrate with other standard Internet protocol-based systems. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a key Internet protocol supported by ColdFusion via the CFLDAP tag. The Microsoft Active Directory - which is the heart of Windows 2000 and XP network operating systems - provides an LDAP compliant interface. This LDAP interface allows the ability to integrate ColdFusion applications with the Microsoft Active Directory.

CFHTTP simply allows you to capture information from other web sites using the http protocol. What it means is that it allows you to grab data from other web site such as news, weather reports, headlines,...etc For example if you looked at the index page of this site, you will noticed that there were headlines from TheRegister

ColdFusion custom tags are ColdFusion templates just like any other CFML file but are designed to be reused. Coders can save much time by packaging code that is used frequently or can easily add functionality by using free or inexpensive custom tags. There are two general categories of custom tags, one uses only ColdFusion's CFML code. The other packages C++, Java, or other languages into a custom tag that is used by ColdFusion. We'll cover only CFML based tags in this article. For our discussion we will be using CF_States from www.AspiringGeek.com.

In this Photoshop tutorial we're going to create an old poster. The main purpose of this tutorial is to show you many different Photoshop techniques and a non-destructive approach by using many separate layers.

Learn hot to keep track and keep an eye on your diskspace usage with ColdFusion tags. Steps are: Getting the drives and Outputting the drive information.

Learn how to create a basic well-formed XML document using a data set returned from a ColdFusion query.