A demonstration of what can be accomplished through CFML-based design.

View this page's ColdFusion source, or view it using CSS Zen Garden theme 070.

The Road to Enlightenment

This is a list of examples for using various ColdFusion methods to interract with data.

SQL examples at SQL Zen Garden.

jQuery examples at jQuery Zen Garden.

Which state would you like to edit?

Row Action State Name U.S. Date of Statehood
1 Edit Alabama Yes 12/14/1819
2 Edit Alaska Yes 01/03/1959
3 Edit Arizona Yes 02/14/1912
4 Edit Arkansas Yes 06/15/1836
5 Edit California Yes 09/09/1850
6 Edit Colorado Yes 08/01/1876
7 Edit Connecticut Yes 01/09/1788
8 Edit Delaware Yes 12/07/1787
9 Edit District of Columbia Yes
10 Edit Florida Yes 03/03/1845
11 Edit Georgia Yes 01/02/1788
12 Edit Guam No
13 Edit Hawaii Yes 08/21/1959
14 Edit Idaho Yes 07/03/1890
15 Edit Illinois Yes 12/03/1818
16 Edit Indiana Yes 12/11/1816
17 Edit Iowa Yes 12/28/1846
18 Edit Kansas Yes 01/29/1861
19 Edit Kentucky Yes 06/01/1792
20 Edit Louisiana Yes 04/30/1812
21 Edit Maine Yes 03/15/1820
22 Edit Maryland Yes 04/28/1788
23 Edit Massachusetts Yes 02/06/1788
24 Edit Michigan Yes 01/26/1837
25 Edit Minnesota Yes 05/11/1858
26 Edit Mississippi Yes 12/10/1817
27 Edit Missouri Yes 08/10/1821
28 Edit Montana Yes 11/08/1889
29 Edit Nebraska Yes 03/01/1867
30 Edit Nevada Yes 10/31/1864
31 Edit New Hampshire Yes 06/21/1788
32 Edit New Jersey Yes 12/18/1787
33 Edit New Mexico Yes 01/06/1912
34 Edit New York Yes 07/26/1788
35 Edit North Carolina Yes 11/21/1789
36 Edit North Dakota Yes 11/02/1889
37 Edit Ohio Yes 03/01/1803
38 Edit Oklahoma Yes 11/16/1907
39 Edit Oregon Yes 02/14/1859
40 Edit Pennsylvania Yes 12/12/1787
41 Edit Puerto Rico No
42 Edit Rhode Island Yes 05/29/1790
43 Edit South Carolina Yes 05/23/1788
44 Edit South Dakota Yes 11/02/1889
45 Edit Tennessee Yes 06/01/1796
46 Edit Texas Yes 12/29/1845
47 Edit Utah Yes 01/04/1896
48 Edit Vermont Yes 03/04/1791
49 Edit Virginia Yes 06/25/1788
50 Edit Washington Yes 11/11/1889
51 Edit West Virginia Yes 06/20/1863
52 Edit Wisconsin Yes 05/29/1848
53 Edit Wyoming Yes 07/10/1890

Participation

This Zen Garden is not limited to Graphic artists only. Not even strong CFML skills are necessary! The example files provide a good starting point such that even novices can contribute.

You may modify the data in any way you wish. Feel free to change the name of your favorite state, or even delete it! Each user has their own temporary table. This may seem to be over engineering at first, but we want to keep the data clean for everyone.

If you would like to participate, we can give you access to our server.

Benefits

Why participate? For recognition, inspiration, and a resource we can all refer to when making the case for CFML-based design. This is sorely needed, even today. More and more major sites are taking the leap, but not enough have. One day this gallery will be a historical curiosity; that day is not today.

Requirements

We would like to see as much CF8 as possible. CF9 will be encouraged as soon as HostMySite upgrades us. The CFM Zen Garden is about the latest bleeding-edge tags made available, whether it's practical or not. The only real requirement we have is that your code runs.

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