First of all, let me apologize for a bad connection and even worse my fan in my mac blew up, so It felt like I was inside of a turbine. Anyways, the presso did not go as I planned, but hey, things happen. We will try again in about two weeks, and hopefully it will work better.

For now, you can find the presentations posted up on the wiki if you would like a sneek peek.

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi#MediaPresentations

Again, I apologize, and we will have better luck next time.

Well, since everybody wants to know what is the big fuzz with the upcoming version 2.5.0, please check out this document:

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbWhatsNew2.50

It will give you a very nice introduction as of what is going on in ColdBox 2.5.0 and what you can expect. There are still a few surprises left for the full release, but that doc has almost all of it.

I will be speaking via Connect at the ColdFusion Meetup Group today at 4:30 pm PACIFIC so everybody is clear. The address for the meeting is:

http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

See you there.

I just posted an environment interceptor that will help you in multi-tiered environments. This will help you setup different settings for each environment, before any aspects get loaded and the application starts. You can download it from the new wiki page: Code Depot. This is a temporary page while the website get's built. You can contribute plugins, interceptors, code, etc and it will be posted here for download.

I have updated the ColdBox license agreement for logos, web assets, documentation and much more. You can find it here:

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbLicenseAgreement

The license agreement describes the frameworks Apache 2 license and the updated license for all the content, logo, web assets and documentation, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES AND LICENSES. So please check it out, so you can be informed and understand what you are abiding by the provided licenses.

To clarify and summarize, The ColdBox framework is under the Apache 2.0 license and its fully usable for commercial and non-commercial works. The website content, documentation, logos and assets are SOLE property of Luis Majano & Ortus Solutions, Corp and under a different license, So please read the license.

I just realized that the compilation under cf8 will not work in cf7. Therefore, I will have to alter my compilation scripts to do cf7 and cf8 compilations for the Dashboard. Expect an update for the dashboard in the RC1 package by the end of the weekend. This should be easy to setup so I can deliver a cf8 and cf7 compiled dashboard.

I have just updated three critical fixes on the RC1 bits that I forgot to include in my script and on my tests. The fixes encompasses the following:

1) Applications running off a root where not registering the handlers property. This has been solved.

2) The multi-threaded logger for coldfusion 8 and bluedragon 7 has been updated with the correct attributes that where missing.

3) The multi-threaded cache manager for coldfusion 8 and bluedragon7 has been updated with the correct attributes that where missing.

That's it folks, sorry for the excitement. Please give the download a try again.

These errors where reported by Sana Ullah, so thanks so much Sana!! You are always helping out and making ColdBox better.

Enjoy and God Bless.

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If you are upgrading to 2.5.0 RC 1 from previous versions, please make sure that you use the updated Application.cfc and index.cfm files in the Application Template folder. Application.cfc support has changed a lot of how the framework boots up and it has gotten more solid as the release approaches. However, changes have been made since the first beta of 2.5 and will solidify until the release.

So if you are upgrading, please make sure you upgrade your Application.cfc and index.cfm file templates. 2.5 supports Application.cfm still, however, you must use the index.cfm template to include the /coldbox/system/coldbox.cfm file.

AGAIN, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE TO USE THE INCLUDED APPLICATION.CFC AND INDEX.CFM

I have accelerated development on the framework and I have gone to RC 1. Please test this build as the next is the final release. The only feature still missing is SES support which development has started today. This build includes event and view caching and the guides on how to use these features are already located on the wiki.

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbCachingGuide

The most significant new features are event caching, view caching, folder layout combinations where a folder can be declared with a layout and all views will inherit the current folder layout, more interception, finalized coldbox proxy for Flex/Air integrations, more samples and caching updates. There have been numerous updates to the internal core to stabilize it and actually make it faster. Tons of fixes and updates.

Another big surprise on this build is that new features from ColdFusion 8 and BlueDragon 7 are in place. The framework detects its CFML engine and actually assembles itself accordingly. So now, the ColdBox cache is multi threaded and the logger plugin is also multi threaded.

You can find the release notes for this update at the following location:

http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbReleaseNotes

You can find the new RC at the ColdBox Forums:

http://luismajano.com/forums/index.cfm?event=ehMessages.dspMessages&threadid=2BE2E4F8-FF65-CEF6-6513993D19C53BA1

So go ahead and welcome to a new WORLD!!

I will be presenting at the ColdFusion meetup group next week Thursday. So please check it out:

http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/calendar/6710816/

I will be presenting on the up and coming 2.5.0 release, so new features and sneek peeks will be shown. So Please RSVP!!