Domain Names: Don't Use Realtor
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: mango blog
I have been working on a site for a local realtor in Carson City, Nevada. In a sit down meeting we decided to purchase a list of domain names which all included the string Realtor, carsoncityrealtor.com, carsoncityrealtor.org etc... I have come to find out that Realtor is a trade marked name for the National Association of Realtors and cannot be used in conjuction with a location, which is reserved for local and state realtor boards. I am having trouble understanding how such a generic name can be Trade Marked, and I honestly had no idea that this might be a problem. Its seems wrong to me, but I wouldn't want to go through a legal battle over a $10 domain name. I just wanted to give the ColdFusion community a heads up in case someone else was in a similiar situation or thinking about purchasing domain names with the word realtor in them. After reading forums and blogs that talk about this, it seems like a lot of people have had this problem. Below is a email that I recieved from NAR:
Real Estate Agent: Mango Blog
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion , mango blog
I am posting this, because I created a blog/website for a local real estate agent in Carson City, Nevada. I am trying desperately to get Google to index the blog, but I have been unsuccessful in my efforts so far. I thought maybe this would help. If you have a chance, take a look at the modified template and let me know what you think.
http://www.realtorcarsoncity.com/
ColdFusion Install Error: Apache, Vista
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion , apache , vista
A couple months ago, I purchased a new computer which came with windows vista installed. After weeks of trying to install ColdFusion with the Apache Web Server, I finally got past a cryptic error that I kept receiving after every install. The error states that ColdFusion failed to configure the web connecters which may be caused by a firewall blocking port #51020 (etc).
SQL DateDiff, Between, and GetDate()
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: sql
Today I was trying to fix problem with a report that sums up hours, and I had a huge brain fart. What took me an hour to fix, should have only taken me about 5 minutes. I thought that it would make a good blog post, because I really don't want to make this same stupid mistake again.
Check if a ColdFusion Array Position Exists
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion
This is some sample script that I used today to check if a position in an array exists. Basically, I was tasked with creating an email that showed hours from two separate datasources, and I needed to combine those side by side in an array to show the differences. I knew that the first set of hours would always exist, so I looped over the second set of hours with a nested loop matching up the dates. To check if the second position existed, I used a cfparam with set values of zero. I did this because ColdFusion doesn't seem to have clean way of checking for a missing element.