Content Management with ColdFusion is Fascinating
Each organization wants to use the most efficient content management system (CMS) to suit its business model and work process. Some companies even hire developers to build customized content management systems to suit their specific requirements. If you are planning to migrate to an advanced content management system, it is a great idea to consider the ColdFusion-based CMSs.
Along with being a rapid web application development language, ColdFusion further comes with a set of customized tools that make it easier for your organization to create, upload, edit and share a wide variety of data. In comparison to conventional server-side scripts, ColdFusion is much more effective in supporting all key phases of content management. You can use a set of customized tools to easily create and edit content along with integrating the external content.
Also, the features enable you to easily retrieve, update and share the stored content based on a number of custom criterions. At the same time, the system will also make it easier for you to publish and deliver the content to authorized users in a fast and hassle-free way. There are also a number of features that make content management with ColdFusion web development more efficient and fascinating.
Features that Make Content Management with ColdFusion is Fascinating
Smart Content Creation Options: ColdFusion offers a set of built-in tags that support HTTP. Some of the tags like CFHTTP, CFContent and CFHeader make it easier for developers to create content. You can use the CFHTTP tag to retrieve and use data from an external website or page. ColdFusion further stores the files from the server after receiving information from the URL. You can use the feature to import XML, Microsoft Office and other types of data from various external sources using COM objects.
Easy to Create RSS Feed for Your Website: A developer can further use the CFHTTP tag to retrieve Atom, RSS and other incoming syndication feeds. At the same time, the ColdFusion XMLParse function makes it easier for you to parse the document, while validating it for invalid XML. You can also create an XML document using the CFXML tag, which can be later written to a file after being converted into a string. The feature makes it easier for developers to create RSS feed for their websites. ColdFusion also enables developers to integrate external data developed using other programming languages through web service.
Feature-Rich Online Text Editors: A user also has options to use the feature reach text editors to manage several types of content. You can easily integrate a number of open source web-based text editors to create and add fresh content without putting any extra time and money. Along with creating the content, you can also use these editors to format and edit the files. At the same time, you also have options to upload, rename, edit or delete the files and directories using a CFML-based media asset repository tool.
Content Publication and Distribution: Along with creating a variety of content, the ColdFusion CMSs further allows you to distribute the content to a sever using different protocols. You can use the CFFTP or the CFSFTP CFC to transfer the files to a server through secure protocols like ftp or sftp. Also, you have options to publish a variety of ColdFusion components on the web by converting these into a web service. Unlike conventional content management systems, ColdFusion allows developers to publish web services simply by adding a single attribute to the methods of his component. As ColdFusion comes with the Verity search engine, it makes it easier and convenient for users to index and search documents and files.
Seamless Interaction with Various Database Systems: The performance of a CMS depends on the way it interacts with a variety of database management systems. ColdFusion is effective in interacting with several database systems through JDBC. You can also use Reactor, an object-relational modeling tool, to generate database abstraction based on your needs. The tool enables users to create an object-oriented database abstraction layer, with options to regenerate the objects whenever any changes occur to the configuration file or database.
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