ColdFusion Code Highlighting for a blog

One thing that's keeps me amazed is that every time I need to solve something, someone somewhere already encountered that issue and most likely solved it. This is especially true for all things computer. I pretty much expect this behavior. So this proved true as I ventured to find a way to have code highlighting for my blog.

Thanks to Aaquagua!: Web Page Syntax Highlighting for ColdFusion - Brush for SyntaxHighlighter post I was able to add code highlighting. Not only he had instructions for adding SyntaxHighlighter but also added ColdFusion brush. How cool is that?

One thing I want to add though using <textarea> insted of <pre> tag worked better. When using <pre> it adds closing tags for some reason for ColdFusion tags that are not closed. Here is an example of this behavior:

<pre name="code" class="cf">

 
 
 
 
 
  // comments
  var bar = 1;
  return foo+bar;
 

</pre>

<textarea name="code" class="cf" >
<br /><cffunction name="someFunc" access="public" output="false" returntype="any"><br /> <cfargument name="someArg" required="true" type="numeric" /><br /> <!--- comments ---><br /> <cfset var foo = 0><br /> <br /> <cfscript><br /> // comments<br /> var bar = 1;<br /> return foo+bar;<br /> </cfscript><br /></cffunction><br />
</textarea>

Turns out the above mentioned problem is dependent on a browser. IE7 seems to be fine FF2 and FF3 have an issue mentioned, and Opera blew up completely.

So use <textarea> since that seems to be working in all browsers

Custom domain for my blog

I registered a domain for my blog, actually two: ifedotov.com and iheartcf.com (second one is way too fruitty). The domains were registered and parked at goDaddy.com. GoDaddy.com makes it very easy to have your parked domain pointed to blogger.

Also it's a free feature on blogger. WordPress for example charges $10 a year to have your personal custom domain to point to your blog.

I wonder why Blogger doesn't have categories for posts? They have labels so it's probably almost the same and keeps with the google theme.

I think Blogger might be temporary solution. I would like to use some ColdFusion based blogs, maybe machblog or Mango blog.

Preamble

After avoiding blogging scene for years I finally decided to give it a try.

The most important reason is to remember my own findings. Right now I am working as ColdFusion Developer / Architect and there is slew of new things that are being researched, reviewed and implemented. So this is a way to keep track of my findings and thoughts.

Also I do find other peoples blogs helpful occasionally so perhaps this will be a way to give back to the community.