Massimo Foti - What's new

tmt.spry.pagingbar 1.1

04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A widget that automatically generate a "Paging Bar". Version 1.1 now keeps its state if the dataset is refreshed (thanks Stéphane)

tmt.notifier 1.0

19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

I strongly believe sophisticated JavaScript GUI should leverage notification of custom events, using observer/notifier, in order to avoid coupling. Here is a small utility I've used for this

tmt.jquery.modalframe

03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Updated with most recent jQuery and jQuery UI versions

TMT Validator 2.0.5

02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This minor update as been available since months. It solve a nasty issue with

and FF 4.x. I changed the release number and made it an official release

October 23th, SOTR in Milano

12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Scotch on the Road will be in Milano next month. It's a 100% free event, and looks like it's going to be very cool. See you there

No more Adobe forums for me

04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

During the weekend Adobe will roll out their new forums, after the upgrade there will be no more NNTP access. The decision to remove NNTP support will, in my opinion, have a negative impact on the forums. Adobe contends that the majority of users access forums through the web interface and NNTP users are a minority. While this is true, the majority of accurate and valuable answers come from the NNTP users. As for me, I will stop using the forums after more than 10 years, HTTP is too slow and inefficient compared to NNTP. Follow the link if you would like to learn about NNTP alternatives

TMT Calendar

14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

TMT Calendar is an open source, ColdFusion, calendar application designed from the very beginning to be used inside multi-language websites, but it can be as easily used for single-language environments. It offers a user friendly, Ajax-driven administrator GUI, the layout it totally CSS-driven, and the code can be easily extended. Even if you aren't looking for a calendar application, but are interested in multi-language apps, or modern UI for the web, TMT Calendar it's worth a look

Free skins for Spry Menu Bar

11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Spry's Menu Bar is a pretty good widget, but it ships with a somewhat lame CSS. This Office 2003 skin is quite cool, if I can say that myself. I hope it will inspire people to share more skins

Component for image manipulation in ColdFusion 8

09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Simplify image manipulation, resize, crop, create thumbnails and add watermark images. ColdFusion 8 or above required. This is not tagged yet as 1.0 because I plan to add more features. But the currently implemented API are ready to use and can be quite handy

A dedicated IDE for ColdFusion

19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Finally we are getting one! I have been asking/waiting for this since a very long time. I can't wait to try it out

ColdFusion/Ajax seminar in Zurich

29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Friday September 5th at 17:30 I will present at the Zurich ColdFusion users group

TMT Validator 2.0 is ready

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

It has been three years since I published version 1.0. Version 2.0 offers many new features, more flexibility, a set of API and cool integration with widgets for tabs and accordions

tmt_file_io 1.4, now with integrated file upload

17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

For many years I avoided adding a uploadFile() method to this CFC, since I wanted it to be compatible with ColdFusion 6.1, and there was no way to have thread-safe file upload code in this old version. I feel it's now time to move ahead, I added file upload capabilities, supported only in ColdFusion 7 or above. Finally, I also retired an old file upload custom tag I was keeping around since long time ago

tmt.xml

21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

tmt.xml is a JavaScript library that offers sophisticated and somewhat unique functionalities for XML, XPath and XSLT

tmt_ajaxproxy

16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A ColdFusion based Cross-Domain Proxy for Ajax. t can be used to forward Ajax's HTTP requests across different domains

Database-driven Spry demo available for download

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Recently I've got a small break from my usual busy schedule. I am using the slack to polish, document and publish new and updated goodies. While I was at that, I updated this demo of a CRUD application with a Spry GUI (performs database search/update/insert and delete). It now uses tmt_spry, a brand new CFC, and tmt.spry.pagingbar, a new Spry widget. It requires ColdFusion 7 or above and MS Access for the database

Updated Spry photocart

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I just updated this old demo to use the most recent Spry's release and my brand new tmt.spry.Dataset. The code now looks simpler, easier to understand and read. It's not visible online anymore, but you can download it (requires ColdFusion 7 or above)

ColdFusion component for Spry

13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the past I wrote dedicated custom tags to integrate Spry and ColdFusion. Now I figured out a CFC gives me more flexibility. So I deprecated the old tags, integrate the same capabilities inside this CFC and added integration for tmt.spry.Dataset

tmt:linkedselect

12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This widget has been around for quite a while in various forms. Now I took the time to polish it and add some documentation. tmt:linkedselect is a JavaScript widget that enhance an XHTML . Once a creating "n-selects related"

Spry at Milano JUG

22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

On Thurdays 29 November I will present Spry to the Java user group in Milano

More on pricing for European Software

19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A good summary from Aral Balkan

Fair pricing for European Software

17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A petition to Adobe and to the European/Swiss commissions of competition

Cool custom error display for TMT Validator

25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Kyosuke Takayama wrote an interesting extension to TMT Validator for custom error display. It's called Baloon Error and it's definitely worth a look

XML Toolbar

26 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A new XML-related extension for Dreamweaver; nothing fancy, just ten additional buttons to help automating common coding tasks

Case Toolbar

25 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This extension was born out of pure laziness. Dreamweaver provides the same kind of functionality, but it’s buried inside the contextual menu. Both me and my friend Luca Varini wanted a shortcut for it, so he designed two icons and I wrote the extension. We feel all the lazy developers out there would appreciate it :-)

Sitewide Link CSS 1.1

22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This suite is composed by two tools. A Command that insert/remove links to CSS files and works on multiple files or whole sites at once. Then a Site Report that identify links to CSS files

Query pagination in ColdFusion

05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

I know there are plenty of tags for this, but since I like lean, XHTML complainant, solutions I assembled this. Well, I actually developed the custom tag long time ago, but I finally packaged it for public use

Developer for hire

28 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

After more than five years, I left Amila Productions, starting from January I will be available for freelancing. I landed a pretty interesting gig that will keep me busy (and far from home) for a few months but I would be more than happy to consider any offer

Snippets Import/Export 1.0

23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This brand new extension allows you to import/export Dreamweaver's snippets directly from the Snippets panel. I hope it could help people migrating their custom snippets to Dreamweaver 8. It can by an handy back-up tool as well

Design Time Style Sheets Report

05 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Design Time Style Sheets are a great feature, especially useful for developing web-based applications. Unfortunately, many Dreamweaver users aren't aware of them. I hope this simple extension may bring Sheets more attention to Design Time Style

CF Insert Bar Plus

04 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

It's a small extension I made for myself. Since I am a lazy coder and bad typist the more I can automate frequent tasks, the better

CF Function Navigator

30 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

I really wanted this kind of functionality in Dreamweaver since a long time; I finally went ahead and develop a dedicated toolbar. It's not a final release yet; something may still need to be ironed out. But it's already fully functional and you can try it out. Until it will reach 1.0 it will be available under the Dreamweaver > Skunk Works section

Rebuild from scratch

16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

After 5 years of laziness (yes, the previous website dates back to spring 2000!), I finally took the time to rebuild my own corner of the web. I really felt the urge to do something experimental and cutting-edge, even if I am aware of the risks associated with this. More details about it are available via the links on the right column

Interview

08 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

since1968 published an interview, it was fun to speak about extensibility, Dreamweaver, ColdFusion and ladies...

Welcome to Massimo's Corner of the web!

31 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT

The DNS still have to propagate so you will read this just the next millenium