I was having some trouble today getting a flash file to work. I was trying to stream a FLV (Flash video) file and although it was working great on my local machine it would not stream when I loaded it up on my server.

The SWF file would play, well.. the controls would come up but the file wouldn't stream.. I waisted a lot of time moving files around and re-making before I found this. Like always, thought I'd share..

Issue:

When Flash Player movie files that stream external FLV files (Flash videos) are placed on a Microsoft Windows 2003 server and then viewed in a browser, the SWF file plays correctly, but the FLV video does not stream. These files work correctly if tested on other operating systems. The issue affects all FLV files played via Windows 2003 server, including files made with the Flash Video Kit for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Reason:

With IIS 6.0, Microsoft changed the way streaming media is handled. Previous versions of IIS did not require any modification to stream Flash Video. Microsoft IIS 6.0, the default web server that ships with Windows 2003, requires a MIME type to recognize that FLV files are streamed media.

Solution:

On the Windows 2003 server, open the Internet Information Services Manager.

Expand the Local Computer Server.

Right-click the local computer server and select Properties.

Select the MIME Types tab.

Click New and enter the following information:

Associated Extension box: .FLV

MIME Type box:flv-application/octet-stream

Click OK.

Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service.

I've been pulling my hair out for a few days looking for the Coldfusion CFX tag for PayFlow Pro. I'm moving/upgrading a customer's webstore and the old cfx tag would not work on the new server's CF installation. So I had to get a more current tag. Only, PayPal no longer supplies the Coldfusion SDK and they don not have access to any older versions!?!?!

But, thanks to a very helpful person on the CFWebstore yahoo group I was directed to Apok-Technology. They had a copy of the tag and supplied a link to download the zip! Thanks guys!! You saved Me!

So, if you are searching for the Coldfusion SDK for PayflowPro I'll attach the zip file to this entry for you to download or you can go visit Dave over at Apok Technology. Also, if you are having issues making this tag work on CF 8 Read a little deeper on that site, they have a fix for that as well!

Ever had to move an SSL to a new server? Well I have and, I can never remember the steps. I end up spending and hour or so just looking it up on the web so I can accomplish this 5 minute task. It's pathetic really. But, once you get them installed moving them is not something that you do everyday.

So, I've decided to use my site to hold these directions for the next time I SPAZZ out. Maybe they will be of some use to someone else?

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Step 1: Create a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-in for managing certificates.

You do this by clicking "START" ---> "Run" ----> "MMC"

Then you will need to ADD the Certificates "Snap-In"

Click "File" ---> "Add Snap-in"

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Just read over at Ray Camden's Blog about a new site released by Rey Bango called GotCFM.com.

GotCFM.com is a site dedicated to promoting ColdFusion-related technologies. It is a site for CFML evangelism and knowledge. It is a site that will let people understand why the CF community loves this engine and why ColdFusion-centric technologies *ARE* an amazing choice for building scalable and engaging websites.

So, take some time and go over and submit all of your Coldfusion powered websites. Continue this new crusade of Coldfusion awareness!

Trying to keep things simple, sometimes I use the 'max-width' and 'min-width' properties of CSS. Makes it simple if you are letting someone upload images to a site for you.

For example, blogCFC has a slideshow function. Here's an example. Ok.. so you've got this slideshow and you are letting someone else upload the images or create totally new slideshows.. Telling them to keep the images a to a certain width is all fine but.. People tend to "forget" and then you may have an image or two soooo big that they break your lay-out. Well, that's were the 'max-width' property would come in. In your style sheet you could add something like:

This would effectively make every image in the slideshow class have a max width of 150 pixels.

Another property is the 'min-width' which, the liquid skin of blogCFC uses in the layout css. It sets the minimum width of the page to 800 pixels.. looking like this in the style sheet:

Now.. all this is great but.... doesn't really work in Internet Explorer for Windows prior to version 7. I was looking for some other solutions when I ran across this javascript from Doxdesk. Their minmax module fixes the css 'min | max' height problems. All you need to do is add this js to your site and call it by inserting a link: I've attached the file to this entry.. If you make use of this please do not change the author credits found in the file. The author had a few other interesting javascripts.. I havent had time to check those out though. But you can! ;) Doxdesk.com

I've become a FireFox fan here of late and have found myself ignoring other browsers. I'm just wondering what everyone else uses these days..

Are people using:

• Opera
• FireFox
• Internet Explorer
• or Something else?

If you've got a second to waiste... take a minute and complete this two question survey. The Famous Browser Survey... Well maybe it's not famous.. yet.:)

Ever had a need to make a div clickable? I have. I was searching for a way to do this very thing and came across a couple of different methods to acomplish it. We can use javascript or apply the a - /a tags.

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