Doug Boude (rhymes with 'loud')

Adding Mura Components to a Page Without Cascading

2011-01-17T10:24:00-05:00

The Scenario

My last Mura post was on how to include Ajax functionality in a Mura site. In my case, I needed to add this functionality to the home page (very topmost in my page hierarchy), and I did so by placing a component into that page's "main content" area. Well,

Using Ajax in Mura

2011-01-14T15:27:00-05:00

Part of the process of porting our company web site over to Mura involved including some ajax functionality. I spent a few hours researching and experimenting, so thought I'd share what I learned in case it saves someone else some time later.

The Scenario
The site you're porting to Mura currently retrieves and outputs a list of scheduled events, an

Porting Coldfusion Code to Mura

2011-01-10T17:06:00-05:00

Porting a static HTML site over to Mura is one thing, but porting over existing Coldfusion functionality is another entirely.

The Scenario

In this scenario, my old site has a dynamic form CFM page (content driven by incoming parameter values) and a matching dynamic action CFM page. Let me show you the approa

Adding and Customizing Mura Editor Styles

2011-01-10T14:21:00-05:00

Preface (aka, my rant)

Skip this preface and go directly to The Scenario if you're not interested in my opinion (thus far) on Mura. Some of it is good, some of it is harsh and opinionated. Never the less, ranting is therapeutic for me so I have to do it.

I finally got fed up with ma