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23hq is a web application which makes it easy to share your digital photos. They have tried to put together a mix of old and brand new ways of sharing stuff. You can share your photos via the web or with prints. You can share with blogs, use mail or subscription-based sharing and more. Share your photos with whom you want, private or public or both.

Recently 23hq contacted us so they can implement the multiple file upload feature of Flash Player 8. Finally, the result is a cool way of provinding the users the ability to upload single or multiple photo uploads and at the same time allowing them to preview uploaded photos, tag them while the remaining at still being uploaded. You will be experiencing the cool combination of Flash and Ajax.

23hq have a an article describing their new feature in details, Flashy Uploads. Test out their Upload Feature or keep a tap of their discussion on the topic.

As promised, here is a quick rundown of the client side part of AjaxCFC.

The first part in the client side of AjaxCFC is to include the javascript files.

_ajaxConfig = {'_cfscriptLocation':'echoTest.cfc', '_jsscriptFolder':'js'};

_ajaxConfig will store the location of the listener CFC and location of the “js” folder which is included in the ajax.zip file that comes with AjaxCFC. The use of _cfscriptLocation variable is optional as you may specify the CFC location directly in the Ajax call.

You will have an ajax calling function and a call-back function; however, none of them are mandatory, because depending on your needs you may not need to know the result of your call, or you may not need to enclose your ajax call in a function.

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AjaxCFC is an Ajax Framework for ColdFusion from Rob Gonda. Well, my reaction after going through it was AWESOME and huge thanks to it, lately have been able to finish up a small Messaging System integrated inside one of a Rich Internet Application, Live Speed Dating.

With AjaxCFC, a generic ColdFusion Component using the facade pattern was created which contains all the methods for the Messaging System. It made it so easy for me that I had to just take care of the functionality of a single method; DWREngine._execute() with the respective arguments. This is the method which handles passing of the data and also the method calls to ColdFusion. The arguments required are also quite simple and easy even for a newbie to understand.
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