Gary Stanton

Member since Dec 19, 2008

Recent Blog Comments By Gary Stanton

Scaling An Image During A Draw Operation Using GraphicsMagick And Lucee CFML 5.2.9.31

Posted on Apr 22, 2020 at 9:44 AM

It's really cool that you're having the exact same issues as me, about a week before I have them... so by the time I come to do a bit of Googling, your solution is already there for me to peruse... Keep it up! ;)... read more »
As A Man, I Can Be A Better Example Than I Have Been

Posted on Mar 25, 2020 at 6:32 PM

This is a great post dude. I've been reading your blog since the KS days and always took your examples with a pinch of salt; partially because I think the 'real you' that you allude to has always been evident in the tone of the posts themselves, but also because I too was young, male, privil... read more »
Exploring Tag Islands (Tags In CFScript) In Lucee CFML 5.3.1.13

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 at 5:41 AM

This came up in a feed today and I found myself trawling back through the post on the Lucee dev forum - based on that, I can't believe this was ever actually implemented! I've spent the last couple of years getting used to the queryExecute syntax and I'm comfortable using it, but I have... read more »
JSONWebTokens.cfc - A Small ColdFusion Module For JSON Web Tokens

Posted on May 11, 2017 at 9:33 AM

That's yet another beer I owe you... hope you're keeping track. ;)... read more »
On Staying Focused And Productive In The World Of Programming

Posted on Jan 19, 2016 at 11:58 AM

Damn Ben, that was an excellent and inspiring post. I have to say though, the idea that you of all people suffer from 'impostor syndrome'? Sheesh... You should know that you're the reason most of the *rest* of us feel like impostors from time to time! Or to rephrase more positively: Without your ... read more »
LOCAL Variables Scope Conflicts With ColdFusion Query of Queries

Posted on Mar 15, 2013 at 7:26 AM

@Curt Self - Yup... you and the rest of the CF community. Adobe should be paying Ben, I reckon there'd be a lot less CF websites out there without him. @Ben - Thanks for solving yet another issue. Previously I've been copying a Local variable to an unscoped variable in order to use in QOQ, which ju... read more »
Using CSS Pseudo Elements :before And :after

Posted on Jan 21, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Actually, though I'm guilty of doing it myself, I don't think using :before to add an asterisk to a required field is good usability. A screen reader won't be able to pick that asterisk up - unless they've changed recently to pick up CSS 'content' values. Still, they're a great way to add design to... read more »
Using CSS Pseudo Elements :before And :after

Posted on Jan 21, 2013 at 9:47 AM

Lovely, aren't they? ;)... read more »
Ask Ben: Manually Enforcing Basic HTTP Authorization In ColdFusion

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 at 10:05 AM

I'm using this, or some variant thereof, to force authentication of a REST API I've been working on using Taffy. It all works perfectly in development and is a very slick solution (thanks as always, Ben!), but when I run it live it seems that the authentication details aren't passed along in the hea... read more »
Using Four-Sided Positioning In CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Posted on Aug 22, 2011 at 9:50 AM

I can't believe I never thought to try this before...... read more »
Learning ColdFusion 8: CFThread Part IV - Cross-Page Thread References

Posted on May 13, 2010 at 7:07 AM

Thanks for this - it seems like a bit of a hack to store the data in the application scope, but damn if it doesn't work a charm. I had a massive timing issue with posting data to a payment gateway and this technique solved the problem. The thing is, I can't see why this functionality isn't built i... read more »
Kinky Solutions Shop - Holiday Season Beta Launch

Posted on Dec 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM

This is a fantastic concept - I just hope it doesn't work out to be a financial milestone around your neck... Of course, the amount of time this blog has saved me over the last year, we should probably be paying you... ;)... read more »