Thanks for the tips and overview, Mike! Of the two you mentioned, Thickbox and jqModal, which one do you use?
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Mike Chabot > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:20 PM > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com; cf-t...@houseoffusion.com > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Need help with Ajax-ColdFusion-Modal Login... > > > I don't think Shadowbox is very common since it costs money and most > of the jQuery modal windows are free. If you are paying money for it > you should try to get support from the person that sells it. Some of > the other modal windows have great examples, like Thickbox. Maybe try > a modal window that has better examples or a larger user base? jqModal > is another one to consider that is rather popular. > > Structurally, most modal windows are div tags wrapped around content. > That is how cfwindow works. The content could be an iframe showing > content from another Web page. > > Tip: get your login form working outside of a window first, then move > the code inside of a window. > > Tip: get this working without ColdFusion initially. Just use HTML and > JavaScript. Having CF in the mix might be unnecessarily confusing > things. Perform a GET on a text file that contains the exact output > that you would want to return from ColdFusion. > > Tip: you don't need to use JSON or XML. You can pass around plain > text. All you are sending is a username and password. Taking JSON out > of the picture will make it easier to understand what is going on. > > Here is the concept: > -In a browser you call a JS function that submits a server request via > a POST or GET. This is just like any other form submission or page > request that a user might do. > -The server handles the request and sends a response back to the > browser in the form of text, XML, or JSON. > -The browser calls a JS function when the server response comes back. > That function can change content, close a modal window, or redirect to > another page. > > Good luck, > Mike Chabot > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Rick Faircloth > <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > > > I just can't seem to get my head around the processing > > flow for an ColdFusion and Ajax-based login using a Shadowbox modal > > window... > > > > Does anyone know of any tutorials that show how to use > > ColdFusion, jQuery, and a modal window (doesn't have to be a Shadowbox) > > for login? > > > > I found a tutorial by Ray Camden, but Ray's tutorial uses CF's built-in Ajax > > functions, and I'm trying to use jQuery... > > > > Uses something like the following pages: > > > > - index.cfm > > - login.cfm (opens inside modal window if user not logged in) > > - process_login.cfm (uses something like the following code) > > > > <cfset mdata = createObject("component","manager_data")> > > <cfset thedata = mdata.getmanagerData(form.email_address, > > form.password)> > > <cfset ojson = createObject("component","cfjson")> > > <cfset results = ojson.encode(thedata)> > > > > <cfoutput>#results#</cfoutput> > > > > - manager_data.cfc (runs query to check login info) > > - cfjson.cfc > > > > I've been trying to figure out how to do this, but I've been working from > > two different tutorials that take different approaches to Ajax usage and I > > can't > > make sense of them together. > > > > Is there anything out there that I could turn to? I've been all over > > Google and > > elsewhere. All the examples I've found use PHP!!! > > > > HEEEELLLLLLP! I want to understand Ajax! I want to be smart! (please :o) > > > > Rick > > > > > > > >
