More about modifying blog.cfc
Took me forever to realize all the text strings are in a file called
main_en_US.properties ... no other file extension.
This rocks. It has a text-only list of every possible bit of text or a heading used anywhere in the system, which can be called as variables at any time in the app. Once I finally tracked it down, I was thrilled.
Another thing - all of the 'pods' on the right are configurable, and the list of them is in a cf tag file called 'layout.cfm'
If you modify anything, be sure it is between <cfoutput> tags... page is 'cfoutputonly' ... took me a while to catch on to that one too ;-)
Oh - and - since all of these things are stored as application variables, you have to clear the cache to see your changes (dont even ask me how long I spent futzin with 'I cant see my changes!' late last night)
Just remember to put ?reinit=1 after your page name to force a full cache clear, or use the button inside the admin on the main menu.
Yeh, the *.properties files are pretty cool. We use them with the java based stuff our guys develop, for the most part though, they are encrypted, and you need another utility application to edit them. Nice to see something familiar in the app. that I can relate to.