Daniel Garcia ContentBox: CFSummit 2023
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“Transitioning from WordPress to ContentBox: A Powerful ColdFusion Alternative” Are you a web developer tired of working with WordPress and its limitations? Look no further than ContentBox, a robust, open-source ColdFusion-based content management system built on the powerful ColdBox framework. While WordPress is popular due to its ease of use and extensive plugin ecosystem, it can sometimes fall short in terms of scalability and security. With ContentBox, you can enjoy the flexibility and stability of ColdFusion, a language we all know and love. This session will introduce you to ContentBox CMS, what it is, what you can do with it, and why you should consider ContentBox for your next ColdFusion project. We will also compare it to WordPress and show why you would want to use ContentBox instead. Finally, we will discuss modern hosting options and how you can get up and running with a ContentBox site in the cloud using Digital Ocean.
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- 1. Transitioning from WordPress to ContentBox A Powerful ColdFusion Alternative Daniel Garcia
- 3. Other Awesome Presentations! • Best Practices for Securing your Secrets and Settings in ColdFusion ○ 10/2 @ 2pm in Grand Ballroom E ○ Gavin Pickin • Battlefield ORM : Learn the strategies and tactics to win with ColdFusion ORM powered by Hibernate! ○ 10/3 @ 9am in Grand Ballroom D ○ Luis Majano • Automating CFML from the CLI with Task Runners ○ 10/3 @ 4:15pm in Grand Ballroom BC ○ Brad Wood
- 4. Daniel Garcia Who Am I? • Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions • Help co-Host the Modernize or Die podcast • Been using ColdFusion since 1999 (version 4) • Cinephile (loves movies) • Regaler of useless knowledge (loves trivia) • Part-time, non-traditional grad student (New Mexico State University - Go Aggies!)
- 6. Shameless Self-Promotion Tune in Sunday nights at masterzradio.com!
- 7. • Started as a blogging tool in 2003 • Built with PHP and uses MySQL • Open Source software • Evolved into a CMS • Approx 810 Million WordPress sites* • Current version is 6.3 • FREE! *According to colorlib.com What is WordPress?
- 8. • Huge number of themes available • Huge number of plugins available • Non-technical users can manage content • Many hosting options • Cheap to host • Many hosting companies make it easy to install it (one-click installers) • Many people know how to work with it Advantages of WordPress?
- 9. • You must add plugins for many features • Too many plugins can slow down the site • May not have the best quality code • Many sites have to be updated regularly • Many security issues • Hackers target WordPress sites • Lack of knowledge to properly secure sites • Many plugins get abandoned • Must know PHP to do custom development Drawbacks of WordPress?
- 10. • It’s cheap to host • I can set it up quickly • I don’t need to do any custom development • There are some nice themes available ○ Avada is my favorite • The sites I use it for don’t need many resources or custom development Why do I sometimes use WordPress?
- 11. • If there is any custom development to do ○ I’m a ColdFusion Developer! • If the client is paying more ○ They often want custom solutions • If the client needs a more robust site • If the client needs to be most secure or scale both vertically and horizontally ○ WordPress professionals can do that, but I am a CF Professional!* When would I not use WordPress? * Adobe ColdFusion Certified Professional (CF Summit 2022)
- 12. What would I use instead of WordPress?
- 13. • Modular Hybrid CMS • Professional Open Source (Apache 2) • Built on ColdBox HMVC* • Hibernate ORM • Powered by CFML • Deploy on any Java Server • 2015 - 30+ Releases • v5.x Series • FREE! *HMVC = Hierarchical Model View Controller What is ContentBox?
- 14. Any CFML Engine Any OS CommandBox WAR Any Java Server Express Self-Contained Embedded Database USB Sticks Container Anywhere Docker Images Are Accepted Deploy Anywhere!
- 15. Modularity Via ColdBox Modules Any ColdBox MVC application Events Custom Security Modules Model ContentBox Admin ContentBox UI ContentBox Core Forum eCommerce API Custom App COLDBOX MODULES ContentBox API
- 17. Modular Deployment DMZ contentbox-ui contentbox-api Database contentbox-admin Reporting Security SAP
- 21. Multi-Site • Manage one or thousands of sites • Detection • URI • QueryString • Header • Copy/Move content between sites • User assignments • Staging and Production in one box
- 22. Hierarchical Headless Content Store • More than pages and blogs • Hierarchical content store • Core for headless operations • Multiple publishing techniques • Expressive API for consumption • Power any web app
- 23. Headless CMS • Expressive RESTFul API • Secure JWT Clients • Powered by ColdBox Security (PBAC) • Permission Based Access Control • Completely Documented • Connect to pages, blog or the content store • Deploy as a single module • Consume from ANY language PH P
- 24. Headless CLI • Built on CommandBox • Install ContentBox on • Any CFML Engine • Any Database • Update ContentBox • Create modules, widgets, themes • Connect to your headless instances • Manage many API endpoints • Manage any ContentBox instance • Publish/Consume content
- 25. High Focus On Security DMZ ContentBox UI ContentBox REST Database ContentBox Admin Reporting Security SAP Modular Deployment
- 26. Search All Things • Built-in Database Search • ElasticSearch Integration • Index blog, pages, content store • Index media documents • PDF, word, images, etc • Search via themes • Search via the ContentBox API
- 27. Scalable + Elastic • Cloud deployment aware • Any caching engine: • CouchBase NoSQL • MongoDB • EHCache Terracota • Amazon ElastiCache • Redis • ElasticSearch • High Redundancy
- 28. Cache All Things! Models Singletons ORM Caching Settings Metadata Content Translation Content Markup Mediawiki Markdown Custom Content Output Final HTML Output Similar to Varnish RSS Feeds Created on Demand
- 29. Many More Features… Layout manager for easy style switching Page exports: json, pdf, word, html Real live editor previews Responsive previews Reusable Widgets Markdown Native Support Two-factor authentication Add custom global HTML, CSS or JavaScript easily Event driven hooks for almost anything Provide UI settings for any custom layout themes Template hooks for applying your styles dynamically Ability to apply mobile layouts to content objects Layout and content inheritance Ability to easily view and code widgets in the editors WYSIWYG Editor with media content management
- 30. • Cloud Hosting • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Provider • Alternative to AWS and Azure • Droplets are small VPSs (Linux Only) • Can run Docker • Has Marketplace with many images • Can cost as little as $6 per Droplet ○ May need more resources depending on app What is Digital Ocean?
- 31. • Low cost to get started • Predictable pricing • Quickly spin up environments • Roll your own or use managed services ○ Database server • Less complicated than AWS* • Marketplace can get you up and running within minutes • Want to learn more or have better control with your hosting Why use Digital Ocean? *Although simpler than AWS, there is still a learning curve.
- 32. • More complicated than managed solutions • Learning curve to get started • Managed solutions offer several valued added services ○ Mail, Bundled licensing, Support • Someone else can support your server • Several conference Sponsors to talk to! • Cost vs Convenience! Why NOT use Digital Ocean?
- 33. • Create an account! ○ tinyurl.com/trydo ○ Get $200 credit for 60 days! • digitalocean.com • docs.digitalocean.com • digitalocean.com/community/tutorials How to get started with Digital Ocean?
- 34. • Can start with a Droplet and install CommandBox…OR… • Use Docker! • Ortus Docker images ○ hub.docker.com ○ ContentBox ○ CommandBox ■ If you want to install it yourself or have other ColdBox apps ContentBox on Digital Ocean?
- 38. THANKS!
- 39. Daniel Garcia Senior Developer Ortus Solutions, Corp dgarcia@ortussolutions.com linkedin.com/in/danieljgarcia