Below is a list of variable file names in Emaze Forums. Filenames with text surrounded by sharp signs (#text#) indicate these files are created by Emaze Forums. There are 6 types of these files:
Below is a list of all files by directory, with an explanation of the purpose of each file. Each file is commented to help you understand how Emaze Forums works. We have made every attempt to comment the code as best as possible. However, if you ever have any questions, please let us know.
| EmazeForums/admin/ |
| bodyEdit.cfm | Edit body tag options. In separate file since same code is used in multiple files. |
| confCreate.cfm | Create a new conference with default conference options. |
| confDefault.cfm | Home page to set default options for new conferences. Simply includes defaultHome.cfm . |
| confDefaultHome.cfm | Home page for default options. Included after default options are updated. |
| confEdit.cfm | Edit an existing conference. Points to confEdit2.cfm, which does the actual updating. |
| confEdit2.cfm | Updates conference options. |
| conference.cfm | Home page for editing existing conferences. Simply includes conferenceHome.cfm . |
| conferenceHome.cfm | Home page for edit conference options. Included after conference options are updated. |
| confStatus.cfm | Edit status of conferences: active or inactive. Delete inactive conferences. |
| confSelectList.cfm | Creates list of conferences for navigation. |
| forum.cfm | Home page for editing existing forums. |
| forumAll.cfm | Lists all forums by status: active, inactive, archived. |
| forumCreate.cfm | Create a new forum with default forum options. |
| forumDefault.cfm | Set default options for new forums. |
| forumEdit.cfm | Edit an existing forum. Points to forumEdit2.cfm, which does the actual updating. |
| forumEdit2.cfm | Updates forum options. |
| forumHome.cfm | Home page for editing forums. |
| forumSelectList.cfm | Creates list of active or archived forums for each conference for navigation. |
| forumStatus.cfm | Edit status of existing forums: active, inactive, archived. Delete inactive forums. |
| forumStatus_add.cfm | When an inactive forum is made active/archived, forum is added to list of forums for conferences with custom order. |
| forumStatus_remove.cfm | When an active/archived forum is made inactive, it is removed from forum list of conference with custom order. |
| forumStatus_update.cfm | When forum status is changed, updates status in database. |
| group.cfm | Home page for editing existing groups. Simply includes groupHome.cfm . |
| groupCreate.cfm | Create a new group. |
| groupDelete.cfm | Deleting existing groups. |
| groupEdit.cfm | Edit group options. Calls groupEdit2.cfm, which does the actual updating. |
| groupEdit2.cfm | Updates group options. |
| groupHome.cfm | Home page for edit group options. Included after group options are updated. |
| help.cfm | Help file for admin screens. Same as help.html file in EmazeForums/ directory. |
| index.cfm | Login page for admin screens. |
| logoutAdmin.cfm | Logs master user out of admin screen. |
| main.cfm | Home page of admin screens. Contains an explanation of screens. |
| security.cfm | Ensures unauthorized users cannot access admin screens. Checks for admin cookie which is given upon login to admin screens. |
| sysAddEdit.cfm | Edit system add user, edit user screen headers. |
| sysAlias.cfm | Edit alias files for system: login, anon login, add user. |
| sysAttachments.cfm | Edit system attachment options, including attachments directory and file extensions (dis)allowed. |
| sysBadLogin.cfm | Edit system bad login, no permissions pages. Bad login is when username and/or password are incorrect. No permissions page is for when user attempts to log in, but does not have at least read permission for the system or that particualr conference. |
| sysBody.cfm | Edit system body tag, which appears on system pages, not individual conference pages. This includes system home page, system log in screen, system add user page, and edit user page. |
| sysEmail.cfm | Edit settings for emails sent to users who subscribe to messages. |
| sysHomepage.cfm | Edit system homepage header and footer. |
| sysLogin.cfm | Edit system login screen header and footer. Determine whether users may log into system automatically via cookie. |
| sysMaster.cfm | Edit master user info. Master is userID 0 and cannot be edited thru the normal admin screens. The master username also cannot access the forums. |
| sysMngAttachments.cfm | Frame index for page to manage attachments. Lists attachments in each directory, enabling master to delete them. |
| sysMngAttachments_dir.cfm | Lists the forum directories in the attachment directory. |
| sysMngAttachments_files.cfm | Lists the files in the forum directory you choose. |
| sysPath.cfm | Edit main system paths, including path and URL to Emaze Forums directory, Cold Fusion datasource name, whether cookies are used for anon users, and whether users may post messages in HTML. |
| sysQuery.cfm | Edit system search query and results headers. |
| system.cfm | Home page for system settings. Includes link to the various pages to edit system options. |
| toc.cfm | Table of contents frame on left side of admin screens. |
| user.cfm | Frame index for edit users screens. |
| userCreate.cfm | Create new user. |
| userDelete.cfm | Delete existing users. |
| userEdit.cfm | Edit existing users. Create list of users based on search in userHome.cfm . Calls userEdit2.cfm . |
| userEdit2.cfm | Displays user info to edit in right frame and processes the changes. |
| userHome.cfm | Left frame for editing users. Displays list of users, allows searching. |
| userImport.cfm | Import users from a comma-delimited text file. |
| validateUser.cfm | Validate new users, ensuring username is not taken and password was verified properly. Adds user to user database. |
| EmazeForums/conf/ |
| cDeleteme.txt | File to delete. Exists because you cannot zip a directory with no files in it. |
| #confID#AdduserHeader.cfm | Header for add user scren for each conference. |
| #confID#AnonPermissions.cfm | Anonymous permissions for each conference. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#Body.cfm | Conference body tag. Individual elements stored in database, but full body tag is simply included in pages to be quicker. |
| #confID#Description.cfm | Conference description. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#ForumFooter.cfm | Footer of each forum in the conference. Is either the footer itself, or the path to an external file. |
| #confID#ForumHeader.cfm | Header of each forum in the conference. Is either the header itself, or the path to an external file. |
| #confID#ForumOrder.cfm | Order in which forums are listed in conference. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#Forums.cfm | Custom order in which forums are listed for conferences which list forums in custom order. Does not exist except when conference uses custom order. |
| #confID#ForumSelect.cfm | Select list of forums in conference in proper order. Used for navigation. Avoids re-creating list for each page. |
| #confID#HeaderFooter.cfm | Conference header and footer settings for forum. Determines whether confFooter and confHeader are included, or whether they include the path listed in those files to the external files. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#HomepageFooter.cfm | Footer of conference home page. |
| #confID#HomepageHeader.cfm | Header of conference home page. |
| #confID#Hypertext.cfm | Settings for whether messages automatically have URLs and email addresses hyperlinked. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#IncludeIndex.cfm | Setting for whether to include index in forums. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#LoginCookie.cfm | Setting for whether users may log into the conference automatically via cookie. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#LoginFooter.cfm | Footer of conference login screen. |
| #confID#LoginHeader.cfm | Header of conference login screen. |
| #confID#LogoutURL.cfm | Logout URL where users are sent after clicking Logout button. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#Moderated.cfm | Setting for whether conference is moderated, i.e., whether messages must be approved. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#MsgOrder.cfm | Order in which messages are listed in forum. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#Name.cfm | Conference name. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#NewUserGroup | Default group(s) users added via conference login screen belong to. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#Search.cfm | Permitted search options. Stored in database, but also text file for quicker retrieval. |
| #confID#SearchQueryHeader.cfm | Header before search query interface. |
| #confID#SearchResultsHeader.cfm | Header before search results. |
| EmazeForums/default/ |
| confAdduserHeader.cfm | Default header for add user screen for new conferences. |
| confAnonPermissions.cfm | Default anon login permissions for new conferences. |
| confBody.cfm | Default body tag for new conferences. |
| confBodyList.cfm | Default body tag options for new conferences. Stores options in list rather than body tag itself. |
| confCreateList.cfm | List of default files to be copied to conf directory when a new conference is created. |
| confDeleteList.cfm | List of files in conf directory to be deleted when a conference is deleted. |
| confForumFooter.cfm | Default forum footer for new conferences. |
| confForumHeader.cfm | Default forum header for new conferences. |
| confForumOrder.cfm | Default order in which forums are listed in new conferences. Cannot be custom order. |
| confHeaderFooter.cfm | Default header and footer settings for new conferences. Determines whether confFooter and confHeader are included, or whether they include the path listed in those files to the external files. |
| confHomepageFooter.cfm | Default home page footer for new conferences. |
| confHomepageHeader.cfm | Default home page header for new conferences. |
| confHypertext.cfm | Default settings for whether messages automatically have URLs and email addresses hyperlinked. |
| confIncludeIndex.cfm | Default setting for whether to include index in forums. |
| confLoginCookie.cfm | Default setting for whether users may log into the conference automatically via cookie. |
| confLoginFooter.cfm | Default footer of conference login screen for new conferences. |
| confLoginHeader.cfm | Default header of conference login screen for new conferences. |
| confLogoutURL.cfm | Default logout URL for new conferences where users are sent after clicking Logout button. |
| confModerated.cfm | Default setting for whether conference is moderated, i.e., whether messages must be approved. |
| confMsgOrder.cfm | Default order in which messages are listed in forum. |
| confNewUserGroup.cfm | Default group(s) users added via conference login screen belong to. |
| confSearch.cfm | Defaul search options. |
| confSearchQueryHeader.cfm | Default header before search query interface. |
| confSearchResultsHeader.cfm | Default header before search results. |
| forumFooter.cfm | Default custom footer for new forums. |
| forumHeader.cfm | Default custom header for new forums. |
| forumHeaderFooter.cfm | Default setting for header and footer option for new forums. Determines whether confFooter and confHeader are included, or whether they include the path listed in those files to the external files. |
| EmazeForums/program/ |
| adduser.cfm | Add new user page for when adding users within a specific conference. Conference add user alias files point to it. |
| addusers.cfm | Add new user page for adding users to system rather than a specific conference. System add user alias file points to it. |
| anonLogin.cfm | Sends anon users to conference home page. Determines permissions and creates cookie. Conference anon alias files point to it. |
| anonLogins.cfm | Send anon users to system home page. Determines permissions and creates cookie. System anon alias file points to it. |
| confCheck.cfm | Used in readForum.cfm and confHomepage.cfm to automatically log a user in as an anonymous user if they are not already logged in. Also used to determine conference permissions when coming from a system page or another conference. |
| confHomepage.cfm | Creates conference home page. |
| copyright.cfm | Emaze Forums copyright information. Included at bottom of each page. |
| delete.cfm | Deletes messages, either by using deleting own message or admin user. |
| edituser.cfm | Enables users to edit their own information, including username, password, personal info, cookie preference, and unsubscribe to messages. System page, not customized for each conference. |
| forumIndex.cfm | Creates forum index. |
| getAttachment.cfm | Used to download attachments. Ensures unauthorized users may not download attachments. |
| getPermissions.cfm | Determines conference permissions when users log in or switch conferences. |
| getSystemPermissions.cfm | Determines system permissions, including which conference user may read, when user logs in or returns to system home page. |
| homepage.cfm | Creates system home page. |
| login.cfm | Login page for users who log into conferences. Conference login alias files point to it. |
| logins.cfm | System login page. System login alias points to it. |
| move.cfm | Moves message to another forum (master only) |
| moderate.cfm | Processes which messages are approved, reject, or ignored when admin moderates forum. |
| navigate.cfm | Displays navigation buttons at top and buttom of each page. |
| navSelect.cfm | Displays navigation select lists of forums in that conference and other conferences for which user has permission. |
| newForum.cfm | Create new forum when user choose to post message to new forum. |
| postMessage.cfm | Writes new message to database. |
| postMsgTemplate.cfm | Interface for posting a new message. Included in both postMessage.cfm and reply.cfm . |
| printMsg.cfm | Outputs messages in forum when user reads forum. |
| readForum.cfm | Main pages which creates forum page when user reads it. |
| reply.cfm | Creates page when replying to an existing message. |
| search.cfm | Searches messages by user's criteria. |
| secure.cfm | Ensures unauthorized users cannot access any files or pages. Checks for user permissions and userID cookies given upon login. |
| subscribe.cfm | Subscribes user to a message to be emailed when responses are posted. |
| validate.cfm | Validates user information when they are added to the user database. Ensures username is not already taken and password is verified properly. Also writes new user to database. |
| EmazeForums/system/ |
| attachment01.cfm | Stores variable for whether only specific attachment extensions are allowed or not allowed. (0 = all extensions but these are allowed, 1 = only these extensions are allowed) |
| attachmentExtensions.cfm | File extensions which are specifically allowed or not allowed for attachments. |
| attachmentPath.cfm | Path to directory where attachments are stored. |
| attachmentURL.cfm | URL to download attachments. |
| badLogin.cfm | Page displayed when users enter incorrect username and/or password when logging in to the system or a conference. |
| confAnonSelect.cfm | List of conferences for which anonymous users have read permission. |
| confSelect.cfm | Displays select list of conferences user has permission to read in navigation bar. |
| email.cfm | Settings for the email sent to users who subscribe to be notified when replies are posted to a particular message. |
| nextConfID.cfm | Stores next conference ID to be assigned when creating a new conference. |
| nextForumID.cfm | Stores next forum ID to be assigned when creating a new forum. |
| nextGroupID.cfm | Stores next group ID to be assigned when creating a new group. |
| nextMsgID.cfm | Stores next message ID to be assigned when posting a new message (but not a reply to an existing message). |
| nextUserID.cfm | Stores next user ID to be assigned when a new user is created. |
| noPermission.cfm | Page displayed when user attempts to log in to conference or system, but does not have at least read permission. |
| systemAdduserHeader.cfm | Header for system add user page. |
| systemAlias.cfm | Stores the name of the system alias files for add user, login, and anon login. |
| systemBody.cfm | System body tag. Used on system log in screen, home page, and edit user page. |
| systemBodyList.cfm | Stores values in the system body tag. |
| systemDomain.cfm | Stores domain name of site for purposes of writing permanent cookie for automatic login. |
| systemEditUserHeader.cfm | Header of edit user page. |
| systemHomepageFooter.cfm | Footer of system homepage. |
| systemHomepageHeader.cfm | Header of system homepage. |
| systemInfo.cfm | Sets variables for main system data. Contains 3 CFSET tags, which are included in every page. |
| systemLoginCookie.cfm | Default setting for whether users may log into the system (all conference for which they have permission) automatically via cookie. |
| systemLoginFooter.cfm | Footer of system login screen. |
| systemLoginHeader.cfm | Header of system login screen. |
| systemLogoutURL.cfm | Logout URL where users are sent when they log out from the system home page. |
| systemNewUserGroup.cfm | Group(s) users are added to when they add themselves to the user database via the system add user page. |
| systemSearch.cfm | Stores search options for system search. |
| systemSearchQueryHeader.cfm | Header of system search page. |
| systemSearchResultsHeader.cfm | Header of system search results page. |