Okay, so I’m working on a new project for the Gaming Dude Network. I’d like to call it project “Prime”. It’s going to be a HUGE new site with tons of content, reviews, and news for every console, and gaming company out there. I’m looking for writers to post on the site, and if your interested, you can email me at sm290@gamingdudenetwork.com, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. 
See ya later!
Okay, so this is a tutorial that will teach you the basics to coding CFML (coldfusion markup language). This will part 1 of about 5 different parts. I honestly don’t know why I learned CFML, but it can be useful, and I hope this helps you guys out. 
1)
CFML is simple, yet also very powerful. It is pretty much tag-based, and you can use any text editor you want to make CFML files (but I’d suggest notepad, notepad ++, or notepad). Right now, it will look exactly like regular HTML, but as long as you name the file with a .cfm extension.
<html>
<head>
<title>CFML Intro</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Wait.....no fancy code yet?!</p>
</body>
</html>
2)
CFML consists of 2 elements that are essential. Tags, which are identified by coding blogs starting with <cf>, allow you to perform actions such as retrieving data from a database. Here’s some tags for ya.
<!--- Set a variable --->
<cfset firstname = "SuperMario290" />
<!--- If firstname = "SuperMario290". output to screen --->
<cfif firstname IS "SuperMario290">
<cfoutput>
Well, I guess my name is #firstname
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
3)
Another important element of CFML is functions (yes, like PHP). You can have either built-in functions or user-defined ones. Here are a couple that you can check out:
<!--- Output the current date and time --->
<cfoutput>
#Now()#
</cfoutput>
<!--- Convert the following text to upper case --->
<cfoutput>
<#UCase("although this is lowercase,
CFML will convert it to all upercase")#
</cfoutput>
Okay, so I’ve updated all of the blogs except the webmaster blog to WordPress 2.5, and it’s been working perfectly until today on NintendoDude.com. I’ve been posting the regular updates, and I some error that says that editing the post didn’t work or something, and I have to do it all over again, and it still doesn’t work. It might just be the school computers, or just the WP 2.5 install on nintendodude, but anyhow, I’ll get it working by tonight.
I’ve now got a new style for the Animal Crossing Addict blog right now, so it’s not so dark and gloomy. I’m still working on the new site that will shy away from the blog, but I’m not completely finished yet. It will still be a couple of weeks until it’s finished.
Yes, I’m now officially moving GamerNation.co.nr to Nintendodude.com. I’m going to be updating that from now on, and GamerNation.co.nr will be no longer updated.
Okay, after a while of having some troubles with the Digg clone that I put up on the site, I finally got it working, and it’s nice to see that some people are taking the time to post stories, and register for the site. 
Yes, I’ve now got the SM290 Arcade up and running. I’m going to be adding tons of games every day, so check back often. You can check it out at “http://sm290.com/arcade”. Enjoy!
The webmaster blog is now up and running. I’m going to get a lot of webmasters to author for it, and we’ll post news, tutorials, and much more. Check it out at “http://webmasterblog.co.nr”. Enjoy!
I’ve just got done putting a page generation script at the bottom of all of my websites. I’m working on putting them on all of my blogs, but until then, you can check it out on my other sites. 
Yes, the forums for both my own website (sm290.com) and Animal Crossing Addict (animalcrossingaddict.com) will be down for some maintenance. We will try to get them back up and running as soon as possible, so please be patient.