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One of the biggest things we changed about ColdBox 4.0 is making tons of the core completely modular.  To support this change, we needed to enhance our modules architecture which brought some cool new features to you.  

Module Inception

Every time I talk about ColdBox modules with people, I get asked if modules can contain modules, which up to now wasn't an option. But the first Module Enhancement I'd like to bring to your attention is just that.  We call it Module Inception.  This will allow for even greater ways for you to build and architect your applications.  Modules can be nested to the Nth degree.  Creating a ton of options and flexibility for you the developer in how you organize your code.

The new modular approach of ColdBox 4.0 means much of its built-in functionality has been moved to separate, installable modules. One of the many new modules introduced with ColdBox 4.0 is the Validation Module. To install, simply fire up CommandBox.

ColdBox 4.0 is now in Release Candidate and we're tightening down all the screws for the big release.  As 4.0 is a major release of the platform, we've taken the opportunity to really clean up the code, making changes and improvements where necessary.  This i...

Here is a short introductory video of how you can start protecting your ColdBox applications with our FuseGuard Module!  Enjoy!

We are very pleased to announce the new Ortus FuseGuard Module for securing ColdBox applications against malicious attacks.  FuseGuard is a web application firewall written by the smart ...

We are very excited to announce our second online course available for both ColdBox and ContenBox Modular CMS thanks to our annual conference CBDW2013: http://www.udemy.com/coldbox-platform-developer-week-2013/.  

We are so excited to welcome our new product in the Ortus Solutions lineup; ProfileBox : ColdBox Metrics & Profiling.  Here is a little brief overview about ProfileBox and how it can help you as a developer and a...

We are happy to announce a cool little update for our multi-operating system file browser and manager module.  This update includes some nice css, image updates but also a new grid or listing system for content, and double click selections.  This cool little module can be used in any ColdBox 3 application and give you great file managing, browsing and selection capabilities.  It also integrates with CKEditor and it i...

We have released today a cool module that will do HTML compression for your ColdBox and ContentBox applications.  This module is based off the HTML Compressor and Minifier project (http://code.google.com/p/htmlcompressor/).  This module will compress your HTML with certain compiler rules, compress your inline CSS and even your inline JavaScript.  It can also keep track of compressed HTML in any CacheBox provider for you,...

We are announcing today a contest that will really give you some nice additions to your holiday presents, a cool Kinlde Fire and an iPod nano! This contest is available to all you ColdFusion folks or non-ColdFusion folks that can now have an excuse to try ColdFusion and ColdBox, create a cool application and win big! So here are the rules:

ColdBox 3.5.0 BETA Modules Contest

Create a