Most-viewed blog entries of 2012 (thanks Charlie!)

12-29-2012 2,832 views Misc 6 Comments

Ok, I'll admit it. I'm not afraid to steal a good idea when I see it. Earlier today Charlie Arehart posted his top ColdFusion blog entries for the year. I thought that was a great idea and figured I'd share it as well. Interestingly enough, none of my top ten is ColdFusion-related. They are almost entirely PhoneGap-related (with jQuery Mobile being the other top topic).

Parse.com - dynamic data storage for mobile	48134
Example of Autocomplete in jQuery Mobile	21844
Example of form validation in a jQuery Mobile Application	17225
Downloading files to a PhoneGap application - Part 1	15654
How I cheated Mozilla's new HTML5 Game	14150
Getting URL parameters in a jQuery Mobile page	13885
Context Menu Example with jQuery Mobile	11775
Converting a dynamic web site to a PhoneGap application	9568
PhoneGap RSS Reader - Part 3	9299
Building a Parse.com Enabled PhoneGap App - Part 5	9084

6 Comments

me #

Commented on 12-31-2012 at 7:57 AM
How about a top 10 CF list?

Raymond Camden #

Commented on 12-31-2012 at 11:33 AM
I don't have stats for that. (Ok, I could write the SQL, but i'm being lazy. ;)

John Farrar #

Commented on 01-01-2013 at 6:35 PM
These results look right. Most of ColdFusion is familiar to the current user base. PhoneGap and jQuery are pulling in a great number of new users. So doesn't this reflect the natural state of who would be googling for information and come to read a blog post?

Big question, what community platform building information would draw people to read blog posts? I have some ideas for this year on that topic. :)

Raymond Camden #

Commented on 01-02-2013 at 6:21 AM
What do you mean when you say, "community platform building information"?

Sean Corfield #

Commented on 01-02-2013 at 12:59 PM
Ooh, that's a good idea! Made me curious about my most popular posts too...

http://corfield.org/blog/post.cfm/top-ten-blog-ent...

Raymond Camden #

Commented on 01-02-2013 at 1:07 PM
@Sean: That Charlie is a smart dude. :)

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