Before you begin

You must set up your Dreamweaver work environment for application 

development before you can complete this tutorial. For setup information, 

see the appropriate setup chapter for your application server in the 

following list. If you're not sure which application server you use, ask your 

system administrator.

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Appendix C,  Setup for Sample ColdFusion Site,  on page 237

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Appendix D,  Setup for Sample ASP.NET Site,  on page 255

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Appendix E,  Setup for Sample ASP Site,  on page 269

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Appendix F,  Setup for Sample JSP Site,  on page 285

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Appendix G,  Setup for Sample PHP Site,  on page 301

These setup chapters teach you how to complete the following tasks: 

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Configure your system.

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Configure Dreamweaver to work with your chosen application server.

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Define a connection to the database.

You can't complete this tutorial until you've completed those tasks.

The screen shots in this tutorial show Macromedia ColdFusion dialog 

boxes. However, you can complete the lessons in this tutorial by using any 

of the server models that Dreamweaver supports.

Review your task

Your task is to build the following dynamic pages for the Cafe Townsend 

website:

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A page that displays the comments already in a database.

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A page that lets site visitors send comments to the company, where they 

are stored in a database.

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