APPENDIX C

Setup for Sample 

C

ColdFusion Site

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample ColdFusion pages to let 

you build a small web application. This chapter describes how to set up the 

sample application. 

Setting up a web application is a three step process. First, configure your 

system. Second, define a Dreamweaver site. Third, connect the application 

to your database. This setup guide follows this three step process. 

This chapter contains the following sections:

Setup checklists for ColdFusion developers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Configuring your system (ColdFusion)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  238

Defining a Dreamweaver site (ColdFusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  244

Connecting to the sample database (ColdFusion) . . . . . . . . . . .  250

Setup checklists for ColdFusion 

developers

To set up a web application, you must configure your system, define a 

Dreamweaver site, and connect to a database. This section provides 

checklists for each task. The tasks are described in more detail in the rest of 

the chapter.

Configure your system:

1.

Install the ColdFusion application server (which includes a web server).

2.

Create a root folder. 

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