Appendix C: Setup For Sample Coldfusion Site; Setup Checklists For Coldfusion Developers; This Chapter Contains The Following Sections: Setup Checklists For Coldfusion Developers - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-GETTING STARTED WITH DREAMWEAVER Getting Started

APPENDIX C
Setup for Sample
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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