Setup for Sample ColdFusion Site

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

Configuring your system (ColdFusion)

Defining a Dreamweaver site (ColdFusion)

Connecting to the sample database (ColdFusion)

Getting Started with Dreamweaver

Learning Dreamweaver

Tutorial: Setting Up Your Site and Project Files

Tutorial: Creating a Table-based Page Layout

Tutorial: Adding Content to Pages

Tutorial: Formatting Your Page with CSS

Tutorial: Publishing Your Site

Tutorial: Working with Code

Tutorial: Creating a CSS-based Page Layout

Tutorial: Displaying XML Data

Tutorial: Developing a Web Application

Understanding Web Applications

Installing a Web Server

Setup for Sample ColdFusion Site

Setup checklists for ColdFusion developers

Configuring your system (ColdFusion)

Defining a Dreamweaver site (ColdFusion)

Connecting to the sample database (ColdFusion)

Setup for Sample ASP.NET Site

Setup for Sample ASP Site

Setup for Sample JSP Site

Dreamweaver Basics

Working with Dreamweaver Sites

Laying Out Pages

Adding Content to Pages

Working with Page Code

Preparing to Build Dynamic Sites

Making Pages Dynamic

Developing Applications Rapidly