Dreamweaver with Coldfuison code

Report · Aug 31, 2016

I typed this code in Dreamweaver as Coldfuison code

<head>

<title>My First ColdFusion Page</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>

My First Coldfusion Page</h1>

<cfoutput>My name is {firstname}

but in Design view I see

My First Coldfusion Page

My name is {firstname}

instead of

My name is David,

I dont understand why and I cant preview in Explorer of Google and would appreciate any help as I really want to learn this program

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Are you running it on a CF server? Else it'll be rendered in the browser as unprocessed code.

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Hi

I installed ColdFusion but don't think I have a CF server, when I ask for

Preview in Browser, tells me I need a Testing server and then I click Yes

and the following screen appear:

the it ask me to click + and this screen appears and then I'm not sure what

the FTP address is:

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:51 PM, JosephLabrecque <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Also - Design View in Dreamweaver will not show code processed through a CF server - only static HTML.

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Hi Joseph

I started with Dreamweaver then selected Create New then selected

Coldfusion then followed the steps to try the CF code

Thanks

Maty

Report · Aug 31, 2016

What version of Dw are you using? The product hasn't had CF code support in a long, long time.

You need to either have CF running locally and then serve your files through the server itself or do so remotely. Just writing CF in Dw isn't enough to actually process and serve the code.

Report · Aug 31, 2016

The Dreamweaver is part of the Master Collection CS5

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:13 AM, JosephLabrecque <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

Report · Aug 31, 2016

I wrote a tutorial many years ago about setting up a ColdFusion site in Dreamweaver (CS5.5): Setting up a ColdFusion development environment for Dreamweaver | Adobe Developer Connection.

I haven't used ColdFusion since writing that tutorial, but it should give you all the information you need to get going.

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Thank you so much for your reply.

Mary

Report · Sep 01, 2016

Hi David

Thank you so much for the link to your tutorial, i have worked through it

and have learnt so much, just taking it one step at a time. Everything

went exactly as in the tutorial until I got to Step 11 and clicked on the

+ to expand the tables for connTownsend when I was asked for a password as

below. Would you happen to know the login Id and password, then I will be

able to use the Live View and see the details from the database. The other

tables did not ask for a password.

thanks again

Mary

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 1:22 AM, David_Powers <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

Report · Sep 01, 2016

Attachments don't come through to the forum when you reply by email, so I can't see the password prompt that you got. However, I presume that it might be asking for the password you set on the CF server.

I wrote that tutorial more than 6 years ago, and I haven't used ColdFusion since, so I'm not in a good position to be able to troubleshoot issues like this. Hopefully, one of the CF users can come to your assistance.

Report · Sep 01, 2016

Thank you David, I've worked out the password problem, and its all working now. Sorry to be a pain, its the first time I've used CF and it will take time, but your notes are great.

thanks again

Mary

Report · Aug 31, 2016

This will not work in Design view the way you are doing it! Dreamweaver CC dropped ColdFusion, I am pissed about it. I think Dreamweaver CS 6 still has ColdFusion support but requires java 6. You also have to have the ColdFusion server running to see any ColdFusion code executed. I would suggest getting CF Builder, as you can do the type of things you are trying, and will work as long as your local ColdFusion running.

Report · Aug 31, 2016

Thank you for your help.

Mary

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