CF doesn't care...IIS directs it to the proper directory so you are accessing the correct files...CF is just running on your machine as a translator of the CF code that is executed in those files. Where those files reside is irrelevant to CF.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Jeff F [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:42 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: IIS & ColdFusion Developer, best practices for setting up multiple sites >I believe that you also have to add www.beta.solo.com to IIS. If the >site is using host headers (exclusively) and gets one that isn't defined >then it throws an error. > >Steve > My typing mistake. I did add www.beta.solo.com to IIS, not www.beta.test.com as I wrote earlier. That part is straight forward:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753195%28WS.10%29.aspx Even if the site is defined in IIS and the Hosts file, how does CF know this is a new site, and not just a dir on the default website? > >multiple sites > > >>Someone mentioned the 'hosts' file, too, which can be useful for >spoofing >>URLs in development. >> >>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts > >I'm on Windows 7 with IIS7 and I just tried this. > >I created a new site in IIS with a host name of www.beta.test.com >I then added the new site in the hosts file as >127.0.0.1 www.beta.solo.com > >When I browse to www.beta.solo.com I get server 500 error of the >IsapiModule. If I remember, this is a ColdFusion issue correct? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329527 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
