Thanks Dave, I do know that it can done -- pretty easily. Just looking for the gotchas. The hint about not mapping static file extensions is appreciated. In fact, just such an extension was requested, and I recommended against it. But...
Cheers, Kris On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wondering if anyone has changed the file extension to which ColdFusion >> engine is associated. A client of mine is asking for this, and I'm not >> seeing any big problem with it myself. Wondered what road-blocks, >> gotchas, etc., are out there that I'm just not thinking of right now. >> The client is running on Win 2k8 on IIS, CF9 enterprise. > > Yes. People have occasionally done this as long as CF has existed. But > it doesn't really buy you anything, so I'd generally recommend against > it. It's time and effort spent for no actual value. And specifically, > you don't want to map static file extensions (.html/.htm) to CF, as > that will make CF do more work if you have actual static pages. > > You can do this by configuring CF and your web server. CF is > configured using /WEB-INF/web.xml if I recall correctly. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
