> I've installed Coldfusion 9 in my iMac, ColdFusionLauncher indicates that it > is running. I've create a very simple "Hello" html with > CF tags and a #variable#, but the output does not evaluate the variable, it > just prints out "#variable#. > > I'm taking an on-line course the briefly covers Coldfusion, but I can't get > any of the sample exercises to work. > > Did I miss setting up something in the install? Should html and cfm files be > in a specific folder? > > I've run Apache and PHP on localhost without any problems. I just feel like > I'm missing one little step.
You probably are missing one little step. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to identify which step it is. When you installed CF, did you configure it to use Apache? Or is it configured to use the built-in JRun web server? I think that the latter is the default on OS X. If you're using the built-in web server, your files should be in the JRun web server's root - off the top of my head, I'm not sure what that is - and you should be using the appropriate listening port for the JRun web server, which is 8500 instead of 80. So: - where on the filesystem did you store your .cfm files? - are you able to browse to the CF Administrator? - if so, what is the port number in the URL? My guess is that you haven't hooked up CF to Apache, and you put your .cfm files in the Apache document root, which means they'd be treated more or less like regular HTML files. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
