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BagelBites-1gn8Co
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September 9, 2010
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New to CF: What do I need to get started to update a website developed in CF?

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Hi. I have been asked to update a website that was developed in Coldfusion and I am not sure how to get started. I'm very familiar with HTML and I've been studying CFML. What I need to know now is how to get started. The website is not live yet and I need to make some changes to the content. I have Dreamweaver and I know I can download Coldfusion. Can someone please explain to me what needs to be done next? After I download CF then what? How do I make changes and save them on a site that isn't live yet? Do I need to go live with the site before I make changes? Is it possible to connect to a ftp server of a site that's not live yet? The site has a domain name that's registered.

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ilssac
ilssac
Inspiring
September 9, 2010

Your questions touch on a lot of aspects of web development.  My first suggestion might be the first volume of the ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit (aka CWACK) http://www.benforta.com/detail/032151548X

To start with, ColdFusion is an application server it works with a web server such as IIS or Apache (or even a built in Java webserver that can be used for development) to execute CFML code that will generate HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PDF or other content to be returned to a client that requested it.

If you want to see how your CFML is working, yes you will need to publish it to a running CF server connected to a running web server.  This can easily be set up on a work station so that you can do all this locally.  That is how many of us work.

Many also have access to remote development servers where their code is worked.

How you define "live" will define the last server.  It is very possible to have a server that one can FTP content to and is accessed by means that prevent the general public from seeing the site.  There are many ways to do this that go beyond what can be simply expressed in a single posting.

HTH

Ian

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BagelBites-1gn8CoAuthor
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September 9, 2010

Thanks for replying Ian. That was really helpful. This site was developed by a company and we are still using them as a staging point. All I am trying to do is add some information to a site before we send it live. How do I get my changes to appear on a site that has already been developed but hasn't gone live yet?

ilssac
ilssac
Inspiring
September 9, 2010

BagelBites wrote:

How do I get my changes to appear on a site that has already been developed but hasn't gone live yet?

Publish your changes to that site.

How you do that depends on what connection types you have to that site.  This might be done with FTP, WebDAV, Network File access or other methods.

How you view the changed content will also depend on what you mean by 'gone live'.  Is there a Domain name that points to the content?  Do you know the IP address?  Is there some temporary Domain Name?  I have used all these methods and others in the past, depending on what I was working and how it was being hosted.

These questions are most likely more definitively answered by talking to the system operators of whom ever is maintaining this web server for you.  If this is a hosting company, they may have common answers to these types of questions in a FAQ or other documentation.  If not, directing the questions at their customer support channels should yield appropriate results.

If this is not true, then my strongest suggestion would be to find a better hosting solution!

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