How access ColdFusion Administrator?

[PeytonT]

Hello. After 5 years away from programming, I now have a CF contract, and am trying to get up to speed in CF again. I still have nothing later than CF version 5, which I have just installed on three of my computers.

How do I bring up Cold Fusion Administrator?

I am unable to find any instructions as to how to do that in Using ColdFusion 5 Studio published by Macromedia (I realize that's Studio, not the server product), nor in O'Reilly's Programming Cold Fusion. My 'Developing Applications with CF 5', published by Allaire, says to select Start>Programs>ColdFusion Server>ColdFusion Administrator. However, on all three computers all I have is Start>Programs>Macromedia ColdFusion 5> ColdFusion Performance Monitor.

Thanks for your help!

Peyton

[Guest]

If you're talking about a local machine, try this:

http://localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/

That is generally the default location. If you're talking about a remote machine, replace localhost with the IP.

[cf_dev2]

> http://localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/

Does CF5 even come with a built-in web server? I know MX6 did, but I can't remember whether CF5 does or not.

Is CF5 the version you'll be using on your contract? If not, I would suggest installing a later version like MX7 (or CF8 if that's what the client is using). There are some large differences between those versions. So if the client is using MX you might be better off starting with it instead of CF5.

[cf_dev2]

PeytonT,

I don't think CF5 comes with a built-in webserver. Stupid question, but did you install one? Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows

[paross1]

CF5 did not come with a built-in web server, so he'll have to install one. I'd have to agree with you, however, and recommend installing MX 7 or 8 developer version, since they are free and come with a web server...... and the new versions are still supported. I wouldn't bother with CF5, even just to play around, since free and superior alternatives exist.

Phil

[PeytonT]

Just to clarify: By web server, I assume you mean something like IIS, right? I have IIS installed, so that's not a problem. Apparently CF5 did not come with an update of Cold Fusion Studio, but my 4.0 version of that is working fine. And CF 5 server was also working great . I've written 4 pages so far, which all work fine until... I hit a problem I'll post separately in a moment.

The client (i..e my business client, the guy hiring me to do this) does not have Cold Fusion at all, so I guess he'll have to buy verion 8 unless there's a cheaper alternative.

And thanks for the recommendation of MX, which you say is free. I'll look into that. Returning now after 5 years, I was unaware of its existence. My first Cold Fusion users group meeting after all this time will be Wednesday, so I hope to learn more then...

[cf_dev2]

Yes, IIS (Apache, etc) are what we mean by webserver. The later versions of like MX+ come a webserver built-in . So for those that don't have IIS installed already, they can still run CF using the built-in webserver. Though its only recommended for development purposes.

CF Studio 4 should still work fine against MX 7. You can download updated help files and tag insights for ColdFusion Studio/HomeSite. Though there are also newer IDE's available such as CFEclipse (free).

I would recommend downloading one of the more recent versions then. Its unlikely the client will get a hold of CF5 or even MX6. So you might as well start working with what they'll be using and learning the new tags and features like CFC's etc. I don't think they even existed in CF5 :-)

[Guest]

"The client (i..e my business client, the guy hiring me to do this) does not have Cold Fusion at all, so I guess he'll have to buy verion 8 unless there's a cheaper alternative."

If you want you could go the hosted route. No need to buy software if you can have your sites hosted elsewhere. Then you can get SQL Server 2k5 (or 2000), MySQL or even Access (no one will recommend this) and not need to purchase licenses for those either. I'd definitely go with CF8 if you can, there may be tons more options than you need right now but you wouldn't have to worry about upgrading for a good while.

[PeytonT]

Although I marked localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/ as the correct answer, I should point out that I never actually tried that. Once I knew to look for 'cfide/administrator', I would put dragging that directory wherever I pleased, and entered the appropriate url.