Running
ColdFusion
on
your
Web
Server
by:
Fusionen
Freddal
Designing
a
Website
in
ColdFusion
Linux,
Solaris,
and
Windows
Servers
can
run
an
application
called
ColdFusion
for
accessing
web
pages.
A
request
for
web
pages
is
made
through
an
HTTP
server
in
conjunction
with
a
ColdFusion
Web
Application
Server.
When
a
request
for a
ColdFusion
web
page
is
made,
the
ColdFusion
Server
assembles
the
data
and
sends
it
back
to
your
web
browser.
ColdFusion
can
help
you
create
and
modify
variables
just
like
other
languages,
but
it's
not a
database
language.
Program
flow
controls
like
IF,
Switch
Case,
Loop,
plus
many
other
complicated
tasks
are
made
easy
with
its
built
in
functions.
Using
ColdFusion
makes
interacting
with
your
database
easier.
By
using
SQL,
you
can
easily
retrieve,
store,
format
and
dynamically
present
information
on
you
web
page.
If
you
are
comfortable
with
HTML
you
will
love
ColdFusion
Markup
Language.
Many
of
ColdFusions
powerful
features
like
reading
from
and
writing
to
the
server's
hard
drive
are
tag
based.
Wouldn't
it be
nice
if
you
didn't
have
to
write
all
the
JavaScript
for
your
pages?
The
CF
tag
CFFORM
will
automatically
build
all
the
JavaScript
code
to
verify
required
fields
before
the
form
submits.
ColdFusion
is
designed
to
run
on
multi-processor
machines
and
store
your
web
sites
on a
cluster
of
servers.
This
helps
with
the
biggest
problems
web
designers
have
of
complex,
high
volume
web
sites.
Basically,
if
you
have
plans
to
have
a web
site
built
that
is
more
than
just
an
advertisement
for
your
business,
ColdFusion
enables
you
to
perform
many
more
functions.
You
can
spend
a
large
amount
of
time
building
a
site
and,
over
the
years,
adding
more
ideas
and
therefore
more
complexity
and
more
functions.
Many
new
and
powerful
features
are
available
for
Mcromedia's
ColdFusion
MX7.
MX7
is
the
most
significant
release
of
ColdFusion
within
the
last
ten
years.
You
can
create
dynamic
web
pages
utilizing
some
of
CodFusion
MX7
(13
min.)
new
features.
These
features
are
faster
and
more
cost-
effective
than
many
other
solutions
on
the
market.
They
can
help
you
easily
create,
manage
and
deploy
web
applications.
Using
a
single
tab,
web
content
can
be
transformed
into
portable
documents
in
PDF
and
FlashPaper
formats.
Coldfusion
makes
it
possible
to
create
rich
Flash
forms
in
minutes
using
just
a few
ColdFusion
tags.
You
can
re-skin
forms
easily
across
applications.
Besides,
you
can
easily
interface
to
SMS
text-messaging,
instant
messaging
clients,
and
other
Internet
protocols
to
reach
customers
in
new,
exciting
ways.
It's
time
you
explored
ColdFusion
MX7
and
experienced
the
power
that
ColdFusion
has
to
offer
by
browsing
code
snippets,
examining
sample
applications,
and
seeing
new
features
in
action.
Many
of
our
ColdFusion
customers
include
organizations
like
Boeing,
Goodyear,
and
Lockheed
Martin
along
with
many
other
organizations,
education
facilities
and
government
offices.
ColdFusion
MX 7
is
considered
to be
an
incredible
release
with
nearly
everything
desirable
incorporated
in
the
software.
With
ColdFusion
MX 7,
you
can
do
more
work
in
less
time.
