Getting my development system going

[James]

Recently I was able to spend about two weeks learning CF development.
That job is now behind me but I want to continue the studies at home.
Here's the setup.

Windows XP Home
Microsoft Access 2003
DreamWeaver MX
CF MS 7

I've been able to set up a data source in CF7. I'm not trying to set up
a site in DW. When I installed CF I told it that I wanted to use
ColdFustion for my local testing server, and this is where I'm running
into trouble. It looks as if directory structure is correct (got a
wwwroot folder under c:\CFusionMX7). Problem is that when I try to set
up a site under Manage Sites in DW it says that it cannot use the URL
[url]http:///www.localhost.com[/url] for my testing server path. What should the
path be, or how can I verify that the CF testing server is working? I
considered trying to install Apache, but that's another learning curve
and I'm not sure it'll run on XP home. Same with IIS.

TIA

James

[James]

James wrote:

> Recently I was able to spend about two weeks learning CF development.
> That job is now behind me but I want to continue the studies at home.
> Here's the setup.
>
> Windows XP Home
> Microsoft Access 2003
> DreamWeaver MX
> CF MS 7
>
> I've been able to set up a data source in CF7. I'm not trying to set up
> a site in DW. When I installed CF I told it that I wanted to use
> ColdFustion for my local testing server, and this is where I'm running
> into trouble. It looks as if directory structure is correct (got a
> wwwroot folder under c:\CFusionMX7). Problem is that when I try to set
> up a site under Manage Sites in DW it says that it cannot use the URL
> [url]http:///www.localhost.com[/url] for my testing server path. What should the
> path be, or how can I verify that the CF testing server is working? I
> considered trying to install Apache, but that's another learning curve
> and I'm not sure it'll run on XP home. Same with IIS.
>
> TIA
>
> James

Since noone here knew the answer (or at least noone was talking) I
installed Apache server instead. It AND CF are both working! This falls
under the category of "a miracle has occurred." I know there's a lot of
CF expertise on this forum and I look forward to taking advantage of it.
TIA James