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Chapter 23:  Setting Up a Web Application

If the page doesn’t open as expected, check for the following errors: 

■

The web server is not started. Consult the web server’s documentation for starting 
instructions.

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The file does not have an .htm or .html extension.

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You entered the page’s file path (for example, c:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\testpage.htm), 
not its URL (for example, http://localhost:8500/testpage.htm), in the browser’s Address 
text box. 

■

The URL contains a typing mistake. Check for errors and make sure the filename is not 
followed by a slash, such as http://localhost:8080/testpage.htm/.

After creating a root folder for your application, define a Dreamweaver site to manage your 
files. 

Defining a Dreamweaver site

After configuring your system to develop web applications, define a Dreamweaver site to 
manage your files.

Before you start, make sure you meet the following requirements:

■

You have access to a web server. The web server can be running on your local computer, 
on a remote computer such as a development server, or on a server maintained by a web 
hosting company. See 

.

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An application server is installed and running on the system running your web server. See 

.

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You created a root folder for your web application on the system running your web server. 
For more information, see 

Defining a Dreamweaver site for your web application consists of three steps:

1.

Define a folder located on your hard disk as a Dreamweaver local folder to store working 
copies of your site files (see 

2.

Define a folder located on the computer running your web server as a Dreamweaver remote 
folder (see 

).

3.

Specify where Dreamweaver should send dynamic pages to be processed while you work 
(see 

).

After the Dreamweaver site is defined, you can start building your web application.