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About the ColdFusion Administrator, Accessing user assistance, ColdFusion: Standard, Professional

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About the ColdFusion Administrator The ColdFusion Administrator provides a browser-based interface for managing your ColdFusion environment. You can configure many settings to provide optimal levels of security and functionality. The available options are based on your edition of ColdFusion: Standard, Professional, or Enterprise. The default location for the ColdFusion Administrator login page is: http://servername/cfide/Administrator/index.cfm In the previous URL, servername is the fully qualified domain name of your web server. Common values for servername are localhost or 127.0.0.1 (each refers to the web server on the local computer). If you are using the ColdFusion built-in web server, include the port numer as part of the servername. The default port number is 8500: http://servername:8500/cfide/ Administrator/index.cfm. If your ColdFusion Administrator is on a remote computer, use the DNS name or IP address of the remote host. To access the ColdFusion Administrator, enter the username and password that you used when you installed ColdFusion. Accessing user assistance You can obtain assistance from the ColdFusion Administrator in the following ways: • Online Help You access the context-sensitive online Help by clicking the question-mark icon on any ColdFusion Administrator page. The online Help has procedural and brief overview content for the ColdFusion Administrator page that you are viewing. This information appears in a new browser window and contains standard Contents, Index, and Search tabs. • Documentation Click the link to access the entire ColdFusion documentation set, which is available as HTML files. • Examples The example applications provide samples for you to learn about ColdFusion. • Knowledge Base You can access the collection of articles about ColdFusion from the Macromedia website. • Support Forums You can browse (or post to) the searchable online collection of ColdFusion questions and answers at the Macromedia website. 2 Chapter 1 Administering ColdFusion

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Chapter 1
Administering ColdFusion
About the ColdFusion Administrator
The ColdFusion Administrator provides a browser-based interface for managing your
ColdFusion environment. You can configure many settings to provide optimal levels of
security and functionality. The available options are based on your edition of
ColdFusion: Standard, Professional, or Enterprise.
The default location for the ColdFusion Administrator login page is:
http://
servername
/cfide/Administrator/index.cfm
In the previous URL,
servername
is the fully qualified domain name of your web server.
Common values for
servername
are localhost or 127.0.0.1 (each refers to the web server
on the local computer).
If you are using the ColdFusion built-in web server, include the port numer as part of the
servername. The default port number is 8500: http://
servername
:8500/cfide/
Administrator/index.cfm.
If your ColdFusion Administrator is on a remote computer, use the DNS name or IP
address of the remote host.
To access the ColdFusion Administrator, enter the username and password that you used
when you installed ColdFusion.
Accessing user assistance
You can obtain assistance from the ColdFusion Administrator in the following ways:
Online Help
You access the context-sensitive online Help by clicking the
question-mark icon on any ColdFusion Administrator page. The online Help has
procedural and brief overview content for the ColdFusion Administrator page that
you are viewing. This information appears in a new browser window and contains
standard Contents, Index, and Search tabs.
Documentation
Click the link to access the entire ColdFusion documentation set,
which is available as HTML files.
Examples
The example applications provide samples for you to learn about
ColdFusion.
Knowledge Base
You can access the collection of articles about ColdFusion from
the Macromedia website.
Support Forums
You can browse (or post to) the searchable online collection of
ColdFusion questions and answers at the Macromedia website.