About the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installation

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MFI said on Aug 22, 2003 at 8:01 AM :

I did NOT like the link colors it is too hard to read, not enough contrast. Macromedia quit trying to be pretty and make it easy to use. Please inform your user interface designers, technical people need efficiency and clarity more than pretty. Our time is spent getting the information and getting on with the task it is needed for. Microsoft’s site is far easier to read than Marromedia’s site.

skywalker said on Oct 15, 2003 at 12:08 PM :

I like the link colors, personally. I also like the new ColdFusion center - a great improvement.

sanaullah said on Oct 30, 2003 at 12:22 PM :

Hi folks,

The discussion here about is not colors, actually we seeking the information to use CFMX efficiently. so far i feel that information about CFMX functionalities and usage is not adequate as a professional CF programmer. Alot more information needs to use proper CFMX , espicially CFMX is kind of OO programming which we need more information about how to properly write the OO codes.

jrunrandy said on Oct 30, 2003 at 2:36 PM :

Although we're always to trying to improve our documentation, and your LiveDocs comments will help us focus our efforts for the next release, please remember that ColdFusion documentation is just one of the tools you have for learning CF. In particular, the ColdFusion support center (http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/), the ColdFusion Developer Center ( (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/), ColdFusion training (http://www.macromedia.com/support/training/), the web forums (http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/), and third-party books, such as Ben Forta's, all have something to offer in teaching you how to develop in ColdFusion.

No screen name said on Jan 23, 2004 at 11:11 PM :

I'm chinese.I want a chinese help to read easily.

Angel_Navarro said on Mar 26, 2004 at 11:29 AM :

Im find with getting the information. What is up with MFI. I hate docs that are not well organized and have awful colors.

No screen name said on May 4, 2004 at 3:27 AM :

I will wish to read the documentation in Spanish since it is the most important language after the English.

ASandstrom said on May 4, 2004 at 6:37 AM :

Although the documentation for ColdFusion MS is not available in Spanish, you will probably find this resource on the Macromedia site helpful:
http://www.macromedia.com/international/support/
It allows you to select your country, to find support resources
and programs in your language in our International Support Centers.

CRJAngel said on Jul 8, 2004 at 10:41 AM :

I tried the install and it doesn't work. I have php installed on IIS could this be the problem? I want to run them both. How can I do this?

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Stevenandai said on Nov 12, 2004 at 5:24 PM :

I installed Cold fusion on my windows 2003 server.
I can not open any of the .cfm files.
Any ideas?

GGRam said on Nov 23, 2004 at 6:07 PM :

I have searched everywhere and can not find any information on the procedures required for upgrading from CF 4.01 to CF MX 6.1. The documentation should at least say whether or not 4.01 must be un-installed prior to installing 6.1, if that is indeed the case.

una-muse-d said on Nov 25, 2004 at 10:00 AM :

Installing CFMX 6.1 on windows was an interesting chore and took a few
days of going around and around looking for support (none of which
came through this website) before I got it to work. Installing it on Mac
seems to be an even more precarious endeavor. It would be helpful if
there was a single page specifically for each operating system with
specific instructions for each step of the installation process. These
instructions are too vague:

from livedocs "about the cf mx 6.1 installation:
About the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installation

ColdFusion MX 6.1 provides a powerful and flexible installation and
upgrade process. The ColdFusion MX 6.1 installation process includes
the following phases:
Plan the installation  You determine your installation, configuration, and
upgrade options.
(this is pretty complicated in and of itself as there are so many choices)

Run the installer  You run the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installer.
(you make this sound easy, which it is not since a normal user like
myself gets stuck on the third screen where it tells you to login as root
with no explanation as to how to do that)

(J2EE configuration only) Deploy ColdFusion MX You deploy and
configure ColdFusion MX on your J2EE application server.
(God only knows what this means. I think J2EE is part of JRun but I am
not sure)

Run the Configuration Wizard  You finish the installation by specifying
configuration and migration options.
(I have no idea what configuration and migration options I would want.
Hopefully the explanation for these things is better than what I have seen
so far. )

I am not being glib but am seriously telling you why normal users
(people who regularly use computers but don't have application
development and/or programming training that might give them more
insight into what you are talking about) get stuck trying to install
ColdFusion. Its really a headache!

una-muse-d said on Nov 25, 2004 at 10:06 AM :

By the way, installing JRun was nearly impossible as the directions (from
the installer and the documentation) included commands to start it which
didn't work even for someone with knowledge of Unix. Thankfully I was
able to find an advanced Unix pro who was able to figure it out and then
walk me through. Another headache, which is too bad because all I
want to do is get a development server for ColdFusion running on my
machine so I can get some work done. I haven't given up yet but I don't
see why this has to be so complicated!

jrunrandy said on Nov 27, 2004 at 1:16 PM :

The CFMX migration guide is available in HTML (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6/Migrating_ColdFusion_5_Applications/contents.htm) and you might also check into the ColdFusion Migration Center (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/migrating.html ).

However, I'm not sure that migration from 4.01 is officially supported. I've only heard of 4.5 and 5 migrating to CFMX and CFMX 6.1.

gustavoduenas said on Dec 30, 2004 at 5:58 PM :

does anybody know how I could finally have read this trial in my mac, I mean the cmf is strage to my system, when I opened with the stuffit 7, the app quits unexpectly and thwn when I switch to the 6.0 version of it, the folder has anything but the usual installer I'm get used to.
The same thing happende with the contribute trial and I change the name and extension, is it possible on the cfmx6.1 developer?
Thanks I would apreciate any help.

Franklin Jones said on Jan 7, 2005 at 4:06 PM :

I had cf stop accepting my admin password. I turned back to the cd and installed the developer edition. The migration wizard came up and requested my admin password to migrate the settings, etc. It began the process then stopped, taking me back to the login page. I then installed the updater from Macromedia. Same results. At this point I've got cfmx6.1 on my computer but unable to access it to add data sources. In fact, I can't access the datasources in applications that I am working on. This whole experience has been frustrating. I've spent the entire day trying to resolve this issue to no avail. Anyone with any insight would be appreciated.

KevinRHurst said on Jan 13, 2005 at 11:48 PM :

I am trying to install ColdFusion on a Windows 2003 box. It first made it so all my other IIS sites required a login to get to (thank God for backups). Now, I have been toiling on the install all day & can not get the ColdFusion admin page to show. It keeps giving me the "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)" error. This is my third installation with no luck. any suggestions? There has not been anything helpful so far in the Macromedia site or else where on the web.

2Noj said on Jan 20, 2005 at 1:14 AM :

Hey gustavoduenas -- I'm also trying to install ColdFusion MX, but I keep getting the error: "/!\ Warning: Running installer as non-root user...The installer must be run as the root user and cannot continue. Log in as the root user and run the installer again."

Well, I'm clicking on "Next".

starshadow said on May 12, 2005 at 11:06 PM :

Despite having years of programming experience, I find the installation instructions for CW 6.1 overwhelming and bewildering. I'm new to DreamWeaver and ColdFusion and just want a simple, basic, default installation on the computer where I will use DW. You'd probably be doing most of us a huge favor if you offered a simple installation path with the possibility for revising or reconfiguring once we had some familiarity with CF and DW. The installation of DW was just right.