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Co-o-old Fusion, Baby!
This article, that is part of the Dreamweaver 8 e-book, continues our walk through the Application realm of Dreamweaver 8 with a look at the integration available in the new upgrade for Macromedia’s own server model, Cold Fusion. When the fabulous Cold Fusion Server Model 7 was released early this year, it packed a lot of power and gave developers a lot to think about in terms of what they could do, but not necessarily how to do it, unless they wanted to hand code.
Dreamweaver 8 has taken care of that by integrating a previously semi-satisfactory set of extensions into the core product and making them not only work, but work well. It has also given us a whole new toolbar for Cold Fusion forms that changes depending on whether the server model is Cold Fusion 6 or Cold Fusion 7.
And finally, Dreamweaver 8 has so much functionality packed into it for the Cold Fusion developer that there is almost no reason to visit the Cold Fusion Administrator, at least not regularly. In fact in the preparation of this article, I did not leave the Dreamweaver program to access the Administrator even once. It’s all right here in Dreamweaver at your fingertips.
Come on .. have a look. Who knows? If you don’t do Cold Fusion today, perhaps you will be doing Cold Fusion tomorrow! I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised!
Nancy Gill
In early 1996, Nancy Gill picked up her first book on HTML and permanently said goodbye to the legal field. She has been busy ever since developing web sites for businesses, organizations and social groups in Central California and occasionally beyond. Nancy has served as a member of Team Macromedia since late 2001, first with UltraDev and then moving to Dreamweaver when the programs were consolidated in 2002. She also serves as Assistant Manager for the Central California Macromedia User's Group.
Nancy is the co-author of Dreamweaver MX: Instant Trouble-Shooter and technical editor for several Dreamweaver and Contribute related books, including the well-known Dreamweaver MX 2004: A Complete Reference. She also penned the first ever Contribute article for Macromedia's Own Devnet "Getting Up to Speed with Contribute in 10 Minutes".
Nancy has three children, two in college and one in high school. Offline, she enjoys various sporting activities, is a wild NFL football fan and sings in the church choir.