User Guide

20 Chapter 2 Configuring Browsers and Servers
2 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX removes the remote server from the Macromedia
FTP & RDS list.
About server mappings
A development mapping is essential for working with files using Remote
Development Services (RDS). With mappings, you can process pages on a server
from within HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX, and you can debug application code
on a remote server using RDS.
To add a server mapping, see “Adding a server mapping” on page 23.
Mapping for page processing
By default, when you browse a page in the internal or external browser, HomeSite+
for Dreamweaver MX opens the page from the local file system, or returns it using
FTP from a remote server. That is adequate for checking page content and
formatting. For developing a website, however, you must see dynamic pages as
visitors to your site will experience them.
To do this, you can route the documents through a web server. The server software
can be on your local computer, a network server, or a remote system. So, instead of
opening the files, an HTTP request for the page is sent to the server. If any server-side
processing is required, such as for CFML, JavaServer Pages (JSP), or other scripting
languages, the web server transfers the page to the appropriate server for further
processing, and then returns it to the browser. This is valuable for previewing
applications and site elements in a test environment before deploying the site.
You establish this routing by associating the physical directories where your files are
stored with the server that processes the files. This association is called a mapping. A
wide range of web servers is supported, so you can create multiple mappings and
select which server to use for processing. Consult your server documentation or
provider for the specifics of accessing server directories.
To use server mappings, you must configure Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
Mozilla NGLayout as the internal browser. For more information, see “Configuring
the internal browser” on page 10.
Mapping for debugging
If you have ColdFusion and HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX on the same computer,
you can run the debugger against files opened from the file system, including
mapped network drives. But if you are working with a remote ColdFusion Server
using RDS, you must set a mapping to that server to run the debugger.
To debug applications in HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX, you also must complete
the procedures in “Debugging Application Code” on page 151.