User Guide

Working with files on remote servers 23
HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX and the ColdFusion Server must understand how a
file location appears to the parties involved, so you must create a mapping for the
App1 directory, as in the following table:
Using Remote Development Services
When developing outside local area networks, you access files on a ColdFusion
Server across the Internet using Remote Development Services (RDS).
In this scenario, HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX might see a file as
RDS://MyRDSserver/C:/webprojects/App1/index.cfm, the ColdFusion Server as
C:\webprojects\App1\index.cfm, and the browser as http://215.180.21.1/App1/
index.cfm.
Although the server path can be inferred from the local RDS path, you still must
create a mapping. In special scenarios, the path resolution from the ColdFusion
Server to HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX can be ambiguous. Therefore, you must
create a mapping for the App1 directory, as in the following table:
Adding a server mapping
This section provides instructions for adding a server mapping in HomeSite+ for
Dreamweaver MX, and how to set a default mapping.
For more information on setting up server mappings, see the following articles on
the Macromedia website:
• http://www.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=8347&Method=FullHow to set
up a server mapping in HomeSite 4.0/a
• http://www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?ID=8500&Method=FullSetting up
Server Mappings in HomeSite/a
Note
If you use Personal Home Page Tools (PHP) on an Apache web server, see Dave
Alder’s article, http://www.roundridge.com/hs/index.phpSetting up server
mappings with HomeSite/Apache/PHP/a.
HomeSite+ accesses files on remote server using UNC paths/Network
Neighborhood
HomeSite+ path \\MyServer\webprojects\App1\
ColdFusion Server path C:\webprojects\App1\
Browser/URL path http://215.180.21.1/App1/
HomeSite+ accesses files on remote server using RDS remote file access
HomeSite+ path RDS://MyRDSserver/C:/webprojects/App1/
ColdFusion Server path C:\webprojects\App1\
Browser/URL path http://215.180.21.1/App1/