Bind to 127.0.0.1 instead of your standard public-facing IP like on the server.
Or, just bind to *:80. That should work as well. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Nick Gleason <n.glea...@citysoft.com>wrote: > > Hi there. So, I took the plunge and upgraded to Windows 7 and got IIS > installed. So far so good. I've set up a web site in IIS to use for this > purpose, but the tricky part has been getting it to display through a > browser. When we user our remote servers, we assign a site to an IP and > add > one or more host headers so that requests through a browser will resolve > correctly. But, that doesn't seem to be the right scenario with a locally > deployed site. I'm searching online but if anyone can suggest how best to > configure a local site in IIS, that would certainly be appreciated. > > Best, > > Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] > > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:14 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: url path problem when running a CF site on my local > > computer > > > > > > you need to put your website in the root and not inside a test folder > > so that your links work. > > Otherwise you will need to make your links relative to the page they > > are on or include /text/ in the link, which is not really a good > > solution. > > If you are running windows 7 then you get the full version of IIS7 for > > free so wont have any such problems. > > Download the web platform installer and use this to install IIS and > > other useful components. > > > > If you are on windows XP then you can use IIS 6 but it is limited to 1 > > site, so you would be better off using Apache. > > > > Or if you want to get rid of the hassle of running a local dev server > > altogether then try www.cfmldeveloper.com > > > > -- > > > > Russ Michaels > > > > www.bluethunderinternet.com : Business hosting services & solutions > > www.cfmldeveloper.com : ColdFusion developer community > > www.michaels.me.uk : my blog > > www.cfsearch.com : ColdFusion search engine > > ** > > *skype me* : russmichaels > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
