Before enabling ColdFusion for your hosting account, you must purchase a ColdFusion credit.
NOTE: ColdFusion is compatible with Linux hosting plans and Windows hosting plans running IIS 7.
Grid-based Web Hosting does not support ColdFusion. To see if you’re affected, click here.
To Purchase ColdFusion for Your Hosting AccountLog in to your Account Manager.
In the My Products [...]
ColdFusion can be removed from your hosting account at any time.
To Disable ColdFusion on Your Hosting AccountLog in to your Account Manager.
In the My Products section, select Hosting.
Next to the hosting account you want to modify, click Manage Account.
In the Content section of the Hosting Control Center, click the Add on languages icon.
Under Optional installations, [...]
CFX_jpegresize
CFX_JpegResize is a custom ColdFusion;® tag that resizes JPG images installed on our Windows ColdFusion servers. It takes a file from the server as input, performs a resize, and then saves the file back to the disk.
For more information on this tag please visit the CFX_JpegResize home page.
NOTE: If you are using ColdFusion with IIS7, [...]
Using the ColdFusion tag “cffile” allows you to create a web page that supports uploading files to your site.
We use security sandboxes for each user to ensure that users cannot upload files outside of their content directory. Also, for security purposes you should always restrict the type of files that can be uploaded to your [...]
If there is a CFX tag that you would like to see supported, please contact our support department with your request. We will evaluate the CFX tag for inclusion on our servers.
A ColdFusion component (CFC) is a file saved with the extension .cfc. Like custom tags, CFCs are a way to encapsulate your code for use on other ColdFusion pages. However, CFCs have several advantages over custom tags, including:CFCs can bundle a number of different functions in one component
CFCs can define properties that multiple methods can [...]
Our servers are configured by default to use cookies for client variable storage.
We do not support the use of the registry for client variable storage.
In order to use a database for client variable storage, you will need to first create your database, setup a DSN, and manually configure the client variable schema in your database. [...]
We disable the CFObject tag according to Adobe’s guidance on how to securely configure a ColdFusion shared hosting environment. Please see Adobe’s Security Bulletin for more information.
If your code is currently using CFObject or the CreateObject function, you might consider changing your code to use the CFInvoke tag instead.
For more information on how to [...]
Yes. The CFFORM tag is a Cold Fusion tag that is used to define a form. Similarly, the CFMAIL tag is a Cold Fusion tag used to send mail.
No. Because both of these services are extremely resource intensive, we do not allow them to run simultaneously on any of our shared hosting servers.
NOTE: Grid-based Web Hosting does not support Java or ColdFusion. To see if you’re affected, click here.
To use ColdFusion to connect to an Access database, you must create a ColdFusion DSN.
NOTE: Access databases are not supported on Windows IIS 7 accounts running ColdFusion.
Grid-based Web Hosting does not support ColdFusion. To see if you’re affected, click here.
To Create a ColdFusion DSN for an Access DatabaseLog in to your Account Manager.
In the [...]
To use ColdFusion to connect to a database, you must create a ColdFusion DSN.
NOTE: Grid-based Web Hosting does not support ColdFusion. To see if you’re affected, click here.
To Create a ColdFusion DSN for an Existing DatabaseLog in to your Account Manager.
In the My Products section, select Hosting.
Next to the hosting account you want to modify, [...]
There are a number of places you can visit online to learn more about working with ColdFusion, including:Macromedia’s Getting Started with ColdFusion Page
House of Fusion
We use the default (maximum) variable settings for ColdFusion MX 7: 20 minutes for session variables, and 2 days for application variables.
NOTE: You can use an Application.cfm page to change these setting for your particular Web application.
Currently, you cannot use JSP, Java servlets, or Java Objects on your ColdFusion hosting account.
NOTE: Grid-based Web Hosting does not support Java. To see if you’re affected, click here.