Viewing the Index Template

Now you're ready to check out your handiwork. Fire up your preferred browser and point it to the index file via your Webserver. If you used the default folder locations I suggested earlier, the URL is

http://127.0.0.1/gargantuan/index.cfm

If all goes well, you'll see the first half of the page, as shown in Figure 6.10.

Figure 6.10. The output from the template in Figure 6.9, viewed in a browser.

Caution

If you try to preview a template file and your browser asks a seemingly odd question such as, "Which program do you wish to use with this file type?", it usually means that you've tried to view a CFM file directly from ...

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