If you're a Windows user and want to develop ColdFusion applications, 

you can instead use the web server installed with the developer edition of 

the ColdFusion MX 7. For more information, see 

Appendix C,  Setup for 

Sample ColdFusion Site,  on page 237

.

IIS may already be installed on your computer. Check your folder structure 

to see if it contains a C:\Inetpub or D:\Inetpub folder. IIS creates this 

folder during installation. 

If the folder does not exist, install IIS. For more information, see 

 Installing Internet Information Server  on page 232

.

If you're a Macintosh user interested in developing PHP applications, you 

can use the Apache web server already installed on your Macintosh. For 

more information, see 

 Testing the Macintosh web server (PHP 

developers)  on page 233

.

Installing Internet Information 

Server

Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional users should install Internet 

Information Server (IIS).

If you're a Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional user, check 

whether IIS is already installed and running on your system. The way to do 

this is to look for the C:\Inetpub folder. If it doesn't exist, IIS is probably 

not installed on your system.

To install IIS on Windows 2000 and XP Professional:

1.

Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, or 

Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.

2.

Select Add/Remove Windows Components.

3.

Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Next. 

4.

Follow the installation instructions.

You can test the web server after installing it.

232 Installing a Web Server