I was recently contacted by an individual whose company site was implemented using Coldfusion. The gent asked that I perform a bit of SEO work, meta tags, keywords, etc. All the files are saved with a .cfm extension; so, can I safely load the site with my Dreamweaver 8 software, modify the source, and save to his (virtual) server without employing Coldfusion locally (on my system).
You are asking if you can make edits without a development or testing server. You can but make sure you have a back up or you test the new page under a different name (use indexNEW.cfm to test index.cfm on the live server) before replacing the live file.