Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 5
Testing, monitoring, and securing your site
Before notifying users that your published database is available, it is important to verify that it looks
and functions as you expect.
1 Test features like finding, adding, deleting, and sorting records with different accounts and
privilege sets.
1 Verify that various privilege sets are performing as expected by logging in with different
accounts. Make sure unauthorized users can’t access or modify your data.
1 Click all scripted buttons to verify that the outcome is expected. See “FileMaker scripts and
Instant Web Publishing” on page 33 for information on designing web-friendly scripts.
1 Test your published database with different operating systems and browsers.
1 If the web pages aren’t displaying properly, see “Requirements for accessing FileMaker
databases on the web” on page 16 and review chapter 4, “Designing a database for Instant
Web Publishing.”
Testing your database with a network connection
To access a published database, open web browser software, type the IP address or domain
name of the host computer and press Return or Enter. You can view an IP address in the Instant
Web Publishing dialog box. For more information, see
“Accessing a FileMaker database on the
web” on page 17.
Testing your database without a network connection
If you don’t have a network connection, you should still test your database in all compatible web
browsers.
1 If you are hosting on FileMaker Pro, open the web browser software and type
http://127.0.0.1/ and press Return or Enter. (You may also test with
http://127.0.0.1/fmi/iwp if you’re hosting on FileMaker Pro.)
1 If you are hosting on FileMaker Server Advanced, open the web browser software and type
http://127.0.0.1/fmi/iwp and press Return or Enter.
The Database Homepage should display a list of all open database files that have Instant Web
Publishing enabled. If you don’t see an open, shared database listed, see
“Accessing a FileMaker
database on the web” on page 17 for more information.
Note To improve performance of an Instant Web Publishing solution, avoid using localhost in the
URL by replacing it with the IP address, either 127.0.0.1 or the actual host IP. For example,
change
http://localhost/fmi/iwp to use http://127.0.0.1/fmi/iwp instead.