WebDirect Guide

Chapter 3 | Publishing a FileMaker WebDirect solution 26
Disconnecting inactive web accounts
You can specify the amount of time web users remain connected to the solution when their session,
or connection to the web server, is idle. Sessions are considered idle when web users do not submit
requests from the web browser, such as finding, creating, or submitting changes, changing layouts,
and so on. A session also becomes idle when the web user closes the web browser window, moves
to another website, or quits the web browser without selecting their account name in the menu bar
and clicking Logout.
To specify the duration that a session can be idle before it times out:
1. Open Admin Console.
2. Click the Web Publishing > FileMaker WebDirect tab.
3. For Session Timeout (minutes), specify the amount of time before disconnecting idle web
users (from 1 to 60 minutes), then click Save.
If you are concerned that web users might not log out of the solution properly, specify a short
session timeout. You can also create a scripted button to log out web users. See
“Logging out of
a database and closing a web session” on page 34 and “Step 7: Enable users to log out of the
solution” on page 19.
Linking to a database from an HTML page
Rather than having web users type the IP address or domain name to access your solution, you
can create an HTML page that specifies a link to your solution.
Keep these points in mind:
1 To link to a database or the Database Homepage over a connection with Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) encryption, use https:// before the host’s IP address or domain name. See
“Securing
your data” on page 36 and FileMaker Server Help.
1 If you close your solutions frequently, or if web users access a number of solutions, consider
linking to the Database Homepage, which dynamically creates links for all databases that are
open and shared with FileMaker
WebDirect. See “Accessing a FileMaker WebDirect solution”
on page 29.
1 If possible, host solutions on a static IP address or use a domain name. In some environments,
a new IP address is assigned dynamically to a computer every time it reconnects to the
network.
1 If a database name contains spaces or other special characters, replace the characters with the
corresponding encoded values required for valid URLs. For example, replace a space
character with %20.
To view Use this link
The Database Homepage or a
homepage you create
http://<IP address>/fmi/webd
A particular database http://<IP address>/fmi/webd#<database name>