Instant Web Publishing Guide

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30 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide

For IIS, move the files to: <root drive>\Inetpub\wwwroot

For Apache, move the files to: /Library/WebServer/Documents

Note Verify the path with the server administrator.

3. Redirect your URLs to: http://<IP address>/fmi/iwp or http://<domain name>/fmi/iwp

so web users can locate your database.

For information on enabling Instant Web Publishing in FileMaker Server Advanced, see the

FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide, included with FileMaker Server

Advanced.

Documenting your solution

Instant Web Publishing cannot cover the nuances of how web users should interact with your

particular databases. It’s helpful if you can provide your own documentation, especially if you’re

presenting a lot of layouts and automating tasks with scripted buttons.

You should include information about the following information in your documentation:

1 Browsing and finding records: Let web users know that they work with data in Browse mode or

Find mode. Instruct users how to create, edit, delete, find, and sort records.

1 Navigating the database: Instruct web users on how to view records in appropriate layouts and

layout views.

1 It is important that web users properly close their session, or connection to the host computer, by

clicking the Log Out button in the status area. For more information, see “Logging out of a

database and closing a web session” on page 21.