Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 4
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Designing a database for Instant Web Publishing 35
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 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 24.
1 Tooltips created in FileMaker Pro Advanced for layout objects can help web users understand how to
interact with your solution.Tooltip text will appear in a web browser’s default text style. Note that
tooltips are updated only when a page is loaded. For more information, see the
FileMaker Pro Advanced
Development Guide
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