Instant Web Publishing Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 About publishing FileMaker Pro databases on the web
- Chapter 2 Publishing your database on the web
- Chapter 3 Working with FileMaker databases on the web
- Chapter 4 Designing a database for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for designing layouts for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for working with data in a web browser
- General database design considerations
- Working with graphics, sounds, and movies on the web
- Setting the initial layout and view
- Hiding the status area to customize the interface
- Specifying the sort order for web users
- Scripts and Instant Web Publishing
- Hosting databases with FileMaker Server Advanced: an overview
- Documenting your solution
- Chapter 5 Testing, monitoring, and securing your site
- Index
8 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
Web publishing improvements
1 You can create and use your own home page instead of the default Database Homepage.
1 Basic authentication has been replaced with a forms-based model. When you require authentication to
access a database, a login page allows web users to log in either as the Guest account or as a specific
account. Account names and passwords are no longer restricted to the ISO-Latin-1 character set.
1 Web users can now use the tab order defined by the FileMaker layout when in Find mode or editing
records.
1 Tab controls (layout objects made up of at least one tab panel) work in Instant Web Publishing.
1 Tooltips created in FileMaker Pro Advanced for layout objects (for example, fields, buttons, and layout
text) work in Instant Web Publishing.
1 The Drop-down Calendar field format works in Instant Web Publishing. Web users can quickly enter dates
in fields using an interactive calendar.
1 Improved accessibility with JAWS screen reader and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows. Web users can
select different views or layouts from the View and Layout pop-up menus using keyboard commands. In
the Sort dialog box, web users can select sort fields using the Tab key.
For information on new FileMaker Pro features, see the FileMaker Pro User’s Guide. For information on
new FileMaker
Pro Advanced features, see the FileMaker Pro Advanced Development Guide.
Publishing files from previous versions of FileMaker Pro
Publishing files from FileMaker Pro 7
Because FileMaker Pro 7 and FileMaker Pro 8 share the same format, FileMaker Pro 8 can open
FileMaker
Pro 7 files without converting them. You can even use FileMaker Pro 8 files with
FileMaker
Pro 7. However, any layout that contains new features will not be supported in Instant Web
Publishing when you open the file in a previous version.
FileMaker recommends that, once you have created or opened a file in FileMaker Pro 8, you do not make
database design or layout changes using an earlier version of FileMaker
Pro, particularly to features that
have changed in FileMaker
Pro 8.
Publishing files from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
Before converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier to the new file format, it is important to
review the
Converting FileMaker Databases from Previous Versions guide, available as a PDF file from
www.filemaker.com/downloads.
Here are some considerations when converting files that are shared with Instant Web Publishing:
1 You are no longer limited to picking a couple of layouts for web views—all layouts are available to web
users, based on their user accounts. The Web Styles available with FileMaker
Pro 6 and earlier are no
longer supported. After you convert your files, re-evaluate which layouts should be available on the web
to each user account.
1 The access privileges model has been improved. Consider re-assigning user names and passwords to take
advantage of the integrated security model. For more information on accounts and privileges, see
FileMaker Pro Help.