Web Publishing Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- Using FileMaker Server documentation
- Customer support
- About the license key
- Hardware and software requirements
- Windows requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Mac OS requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Windows requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Mac OS requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Important note about supported operating systems
- About the Web Publishing Engine software components
- About the tools for developing XSLT stylesheets
- Overview of installing, configuring, and using the Web Publishing Engine
- Installing the Web Publishing Engine in various host configurations
- Registering the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server
- Installing plug-ins for the Web Publishing Engine
- Chapter 2 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Mac OS X
- Chapter 4 Configuring the Web Publishing Engine
- About the Web Publishing Engine Administration Console
- General steps for configuring the Web Publishing Engine
- Configuring the Web Publishing Engine for the first time
- Configuring Instant Web Publishing
- Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XML
- Configuring Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Setting the Web Publishing Engine mode
- Setting server-side XSLT stylesheet caching
- Configuring the interaction between web sessions and database sessions
- Configuring access to a mail server for the Web Publishing Engine
- Setting the default text encoding for XSLT requests
- Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Specifying general settings for the Web Publishing Engine
- Restricting access to the Administration Console
- Viewing a list of the published databases for FileMaker Server
- Logging out of the Administration Console
- Using the Web Publishing Engine and Administration Console services
- Changing the user name and password for the Administration Console
- Where to go from here
- Index
12 FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide
Overview of installing, configuring, and using the
Web Publishing Engine
Here is a summary of the steps for installing, configuring, and using the Web Publishing Engine:
1. Do one of the following:
1 If you haven’t already done so, install FileMaker Server. See the FileMaker Server Administrator’s
Guide.
1 If you have already installed FileMaker Server, update the license key with a FileMaker Server
Advanced license key. See FileMaker Server Admin Help.
2. If you haven’t already done so, install a web server.
For more information, see the instructions for your web server.
3. Install the Web Publishing Engine.
For background installation information, see the next section, “Installing the Web Publishing Engine in
various host configurations.” For details on installing the Web Publishing Engine in Windows, see
chapter 2, “Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Windows.” For details on installing the Web
Publishing Engine in Mac OS X, see chapter 3, “Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Mac OS X.”
4. Install the tools for developing XSLT stylesheets.
For information on installing the tools in Windows, see “Installing the FileMaker Site Assistant and
FileMaker CDML Converter” on page 26. For information on installing the tools in Mac OS X, see
“Installing the FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter” on page 29.
5. In FileMaker Server Admin, register the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server.
To register the Web Publishing Engine, you specify the Web Publishing Engine identifier and optional
passcode for securing the connection between FileMaker Server and the Web Publishing Engine. See
“Registering the Web Publishing Engine in FileMaker Server” on page 16.
6. In the Web Publishing Engine Administration Console, configure the Web Publishing Engine. See
chapter 4, “Configuring the Web Publishing Engine.”
7. In FileMaker Pro, enable Custom Web Publishing and Instant Web Publishing in each database you want
to publish.
For information on enabling Custom Web Publishing in a database, see the FileMaker Server Advanced
Custom Web Publishing Guide. For information on enabling Instant Web Publishing in a database, see
the FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide.