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
Chapter 4
Configuring the Web Publishing Engine
After installing the Web Publishing Engine software components, use the Administration Console to
configure the Web Publishing Engine.
About the Web Publishing Engine Administration Console
The Administration Console software is installed with the Web Server Module software on the web server
host computer. You use the Administration Console in a web browser to configure the Web Publishing
Engine via the connection through the web server. You can use the Administration Console on any computer
that has access to the web server.
General steps for configuring the Web Publishing Engine
Here is a summary of the steps for using the Administration Console to configure the Web Publishing Engine.
1. Specify the following required configuration settings:
1 user name and password for the Administration Console
1 IP address of the host computer where the Web Publishing Engine is installed
1 user name and password for the Web Publishing Engine
1 IP address of the host computer where FileMaker Server is installed
1 Web Publishing Engine identifier and optional passcode that match the identifier and passcode you
registered in FileMaker Server for the Web Publishing Engine
For more information, see the next section, “Configuring the Web Publishing Engine for the first time.”
2. As necessary, disable the individual web publishing technologies that you want to block on the Web
Publishing Engine. By default, all of the following web publishing technologies are enabled:
1 Instant Web Publishing: See “Disabling Instant Web Publishing” on page 40.
1 Custom Web Publishing with XML: See “Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XML” on page 41.
1 Custom Web Publishing with XSLT: See “Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XSLT” on page 45.