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 1
Before you begin
Welcome to FileMaker
®
Server
7 Advanced, which includes the Web Publishing Engine and support for
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and Java Database Connectivity (JDBC). The Web Publishing Engine
provides Instant Web Publishing and Custom Web Publishing with XML or XSLT for FileMaker Server. For
information on ODBC and JDBC, see the
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Developer’s Guide
.
Using FileMaker Server documentation
This
FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide
describes how to install and configure
the Web Publishing Engine on Windows and Mac OS X computers.
The
FileMaker Server Advanced Custom Web Publishing Guide
describes how to develop FileMaker XSLT
stylesheets, use the Web Publishing Engine to publish your databases using XML or XSLT, and convert
CDML solutions to FileMaker XSLT.
The
FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
describes how to make FileMaker Pro databases accessible to
web browser users over an intranet or the Internet.
Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers
describes how to install driver files for using
FileMaker Pro with ODBC and JDBC applications.
The
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Developer’s Guide
describes how to use ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker
products.
The
FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
and FileMaker Server Admin Help describe how to install and
configure FileMaker Server.
The
FileMaker Security Guide
describes security concerns to keep in mind when using FileMaker products.
Note
Portions of this documentation referring to FileMaker Server 7 Advanced features such as web
publishing and ODBC/JDBC only apply to FileMaker Server 7 Advanced licensed customers.
I
mportant You can download PDFs of FileMaker 7 documentation from www.filemaker.com. Any updates
to this document are also available from the web site.