Web Publishing Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- About this guide
- Hardware and software requirements
- Windows requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Windows requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Mac OS requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Mac OS requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Important note about supported operating systems
- About the license key
- Customer support
- Overview of installing, configuring, and using the Web Publishing Engine
- Chapter 2 Installation quick start
- Chapter 3 Migrating web publishing settings from the previous version
- Chapter 4 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in various host configurations
- Chapter 5 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Windows
- Chapter 6 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Mac OS
- Chapter 7 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
- Viewing an overview of the Web Publishing Engine configuration
- 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 3
Migrating web publishing settings from the
previous version
FileMaker Server Advanced provides two Web Publishing Engine tools, Back Up Settings and Restore Settings,
to help you move your web publishing settings from a FileMaker Server 7 Advanced installation to a FileMaker
Server 8 Advanced installation that is on the same computer using the same configuration. These Web Publishing
Engine tools do not migrate databases; they migrate only web publishing settings, preferences, and XSLT
solutions.
Note FileMaker Server also provides two tools named Back Up Settings and Restore Settings. If FileMaker
Server 7 is installed on the same computer as the Web Publishing Engine from FileMaker Server 7 Advanced, it
is important to run the FileMaker Server Back Up Settings and Restore Settings tools
before migrating the web
publishing settings. For more information, see FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide.
Read this first
The steps listed below provide an overview of the migration process. See the remaining sections for more
information about each step.
It is important to do the migration steps in the order they are presented. If you omit steps or don’t follow the
sequence, your web publishing solutions may not work properly or you may have to reconfigure your web
publishing settings manually.
1. Stop all FileMaker Server 7 Advanced web publishing processes and services, including the web server itself.
2. Save your web publishing settings from FileMaker Server 7 Advanced using the Back Up Settings tool.
3. Uninstall FileMaker Server 7 Advanced.
4. Install FileMaker Server 8 Advanced.
5. Move your saved web publishing settings from FileMaker Server 7 Advanced to FileMaker Server 8 Advanced
using the Restore Settings tool.
6. Confirm that migration was successful.