Web Publishing Installation Guide

Chapter 7
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Configuring the Web Publishing Engine 63
If you disable the Database Sessions option:
1 Global values are not stored between requests.
1 If a script modifies a state, that state is not maintained between requests.
1 The number of XSLT web sessions is not limited to the maximum number of web database sessions on
FileMaker Server, which allows greater scalability to Custom Web Publishing. However, IWP sessions are still
subject to the limit.
If your stylesheets do not use global values or scripts that require a state to be maintained between requests, you
should disable the Database Sessions option. The setting for the Database Sessions option applies to all stylesheets
deployed on the Web Publishing Engine.
To configure the interaction between web sessions and database sessions:
1. For Database Sessions in the Publishing Engine Configuration: Custom Web Publishing with XSLT page, select
Enabled or Disabled.
2. If you are finished making configuration changes in the Administration Console, click Commit to save the
settings.
3. If you want the new committed settings to take effect immediately, click Restart Publishing Engine.
Configuring access to a mail server for the Web Publishing Engine
You can have the Web Publishing Engine send email messages by using one of the fmxslt:send_email() extension
functions in an XSLT stylesheet. To use these email extension functions, you must configure access to a mail
server for the Web Publishing Engine.
To configure access to a SMTP mail server for the Web Publishing Engine:
1. For host in the SMTP section of the Custom Web Publishing with XSLT page, enter the name of the host computer
where the SMTP mail server is installed.
2. For port, enter the port to use.
The default is 25.
3. From the authentication menu, choose a type of SMTP authentication that is compatible with your SMTP mail
server:
1 None: authentication is not used. This is the default setting.
1 Plain Text: plain text authentication is used.
1 CRAM-MD5: Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism-Message Digest 5 authentication is used to
encrypt the password for the SMTP mail server.
4. For user and password, enter the user name and password for logging into the SMTP mail server.
5. If you are finished making configuration changes in the Administration Console, click Commit to save the
settings.
6. If you want the new committed settings to take effect immediately, click Restart Publishing Engine.