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 1
Introduction
Welcome to FileMaker
®
Server Advanced, which includes the Web Publishing Engine and support for ODBC and
JDBC.
1 The Web Publishing Engine provides both Instant Web Publishing and Custom Web Publishing for FileMaker
Server. Instant Web Publishing allows you to quickly and easily publish your database on the web. Custom
Web Publishing with XML and XSLT gives you additional control over the design and functionality of your
web pages.
1 ODBC and JDBC are application programming interfaces (APIs). These APIs give client applications a
common language for interacting with a variety of data sources and database services, including FileMaker.
About this guide
This guide, FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide, describes how to install and configure
the web publishing components of FileMaker Server Advanced, including the Administration Console and the
Web Publishing Engine, on Windows and Mac OS computers.
Two companion books describe how to use Instant Web Publishing and Custom Web Publishing:
1 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide describes how to make FileMaker Pro databases available to web
browser users over an intranet or the Internet.
1 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.
This guide does not describe how to install and configure FileMaker Server. For information on how to install and
configure FileMaker Server, see FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide and FileMaker Server Help.
This guide does not describe how to install ODBC and JDBC components. Use the FileMaker Server CD to install
ODBC and JDBC drivers. For information on installing ODBC and JDBC components, see Installing FileMaker
ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers. For information on how to use ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker products, see
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Developer’s Guide.
The FileMaker Security Guide describes security concerns to keep in mind when using FileMaker products.
Note Portions of this documentation referring to FileMaker Server Advanced features such as web publishing and
ODBC/JDBC only apply to FileMaker Server Advanced licensed customers.
Important You can download PDFs of FileMaker documentation from www.filemaker.com/downloads. Any
updates to this document are also available from the website.