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
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Notes
1 If you open a database hosted on FileMaker Server that has the extended privileges for web publishing enabled,
the Web Publishing Engine automatically publishes it.
1 If the Web Publishing Engine stops and restarts, it automatically publishes any hosted databases that have the
extended privileges for web publishing enabled.
1 If FileMaker Server stops and restarts, the Web Publishing Engine automatically reconnects with FileMaker
Server and publishes any hosted databases that have the extended privileges for web publishing enabled.
Logging out of the Administration Console
Only one user can be logged into the Administration Console at any one time. If you don’t log out, the
Administration Console times out after 15 minutes and any uncommitted changes are not saved.
To log out of the Administration Console, click Logout.
Note To log into the Administration Console after completing the initial configuration, start the console and enter
the user name and password you specified for the Administration Console. The Overview page appears first.
Using the Web Publishing Engine and Administration Console services
The Web Publishing Engine and the Administration Console run as services on the host computer where they are
installed.
In Windows, the Web Publishing Engine and the Administration Console services start automatically if you
selected the Automatic option in the installer (see step 11 in “Installing the Web Publishing Engine software
components” on page 38). Otherwise, you must start the services manually in Windows by following the steps in
this section.
In Mac OS, the Web Publishing Engine and the Administration Console services start automatically whenever the
host computer starts.
Whenever you commit a change to a setting in the Administration Console, you must restart the Web Publishing
Engine to have the new setting take effect. You can restart the Web Publishing Engine according to the instructions
in this section, or by clicking Restart Publishing Engine at the bottom of the Administration Console.
If the red indicator Console and Web Servers Require Restart appears at the bottom of the Administration Console,
you must restart the Administration Console and web server. To restart the Administration Console, use the
instructions in this section. For information on restarting your web server, see the web server documentation.