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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Q
query parameter, –encoding 64
quick start, installation 13
R
registering Web Publishing Engine with FileMaker
Server 55
explanation 34
in quick start 17
related database files 35
reporting errors 60, 65
requirements, hardware and software 8
restarting Web Publishing Engine 70
Restore Settings tool 28
restoring settings 28
S
SAT. See FileMaker Server Admin
saving FileMaker Server 7 Advanced settings 26
saving FileMaker Server 7 settings 25
saving web publishing settings 26
scripts, behavior in XSLT publishing 62
security
Administration Console 50
using SSL 34
Web Publishing Engine 50
send_email () extension function 63
Server Admin Tool. See FileMaker Server Admin
services (Windows)
described 41
starting and stopping 71
starting automatically 40
sessions
Custom Web Publishing with XSLT 62
time-outs 66
viewing status of 55
set_session_timeout() extension function 66
setting up Web Publishing Engine 18, 49
settings
backing up 26
restoring 28
Site Assistant
installing in Mac OS 48
installing in Windows 44
Mac OS requirements 10
Windows requirements 9
SMTP mail servers 63
software requirements 8
SSL 34
state, saving in sessions 62
status area language 58
stopping web publishing processes 26
stylesheets, XSLT
accessing mail servers 63
caching and performance 62
installing tools for 44, 48
T
techinfo knowledge base. See knowledge base
technical support, contacting 11
testing database files, Instant Web Publishing 58
text encoding 64
time-outs, session 66
Tomcat Control port 33
U
uninstall considerations 27
uninstalling (Mac OS) 47
uninstalling (Windows) 43
updating the license key 17
updating to FileMaker Server Advanced 10
user accounts. See accounts
user names
changing Administration Console 72
for access to FMSA Admin Console account 51
for access to WPE Admin account 53, 67
V
verifying installation 23
verifying migration 29
viewing extended privileges 12, 69
viewing Web Publishing Engine status 55