Using FileMaker WebDirect
You can use
FileMaker WebDirect to quickly and easily publish layouts from your database. Anyone with compatible web browser software and access to the Internet or an intranet can connect to your FileMaker WebDirect solution to view, edit, sort, or search records, if you give them
access privileges.
For information on developing a FileMaker Pro database that works well with FileMaker WebDirect, see
FileMaker WebDirect Guide.
To host a website using FileMaker WebDirect:
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all
of the database files using FileMaker WebDirect must have the extended privilege Access via FileMaker WebDirect enabled.
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all of the database files must be on the same computer.
3. In FileMaker Server Admin Console, enable and configure FileMaker WebDirect on the Web Publishing > FileMaker WebDirect tab.
4. If you’re using static HTML pages, images, or other externally referenced files with your FileMaker database, you need to move those files to the root folder of the
web server software. Make sure the relative path is preserved.
• Windows: [drive]:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\HTTPServer\Conf
• OS X: /Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs
5. Test that your database is being published with FileMaker WebDirect by entering the following URL in a web browser:
http://<host>/fmi/webd
where
<host> is the
IP address or the domain name of the machine running the web server component in your FileMaker Server deployment. For a two-machine deployment, the worker machine runs the web server component.
Note If you use SSL for database connections, <host> must be the fully qualified domain name specified in the SSL certificate being used on the web server machine instead of the IP address.
6. (Optional) You can replace the default FileMaker WebDirect Launch Center that web users see when they log out of a session or when the session times out. For information, see
FileMaker WebDirect Guide.
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