https://my.oditech.com/downloads/FileMaker/13/fm13_webdirect_guide.pdf
Chapter 1 - Introducing FileMaker WebDirect
- About this guide
- About FileMaker WebDirect
- How FileMaker WebDirect works
- FileMaker WebDirect architecture
- Implicit interaction model
- How FileMaker WebDirect renders a layout
- How web technologies affect your solution
- FileMaker WebDirect requirements
- Connecting to the Internet or an intranet
- About accessing databases with FileMaker WebDirect
- Other ways to publish FileMaker data on the web
Chapter 2 - Designing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Step 1: Plan your FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Purpose of the solution
- Number of web users
- Devices that access the solution
- How much of the solution FileMaker WebDirect will access
- Plug-ins
- Step 2: Understand the capabilities of FileMaker WebDirect
- Step 3: Optimize performance
- Improving HTML performance
- Improving CSS performance
- Step 4: Design layouts for multiple screen sizes
- Step 5: Set default options for layouts, views, and tools
- Setting the initial layout and view
- Hiding the menu bar and status toolbar
- Step 6: Set up tasks for web users
- Specifying the sort order
- Working with graphics, sounds, and movies
- Working with virtual windows
- Importing and exporting data
- Step 7: Enable users to log out of the solution
- Step 8: Review the functions, scripts, and script triggers in your solution
- Functions
- Scripts
- Script triggers
- Step 9: Document your solution
Chapter 3 - Publishing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Sharing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Choosing which users can access a solution
- Uploading a FileMaker WebDirect solution to FileMaker Server
- Changing FileMaker WebDirect settings in Admin Console
- Limiting the list of solutions in the Database Homepage
- Choosing a language for FileMaker WebDirect
- Checking the maximum number of connections
- Disconnecting inactive web accounts
- Linking to a database from an HTML page
- Using a custom homepage
Chapter 4 - Working with a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Requirements for accessing FileMaker WebDirect solutions
- Accessing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Logging in to a file
- Working with data in FileMaker WebDirect
- Viewing and modifying records in Browse mode
- Finding records
- Working with layouts that contain a web viewer
- Logging out of a database and closing a web session
- Using external ODBC data sources in FileMaker WebDirect
- Using external FileMaker data sources in FileMaker WebDirect
Chapter 5 - Testing, monitoring, and securing a solution
- Testing your database with a network connection
- Testing your database without a network connection
- Monitoring web activity with log files
- Securing your data
