Using a Custom Homepage Print

With Instant Web Publishing, data is updated in a web browser window each time the browser requests data from FileMaker Pro. This is called dynamic publishing. With static publishing, the data you publish from FileMaker Pro doesn’t change with each new request.

Static publishing might be a good option for you if:

• your data doesn’t change often
• you don’t have full-time internet access
• you don’t want users to connect directly to your database

To publish static data, you need:

• a web site hosted on a web server (you can enable Instant Web Publishing to have FileMaker Pro be the web server for items in the FileMaker Pro Web folder)
• FileMaker Pro, and one or more databases with data
• a computer connected to the internet or an intranet (you only need to connect when you upload your web page to a web server)
• an application for copying (uploading) files to your web server application 1 a text-editing or web-authoring application (optional)

General steps for publishing static data

With static publishing, you export data to a web page, then add the web page to your existing web site. Web users connect to your web site, not to your database.

To publish static data from FileMaker Pro:

1. Find the appropriate records, then choose File menu > Export Records, and choose HTML

Table or XML Files

1. Choose HTML Table to generate a table of data that can be viewed by supported web browsers.

You can customize the appearance in a text editing or web authoring application.

1. Choose XML Files if you’d like to programmatically change the appearance of the data.
2. Add links from existing web pages to your new web page. 3. Copy the new web page to your web server.

Static web pages cannot use FileMaker Pro access privileges for protection, but by storing the files in the FileMaker Web folder, you can restrict access by specifying which IP addresses can access the files in the Instant Web Publishing dialog box.

For additional security options, see your web server documentation or check with your ISP or network administrator.

For more information on exporting records as HTML or XML, see FileMaker Pro Help. Visit http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies for general information on XML and example files.