Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 2
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Publishing your database on the web 11
Choosing a language for Instant Web Publishing
You can choose a language for the Instant Web Publishing interface, tooltips, and onscreen Help. Choosing
or changing the language has no effect on your actual data.
To specify the language, open the Instant Web Publishing dialog box, select the language to display in the
status area, then click OK.
Specifying a port number for web publishing
The TCP/IP address in the Instant Web Publishing dialog box determines where web browsers can find
FileMaker
Pro databases on the host computer. By default, FileMaker files are shared from port 80. If port
80 is already in use (by a web server or another application), consider changing TCP/IP Port Number to 591.
FileMaker, Inc. has registered port number 591 with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
specifically for web publishing.
To specify or change the port number:
1. Open the Instant Web Publishing dialog box (see “Sharing a database with Instant Web Publishing” on
page 9).
2. For Advanced Options, click Specify, then type the desired TCP/IP port number.
3. Click OK, then OK to save the changes.
Important If you use a port number other than 80, web users cannot access your database unless they append
a colon, and the new port number, to your IP
address (or domain name). For example, if you use port 591
instead of port 80, users would type 12.34.56.78:591 or http://accounts.yourcompany.com:591 in a web
browser. Or you can provide access to the database from a link that contains the IP
address and port number.
For more information, see
“Linking to a database from an HTML page” on page 13.
Advanced Web Publishing Options dialog box
View the
maximum
number of
connections
Specify the
port number
Allow access
to specified
IP addresses
Enable log
files
Specify time
out for
inactive
accounts