Instant Web Publishing Guide

18 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
Accessing a FileMaker database on the web
To access the Database Homepage, web users open the web browser, then type the IP address of the host computer.
1 In some cases, web users can type the domain and host name of your computer instead of the IP address, for
example http://accounts.yourcompany.com. Or, they can type the host name, like http://yourcompany.com.
Contact your internet service provider or network administrator for information about mapping a domain
and host name to your IP address.
1 If you configure FileMaker Pro to use a port number other than 80 (the default), that port number must
be appended to your IP address, for example: 10.0.0.1:88. See
“Specifying a port number for web
publishing” on page 11.
1 You can also create an HTML page that contains a link to a database published on the web. For more
information, see
“Linking to a database from an HTML page” on page 13.
The Database Homepage lists the FileMaker Pro databases that are open on the host computer and enabled
for web sharing.
If you don’t see an open, shared database listed:
1 Check its filename: it should be unique and not contain single or double quotation marks.
1 Be sure Don’t display in Instant Web Publishing homepage in the Instant Web Publishing dialog box is
cleared.
Web users click a filename to open a database.
Type the IP address or domain name
in the browser window
The Database Homepage lists files shared with Instant Web Publishing
Click a filename to
open the database