Instant Web Database Publishing

Instant Web Database Publishing allows you to publish your databases on the web with just a few clicks. You don't have to write any HTML or LDML code at all. Just follow these steps to put your databases on the Web!

1 Open your FileMaker database.

If you don't want to use your own databases, open the CDs.fp3 database in the Lasso Tools folder.

2 The instant web publishing documents are located in Tools and Examples folder in the WebSTAR folder. Using a web browser, open this URL:

www.domain.com/Tools+&+Examples/Lasso+Instant+Publishing/

(substituting your server host name for www.domain.com ).

3 Click on the picture to start the publishing process.
4 Select the database you wish to access:

5 Select the layout you prepared in the previous section:

6 That's it! You're in business. The records are presented in a table format with each table row corresponding to one record.

You may now browse the records of this database, search for specific records, and add new records.

While this format is fine for internal publication of small databases with a few fields, you may need something more sophisticated. The following sections describe how to set up complex database search and information pages.