Follow these steps to complete your FileMaker-connected Web site:

1. Customize your pages to change the text and add any images you want. All of your FileMaker Pro site's files are displayed in the Site Editor window which is now open. Your home page is called default.htm. Double-click a page to open it in Edit Page mode.

2. Consolidate the files that make up your site by clicking the Consolidate button on the Site Editor toolbar. Consolidating will copy images or other content files you have used from other folders and place them in your site folder. Any references to this content will be updated automatically to ensure that none of your media is missing when you upload your site to a web server.

3. Copy your site to a web server. You can copy your site folder to the FileMaker Pro host computer using your network software to mount the server volume and copy your files onto it. Copy your site folder into the Web folder, which is located in the FileMaker Pro application folder. You can delete this instructional file (read_me.htm) if you wish so that it is not copied with the other pages in your site.

4. Access your FileMaker-connected site by typing the following in the "location" field of your browser: http://IP_address/  If there is a default.htm file in the Web folder, it will display in the browser. If the default.htm file for your FileMaker-connected site is in a subfolder of the Web folder, then you must point the browser to the sub folder. For example: http://IP_address/sub_folder/

See the FileMaker Pro documentation for more information on using custom web sites with FileMaker.


Warning -- if you change the filenames of the documents created by this assistant, you must edit your links (html links as well as FileMaker tag links) and reference the new filenames.