Building the Index page

The index page is used by your audience to start a session with your FileMaker Pro database-to either search the database or create new records in it. For example, in the index page (default.htm) created by the assistant, there is a link to the Search page (search.htm) and another link to the New Record page (new.htm). You can copy these links and paste them into other pages, so that a session with your FileMaker Pro database can be initiated from any page in your site. You can change the text of the hyperlinks for searching your database or adding new records.

To create a link to any other page in your site that will take the Web viewer to another FileMaker form page in your site:

1. Create a new blank page.
   
2. Type the text for your link.
   
3. Select the text, and then click the Link Editor button on the toolbar.
   
4. In the URL text box, type your URL according to the following syntax, where the URL appears on a single line without spaces, and "databasename" is the filename of your database; "layoutname" is the name of your layout; and "otherpage.htm" is the name of the FileMaker form page you want to display when this link is clicked in the browser:
   
   FMPro?-db=databasename&-lay=layoutname&-format=other page.htm&-view

   This tag	Is used to specify the following information
   -Db	The filename of the database for your site
   -Lay	The name of the layout used by the page you are linking to
   -Format	The filename of the FileMaker form page you want to link to
   -View	The action of displaying a format file or page in your site

5. Close the Link Editor to apply your setting.
   
6. Save the Index page.