FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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If you want, you can create a new layout for use with the Web
Companion. A simple, Standard layout is sufficient, as text styles,
special backgrounds, and colors do not appear on the Web using
FileMaker Pro Instant Web Publishing. Date and number formats, as
well as repeating fields, do appear over the Web. For information on
working with layouts, see chapter 3, “Laying out and arranging
information.”
If you have specified one or more passwords using FileMaker Pro access
privileges to limit access to your database, users are required to enter a
password when viewing your database on the Web.
If you are using FileMaker Pro Custom Web Publishing, you will need
to move any HTML pages and format files you have created into the
Web folder, which is inside the FileMaker Pro 4.0 folder.
Security considerations before you publish a database
There are some important security considerations to keep in mind before
sharing a FileMaker Pro 4.0 database on the Web:
1 If you have chosen a layout with related fields in the Web Companion
View Setup dialog box, those related fields appear when a Web user
opens the master database—even if the related databases are
protected with FileMaker Pro access privileges. Keep this in mind
when designating layouts for use with published databases.
1 If your database uses related fields, and you are using Instant Web
Publishing with the built-in home page (available in the Web
Configuration dialog box), the related database(s) are also made
available on the Web because they appear in the list of open databases
on the built-in home page. For information about hiding databases
from the built-in home page, see “Helping Web users find your
database” on page 11-23.
Warning Anyone who opens a database file with the Export records
access privilege, including FileMaker Pro guests, can then publish the
database on the Web by enabling FileMaker Pro Web Companion on his
or her computer. In this case, your database is protected over the Web
by any FileMaker Pro access privileges you have created. However, you
should exercise caution when granting access privileges to guests. For
more information, see chapter 7, “Networking and access privileges.”