Totally new to online publishing!

[HazMatt]

Hey all,

Our current setup:

Dreamweaver-made website using some Javascript and Cold Fusion. I upload to our ISP via FTP; the pages are all static. We have FileMaker Server hosting on a Windows NT machine on our LAN. Our DSL modem is our router and DHCP server.

My problem:

Prices and other content on our website sometimes tend to get out of date if decision makers do not alert me or I simply don't get around to updating the pages.

My goal:

Somehow make my parts database (which includes the part number, name, price, etc. integrate directly with that part's product page.

My questions:

Does my ISP have to get involved? Do I need FileMaker Unlimited? Do we have to host our website off our own server? What coding is involved?

[Garry Claridge]

You may not need to place your FM database on-line.

You could look at batch updates of whatever database your ISP/Hosting Service provides. You may even be able to have FM upload a file (could be flat text or XML) to the web-site for processing by whatever is available on the site.

All the best.

Garry

[FourthWorld]

Sounds like it may be a good job for WebMerge, which generates static Web pages from exported database content. You can create templates using CDML-like syntax, and WebMerge makes copies of those, filling in your tags with the specified fields from your database.

WebMerge can be set up to automatically start gnerating pages on launch, and can even upload the pages via FTP, so you could add a button to your client's DB and they can update their site in one click.

For details and free fully functional demo, see: WebMerge