Web Companion is more like a fair weather friend.

[Liz]

I am relatively new to filemaker and a stranger to web developing. I have created new databases and scripts, run into a few problems, but with the help of the forums, have gotten my databases to do everything that they need to. Then I tried to post them on our extranet.

First of all the product manual didn't really help me past enabling the web companion. Then most of my buttons do not work and there are some layout changes that I would like to make, that I can't. So I search the help menus and the forums and have gotten the impression that I either need to create custom web pages or get Filemaker Developer, in a nutshell, I need something else beside Filemaker Pro Unlimited to post the database and have it be user friendly.

So now I find my self a little dissappointed in the program that cannot even transfer the buttons that I have made from the database to the web. I guess that my question is, am I incorrect in my assumption that I should stop trying to search through Filemaker Pro Unlimited Web Companion information and just start learning to make custom web pages?

[Garry Claridge]

If Instant Web Publishing (IWP) is working on the localhost, there should not be any reason why IWP will not work properly on an Intranet, Extranet or Internet. However, Custom Web Publishing (CWP) will give you full control of the look, feel and actions of the site.

All the best.

Garry

[kenneth2k1]

Setting up the Web Companion and using IWP should only take a few minutes. However, there are many issues in using IWP, such as the limitations of scripts. So that might be the reason your buttons don't work.

The best resource for IWP I think is the FMU Admin guide. You can download it here

I think Chapter 3 deals with web publishing.

Ken

[Liz]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into both.