v8 custom iwp_home.html not sticking

[xochi]

Using FMSA8v2 on OSX 10.4.4.

I've placed a customized version of iwp_home.html in this location as per the docs:

/Library/Web Server/Web Publishing/IWP/iwp_home.html

I restarted both the web publishing engine and the FM server itself.

But I can't seem to get IWP to use the custom home page. I tried setting the owner/group to fmweb/fmsadmin, etc. No dice. It keeps loading the default filemaker IWP home page.

Anyone get this to work?

[John May - Point In Space]

The directory it should go in is:

/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/

- John

[xochi]

I mis-typed, the file is in

/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/

but doesn't seem to be recognized.

[John May - Point In Space]

Works OK for us here. I'd be sure to double-check OS-level file permissions.

- John

[xochi]

On my system, it appears as if the page is ignored, as the browser always refreshes and refreshes to a different URL (/fmi/iwp/res/iwp_home.html as if you didn't have the file there at all).

Another thing: In FMS8_Admin_Guide.pdf, they say the following on page 55:

"Note : If you are hosting databases with FileMaker Server Advanced, place the custom home page in the FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/iwp folder."

Notice that iwp is lowercase, and yet on my machine, the folder name is "IWP" (uppercase).

Is this a documentation error? Or did the installer create the IWP folder by mistake, and should it be renamed "iwp"?

[xochi]

Works OK for us here. I'd be sure to double-check OS-level file permissions.

- John

John, can you tell me the permissions you are using?

[John May - Point In Space]

Owner root, group fmsadmin, 444 file permissions (-r--r--r--)

- John

[xochi]

Hmm. My permissions were set to owner=me, group=fmsadmin, read + write. However I changed them to root/fmsadmin/444 with no luck.

Question -- is your file located in a folder named "IWP" or "iwp"?

The former is what the installer created, but the latter is what the documentation claims is correct.

[John May - Point In Space]

IWP - it was there after installing.

- John

[John May - Point In Space]

Be sure your IWP directory (/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/) permissions are set to:

owner: fmweb

group: fmsadmin

permissions: 775 (drwxrwxr-x)

too.

- John

[xochi]

Check -- my folder is also called IWP and permissions are set as yours.

Further question -- my iwp_home.html was on the CD using DOS format (CF/LF) line endings. I changed it to Unix-format, but that didn't seem to help, either.

I am using some custom Apache mods (such as VirtualHost). I wonder if that could be breaking something...

[xochi]

Well, i gave up trying to get it to work, so I just edited the iwp_home.html file withing the Web Publishing application (as one would do in FMSA7).

[John May - Point In Space]

Hmm, just double-checked our custom iwp_home.html page here today on one of the servers, and it wasn't working either! I know I was able to get it to work on a development system, and would swear I would have tested after implementing on the production server here.

I ended up having to do the same thing - editing the iwp_home.html page in the old location where FMSA7's was.

I'd be curious to know if ANYONE else has gotten the /FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/ location to work with a custom iwp_home.html page.

- John

[nomaan]

Hi

On filemaker 7 server advanced on the MAC (not sure of windows) you need to rename your custom webpage as iwp_home.html and should be default path; "Applications/FileMaker Pro 7/Extensions/Web Support/FM Web Publishing.app/Contents/Resources/iwpres/iwp_home.html"

[John May - Point In Space]

Right, but FMSA8 supposedly adds the ability to put a custom home page in /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/. Seems like it's not working, at least not all the time. Using the old location you mention for FMSA7 does work though.

- John

[xochi]

I had the same problem with the custom page not being recognized, under OSX 10.4.4 / FMSA8.0v2. I gave up and just edited it inside the WPE package.

Also, there is a bug in the documentation, which says the folder name should be "iwp" (lowercase), whereas the installer creates the folder named "IWP".

[Turborekker]

What URL link would I use to get to the location below on my server?

/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/IWP/iwp_home.html

tks

Shaun

[Sir Boaregard]

Update both your FileMaker Server and Web Publishing Engine to v4

http://filemaker.com/support/downloads/index.html