Show or Hide Fields?

[Cayce]

Maybe I should rephrase my last question:

What is the procedure for showing or hiding specific fields in a record when published to the web?

Thanks.

Cayce

[David Jondreau]

Create a layout specifically for the Web and don't put those fields on there.

[Cayce]

Thanks, Crazy Eye. But here's the problem: I've inherited a situation where the company I've just signed on with has nearly 2,000 active records in this one DB. The records show about 28 fields & buttons in the layout that publishes to the web but only 10 of them actually show up. My first approach to this, being new to FMP (but not new to web development), is that these fields must be toggled on or off somewhere. I can't find any information along those lines, though. Is this the way it works?

Cayce

[David Jondreau]

So in Filemaker, you can view a layout that shows fields and buttons, but when viewing that same layout via Instant Web Publishing, some of the fields and buttons don't show up?

Fields don't toggle on and off in Filemaker.

Are you sure you're viewing the same layout? Can you post a sample file?

[Cayce]

Yeah, DJ, that's pretty much it. I know I'm seeing the same file after testing text changes and seeing them publish to the web. I'm attaching a screen capture along with a url to that particular web page.

URL:

http://www.paulistpress.com/bookView.cgi?

isbn=978-0-8091-4492-1

(might have to copy & paste the whole url, including isbn=...)

I'm attaching 2 images: The Record File for this URL and the layout of the file.

Thanks for your help on this.

Edited December 5, 2007 by Guest

[Cayce]

Files didn't appear to attach....

[David Jondreau]

My knowledge of web publishing is pretty limited and ends with IWP, which apparently is not what you're using. There is something else actually pushing the Filemaker data to the web site. Can you find out what that is?

[Cayce]

You just exceeded my skill level with FMP. I have a feeling we're going to have to spring for a consultant/tutor to come in here and take me as far up the learning curve as possible.

Got a feeling I'm in for quite a ride.

Thanks again for getting back to me. Wish I knew how to answer that last question.