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FileMaker
Web
Publishing
A Complete Guide to Using
the API for PHP
Allyson Olm, Stephen Knight,
and Michael Petrov
Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Olm, Allyson.
FileMaker Web publishing : a complete guide to using the API for PHP / by Allyson Olm,
Stephen Knight, and Michael Petrov.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-041-4
ISBN-10: 1-59822-041-1
1. FileMaker (Computer file). 2. Web publishing. 3. PHP (Computer program language).
I. Knight, Stephen, 1968- II. Petrov, Michael. III. Title.
TK5105.888.O465 2007
005.75'65--dc22
2007026436
© 2008, Wordware Publishing, Inc.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-041-4
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Contents
Acknowledgments ............................xi
Introduction ..............................xiii
Chapter 1
IntroductiontoWebPublishingwithFileMaker.......1
WhyPHPandFileMaker?........................2
What’sSoGreataboutPHP?......................2
Requirements ..............................3
Macintosh...............................3
Windows................................4
InterfaceDifferences ..........................5
Summary.................................6
Chapter 2
SettingUpYourWebServer .................7
WhatYouNeedtoWriteandTestYourPHPPages..........8
LocalorRemoteTesting.........................8
ChoosingaPHPScriptEditor......................9
Dreamweaver.............................9
TextWrangler ............................10
Nvu..................................11
SettingUpIISonWindows ......................12
SettingUpApacheonMac.......................15
PHPInstallationOptions........................16
TestingYourPHPInstallation.....................19
Summary ................................21
Chapter 3
SettingUpFileMakerServer ................23
SingleComputerInstallationofFileMakerServer9.........24
MultipleComputerInstallationofFileMakerServer9 .......28
TheWorkerComputer .......................28
TheMasterComputer .......................31
DeploymentAssistant.........................34
Manually Installing the FileMaker API for PHP ...........40
TestingYourInstallation........................41
Summary ................................44
Chapter 4
ConfiguringFileMakerServerAdminConsole.......45
FileMakerServerAdminConsole...................46
Summary ................................49
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Contents
Chapter 5
Preparing Your FileMaker Database for the Web .....51
CreatingtheBlogDatabase......................52
CreatingtheTables...........................53
CreatingtheFieldsforEachTable ..................55
ThePostsTable...........................55
TheCommentersTable.......................57
TheCommentsTable........................58
TheCategoriesTable........................59
TheRelationships..........................59
AddingValueListstotheDatabase..................65
LayoutMode..............................69
Portals..................................73
SettingUptheFileMakerAccounts..................78
Summary ................................80
Chapter 6
HTMLBasics.........................81
HTMLReview .............................81
WhatDoINeedtoGetStarted?....................82
WebsiteFolderSetup..........................82
Exercise1—AddingaTitle....................83
Exercise2—WorkingwithHeaders ...............84
Exercise3—TextManipulation..................86
Exercise4—AddingEmphasis ..................90
Exercise5—FormattedLists...................92
Exercise6—Images........................95
Exercise7—SendingEmailswithaLink............100
Exercise8—AnchorsAweigh!..................102
Exercise9—Tables........................104
ManipulatingCellData.....................109
CreatingClickableLinksinaTable ..............112
AddingImagestoTables....................113
Workingwith<rowspan>and<colspan>..........114
NestedTables..........................118
ChangingTextandBackgroundColorsofCells........119
I Never Meta Refresh I Didn’t Like .................122
SendingEmailsfromtheWeb ....................123
Summary................................125
Chapter 7
CSSBasics..........................127
Cascading Style Sheets ........................127
Fonts..................................133
FontSize..............................135
FontWeight.............................135
FontStyle..............................136
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