>I'm trying take a VFP app from the desktop arena (which uses a file server with clients setup, to the web. Ideally, I'd like to just have the data located centrally on a website as I do now on my file server.
AS someone already mentioned, get Rick Strahl's book about Internet Development -- very helpful. Many of us who use Web Connection will agree that it's a fabulous product, and well-supported.
I suggest that you look particularly at these white papers: