Are you building dashboards for your clients? Do you give your clients advice on what the dashboard should include and how it should function as well as what they spec out? If not, you should be. This is your opportunity to show off your understanding of business needs, and to build a better solution for your […]
For FileMaker developers, this is probably a no brainer…If you already own and have mastered Photoshop, you’ll probably want to hold onto it until it breaks after an update. And then switch to Sketch. Sketch is only $99 on the app store. The debate about Sketch vs Photoshop keeps on raging. Look at what the […]
Design is hard for me: I have to look around and find someone’s work to emulate or incorporate into my projects in order to make something nice looking. However, I quite often don’t like what I find–a great example of that is the current flat design. I’ll say it: It’s ugly. And hard for older […]
These tools will come in handy if you are dealing with custom CSS (yes, even in FileMaker). There’s no need to re-invent the wheel: Newer online tools & webapps allow developers to create rapid websites without manually writing each individual line of code. Frontend development is one area that has seen a lot of growth […]
Get a finer level of control over your FileMaker solutions by using custom CSS: Since the inception of the internet, CSS and HTML have been tied together in a conjugal bond. While HTML is possibly an easy markup language to learn, CSS can be quite a challenge. Nevertheless, achieving the gorgeous layout that boasts a clean […]
Douglas Alder of Homebase software puts the button bar through it’s paces and delivers a great looking, easy to build, reusable on multiple layouts with only one script, Alphabetical Search Button Bar: FileMaker Pro 14’s new button bar brings a new twist to an old technique for creating alphabetic searches of your data. Instead of […]
The hamburger menu was adapted to FileMaker by Mike Duncan at Soliant recently, and is a great way to save real estate and still have robust menus. It seems now they are becoming the new standard for desktop websites: We have mobile devices and their designers and developers to thank for the hamburger menu and its […]
This is the Free SVG Gallery tool Claus Lavendt talks about in his video interview with FileMakerProGurus at Devcon 2015. If you are importing SVG icons into FileMaker, this is a must have tool: Now you get an even smarter way of managing your SVG icons, and a very smart and easy way to get a collection […]
If you aren’t browsing for design advice on design oriented websites, you are missing out on a wealth of ideas in UI, UX, layout, colors, white space and much, much more. Today feast on a selection of color scheme generators: Color is important in any design project. These color scheme generators will help you get it right […]
Some great ideas for different styles of invoices: Let’s face it, invoices don’t seem like the most fun thing in the world to design, but this doesn’t mean they’re not important. When you think about it, your invoice is often your last point of contact with a client, the final physical (or digital) correspondence you […]
Don’t need to know CSS? Think again. With more demand for interoperability with web based resources, familiarity with html and CSS is growing in importance. And let’s not forget that Filemaker themes are CSS based. While this is aimed more at helping web designers, these tools could be very helpful for FileMaker developers, too: We […]
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Are your database designs and interface out of date? Not all of the 12 signs in this post apply, but the overall message of the blog post is relevant: How Do We Avoid Dated Design? It might seem like we have to be on eggshells constantly, worrying about whether our work has staying power. That’s […]
It may not seem like it at first, but design ideas and principles from the web arena helpful to FileMaker developers. Here are few reasons why: The web design world is constantly evolving, and has plenty of very talented people moving it forward FileMaker is interfacing more and more with the web in different ways (WebDirect, […]
Another in the FTS:Basics series from UKFileMaker. These videos are great for those learning the basics. And there’s always something for the experienced developer, as well. Published on Jun 5, 2015 Join us for the fifth in a series of six webinars designed to complement your learning via FTS:Basics, the official self-paced training curriculum from […]
Michael Rocharde: It's a very nice technique but I prefer to use just a simple radio button, that displays the index letters…
Don Clark: I like your idea, too, Michael. A bit easier to build, downside is it won't look as snazzy.
Brian: I guess I'm a noob to FMP, but I can’t figure out how the parameter works. The script opens a…
Don Clark: It is assigned by the developer when they assign the script to the button. When you choose the script to…