Web Portal Wizard makes web based reports from FileMaker databases easy. Theres’s a newly released product called the Web Portal Wizard, and it is a powerful, easy way to safely share data from FileMaker to a web browser (these are called Web Reports). Watch the almost nine minute video at the end of this post […]
FM BetterForms Yesterday (7-26-18), Charles Delfs and I did a FaceBook live session on his new software solution for FileMaker developers, FM BetterForms. Don’t let the name fool you: It’s not just about building better forms, it’s a complete solution that not only makes incredible web forms, with the data easily stored in your FileMaker […]
Connecting FileMaker to Web Apps Ibrahim Bittar presented at FileMaker DevCon 2017 on a topic that should be of interest to all FileMaker developers: connecting FileMaker to web apps: The video details what is involved, how to connect, and walks you through the process. There is a free FileMaker Example database set up to connect […]
FileMaker API Integration: How to Interpret an API: From start to working code This DevCon presentation is the one I’ve been waiting for: Salvatore Colangelo’s presentation on connecting FileMaker to an API. Colangelo uses the metaphor of a recipe in his presentation, and the same recipe is followed every time you want to connect to […]
API Generator Software Todd Geist released a new, free FileMaker example file that makes it as easy as is possible to work with web API’s. Geist’s new program, Generator, makes it easy to build a and test an API request, then copy the custom functions and scripts to your FileMaker solution with just a click of a […]
FileMaker Developer Interview – Nick Lightbody Do you need to routinely update your (or a clients) website? Would you like it to be fast and easy to do? And how would you like the website you built to be blazingly fast? Then you need to watch this interview of Nick Lightbody of DeskspaceCMS, about his FileMaker […]
FileMaker Pro Developer – Tim Cimbura Learn how Cimbura.com succeeds in a competitive market from Tim and Brenda Cimbura’s (CEO and COO, respectfully, and Nick Ciske, CTO. From technical products to concise business savvy techniques, the crew from Cimbura will show you how to succeed in a tough market. Be sure to listen to Dr. […]
FileMaker Help’s tip for collecting GPS information when taking photos with FileMaker Go: ISSUE: When taking a picture in FileMaker Go, the GPS attributes (longitude and latitude) are empty, as iOS does not have a way to access the GPS information directly. However, if you take a picture with the Camera app, the picture is […]
Richard Carlton features Nick Lightbody from Deskspace Limited, talking about improving performance tuning with FileMaker 15. If you are administering a server and seeing slowdowns, this is a must watch video: Have you ever heard of DeskspaceCMS? It’s a FileMaker based alternative (from Nick Lightbody and Deskspace) to WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and other types of […]
Nick Lightbody: Hi Don, Thanks for picking up on deskspaceCMS. Here are some examples of sites created with deskspaceCMS: http://operabrava.com http://drgdkewley.com.au http://ppforma.pl…
Don Clark: Hi Nick, Thanks for the update! Let's plan a meeting for later this week or next. I'll email you direct.…
Tom Cassidy: Hi there Don - I use DCMS for my main site: http://www.reason-ability.com/ and it is lightning fast. Well, check it…
Don Clark: Hi Tom, I found your site last week on the DesktopCMS link page, and spent quite some time on it.…
I know, you’re probably thinking this has nothing to do with FileMaker development. But you might be wrong… Check out this list: Web design tools Some freebies for Sketch & Mac UI/UX + useful reading Coding & web development tools Web developer’s must-read CSS JavaScript ES6 Plugins Play & learn coding CSS, JavaScript, UI/UX reading […]
FileMaker Google Calendar Integration More and more, FileMaker users are demanding integration with different web services using a variety of different methods: SOAP, XML, REST, PHP, ODBC, Javascript and JSON are among the most requested. Brendan McBride of DB Services shows in a short video how to sign up to google calendar services and some help with […]
Need help troubleshooting FileMaker 14 Server Web Services? Recently, SuperContainer, for reasons unknown, stopped working on my cloud server. I Immediately tried re-installing the latest version of SuperContainer, but that did not fix the problem. Instead, things went from bad to worse: FileMaker 14 Server web services stopped working entirely, affecting multiple clients on the server. I went […]
Interesting links from my wanderings around the web Make your own, import, modify, buy existing sets, or get custom made: Free Icon Font, SVG, PDF and PNG Generator The latest from Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong: Filemaker Success Tips 374: Who ya workin for?, Organizing your layouts, Relationship Graph approaches Some Seth Godin to start your […]
Check out these great CSS tools for designers and Developers. Given that FileMaker themes heavily use CSS, throw in Custom Web Publishing and custom web viewers, and it doesn’t hurt to have some tools like these in your FileMaker Developer toolbox. It has become a lot easier to learn and work in CSS based […]
Jason Witherspoon: Requires BaseElements, so not exactly free :-(
Don Clark: It requires the BaseElements Plugin, which is completely free and available here.