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Introducing Office Hours

Visit our Office Hours page to get the Zoom links. Every first and third Thursdays, from 1pm – 2pm Pacific, we’ll be “in the office” with you to discuss various technical topics regarding Claris products. Topics will be based off of our technical blog posts or other aspects related to FileMaker and Claris Connect. You are welcome to bring your other tech questions as well. Attendance is free and the invitation is open to all experience levels. We look forward to the discussions!

10 FileMaker Quick Tips

To start the year off right, here’s 10 quick FileMaker Pro tips to optimize your daily workflow and improve your FileMaker experience. I wish I would have known these a lot sooner!

Our Thoughts on Heading Into a New Year!

It’s time for moving on from the holidays and towards Auld Lang Syne and new year wishes. We’ve collected some personal and business reflections from our team to wrap up this past year while looking forward to the next, and we wanted to offer them to our readers as well. Through all of the ups and downs that life tends to bring, we continue to be grateful for connections made, experiences gathered, and lessons learned and shared. Thank you for being a part of the Portage Bay Solutions sphere. We wish you & your families a very Happy New Year!

FMS Installer Overwrites Custom MIME Types

We’ve been getting our servers updated to Claris FileMaker Server 19.4.2 recently and noticed an aspect of the install that it might help others to be aware of. We were using the built in FMWebSite that FileMaker Server installs to allow downloads of an IPA file for testing on a mobile device. This requires defining a couple of custom MIME types in the web server configuration, .plist and .ipa. The FMS installer appears to overwrite the FMWebSite configuration, at least on Windows, and reset the MIME types to the defaults, removing the .ipa and .plist entries we’d created.

What Questions Have You Been Asking Lately?

Through thirty years FileMaker and web app development, we’ve always found it essential to keep learning and searching, to continue asking the questions and exploring the bounds of what our chosen software platforms can do and accomplish. With the wealth of information to find and review, along with new technologies and updates to keep track of, staying on top of the latest and greatest can seem a daunting task.

Joe’s PauseOnError 2021 Recap

It’s been three weeks since John Newhoff and I attended PauseOnError and I’m still unpacking from the experience (literally and figuratively). Not only did I have the opportunity to take part in some great sessions, the amount of knowledge gained from others in the FileMaker community is invaluable.

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5 Ways to Expand Your Digital Presence

When building or expanding your brand, having a strong digital presence is of the utmost importance. But what are the essential, magical components that can help grow your business online? Here are 5 tips for growing companies, start-ups and independent contractors to help build and grow your online and digital presence

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