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Introducing Our Digital Content & Marketing Coordinator: Kim Nellans

One of our goals as we’ve grown through the years is to be able to hire a person to coordinate the planning and implementation ...

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Happy 10th Birthday to our FileMaker Blog!

Welcome to post #182 of our Portage Bay Solutions blog! Our blog launched ten years ago on this date and is something we enjoy ...

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Wireframing and Balsamiq

When it comes to Claris FileMaker development, having a clear plan prior to development is definitely key. When communicating design concepts and generating ideas with ...
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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 ...

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Comparing Claris Connect and other iPaaS Systems

iPaaS stands for ‘Integration Platform as a Service’ and if that isn’t one of the less clear product categories around, I don’t know what ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...
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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 ...

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Engage Beyond 2021 – Update

This year marks the second virtual Claris Engage, a conference formerly known as DevCon, and widely attended by FileMaker developers, near and far. I’ve ...

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A Matter of Minutes: Timestamp vs. GetAsTimestamp

A client who was using SeedCode’s DayBack calendar wanted to implement Dayback’s Zoom integration to be able to ...

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How to Add JavaScript Bundles to FileMaker: Streamline Your Development with Carafe Kitchen

One of the most exciting advancements in recent years has been the integration of JavaScript into Claris FileMaker solutions. This article will explore how Carafe ...
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Claris Engage Beyond 2021

Registration for the annual developers conference for FileMaker and Claris Connect has opened and it will be virtual ...

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Claris Connect: QuickBooks Intro

Every month, on the third Wednesday at 12pm Pacific, we host an online Meetup focused on Claris Connect. One aspect ...

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