Claris FileMaker Pro is well known as a low-code, rapid application development environment, and many firms utilize their own in-house FileMaker developers. Many a business owner or manager has rolled up their shirt sleeves, taught themselves FileMaker, and written their own business automation app. So, why hire a FileMaker developer, instead of continuing to develop your solution in-house?
Welcome to the fourth part of this summer’s blog series about Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. This post offers real-world advice on implementing a successful custom software project. Download the free tool and use it as a guide that will take you through the steps of analyzing your business goals, seeing examples of digital tools to help with that goal, and choosing relevant KPIs to measure your success. It was built using Claris FileMaker 19, in under 15 hours, and also serves as an example of the types of rapid solutions and thorough abilities at which FileMaker excels.
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 of our online presence, connection with our clients, and our marketing efforts. We are delighted to welcome Kim Nellans on board as our Digital Content and Marketing Coordinator.
Kim has an extensive background in web design and front-end development, including her web design business Tiny Zen Studio, and is currently pursuing further studies in the areas of user interface and user experience. Stay tuned for an in-depth blog post from Kim on that topic this summer. In the meantime, read along to hear from Kim about her personality, her story, and her philosophy in life. Welcome, Kim!
Dr. Snip is a vasectomy clinic that needed a web form for patient inquiries that tied into their FileMaker system. We used FM BetterForms to build a complex Web app very quickly.
A client who was using SeedCode’s DayBack calendar wanted to implement Dayback’s Zoom integration to be able to schedule Zoom meetings directly from the calendar. Fancy schmancy stuff. So I set it up. It didn’t work. Well, not at first, anyway.
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 Kitchen is transforming the way FileMaker developers implement JavaScript, making it easier and more efficient than ever before.
There is a category of disagreement on the earth I like to call “Bar Fight Topics”. These are the things that can turn perfectly happy friends and business partners against each other, with the help of a third wheel often known as Jack Daniels.
Due to COVID-19, we recently had to invent a way to sign forms on-site without sharing devices. Part of the conversation went like this:
He thought for a minute and replied, “Here’s what we’ll do. We’ll make a way for a user to sign a form without ever touching the iPad. How about we create a record just for signatures? We can send a link out to the client that will open a WebDirect interface. It would present them their signature record on their own device, and boom! Touch-free signatures.”
“Brilliant!” I said happily. “Let’s go! I’ll grab some pizza.”
Kanban boards are useful project management tools to help visually depict work. They visually depict work at various stages of a process using cards to represent work items and columns to represent each stage of the process. For instance, one of our clients, VN Graphics, uses them to track the flow of a graphic design job through the initial order, design, pre-press, and production. I love Kanban boards so when I found out that Claris had included one in their free Add-Ons, I was excited to try it out.
Barcodes are an essential tool in the modern IT world and being able to add them into your solutions without a plugin or barcode font is a welcome addition to native FileMaker functionality. Our clients use barcodes to identify products they’re selling, to apply a serial number code to a manufactured item, and to build a scannable shipping manifest among numerous examples. Documentation is limited at this stage, so I’m hoping this blog post will assist others in implementing the Barcode Generator add-on.
