Mar 7, 2018 Blog FileMaker WebDirectWebDirect Render WebDirect in an Iframe Is there a feature you want to add to your website that you could quickly implement using FileMaker but not using the language your site’s programmed in? You could send users to a WebDirect app, but replicating all of your website’s design elements in FileMaker can be time consuming. Plus, if your site’s style is not carefully carried over to WebDirect, you risk weakening your brand’s cohesiveness in the eyes of users. What if you could create the feature in FileMaker and drop it into a page of your website as a component, letting your website’s theme take care of unrelated components like headers, navigation bars, and footers? Read More By Ian Harris
Oct 16, 2017 Blog, FileMaker Techniques Card WindowsFileMaker Pro 16WebDirect Card Windows work in WebDirect Card windows have changed the way I develop. One of our other developers went over the awesomeness of card windows in this blog post, so I won’t rehash that content. I was, however, incredibly disappointed when I learned that card windows do not function in WebDirect. Websites are one of the places you see that UI pattern the most! And now I have to script completely different on the desktop than I do in WebDirect! Darn it! Except… I don’t have to rescript anything! Any step that I can use to open a card window works just fine in WebDirect. The difference is, if I open a card window in WebDirect, it will just take up the whole screen. Other than that, the user experience is almost identical. Closing the window will leave the user looking at the window they were on before the card window opened. Read More By Thomas Meglasson
Mar 16, 2016 Appworks News, Blog DevCondeveloperFilemakerFM developerFM WebDirectWebDirect FileMaker Developer Conference 2016 – “Aptitude for Apps” The countdown has begun! FileMaker announced today that the 21st annual Developer’s Conference, or DevCon as it’s affectionately known, will be held July 18-21 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. This is the largest gathering of FileMaker developers in the world, with 1,500 of our closest friends gathering in one place to geek out about FileMaker. This year is shaping up to be rather exciting, as the theme is “Aptitude for Apps” – focusing on creating and enhancing the capabilities of creating custom apps for the desktop, iOS and the web. Attendees will get the first peek at the future direction of the FileMaker Platoform and learn from other developers’ tried-and-true skills in design, mobility and app creation. Read More By Shawn
Mar 7, 2016 Blog, FileMaker Techniques FilemakerFM developerFM WebDirectWebDirect From Database Developer to Web Developer Thanks to WebDirect By Thomas Meglasson III I don’t know PHP, and my HTML and CSS skills are rudimentary at best. Nevertheless, I recently became a web developer! Fortunately, with FileMaker’s WebDirect, I don’t need those skills to make a beautiful website. I build it all right in FileMaker, using skills I already have, and then publish straight to the web with a FileMaker Server. I was recently tasked with creating a conference registration system for a large association’s annual convention. They expect around 900 to 1,000 registrants this year. The system had capture the demographic data of the registrants, look up their membership data if needed, let them choose their attendance options and pay for both the conference and a membership renewal. Read More By Thomas Meglasson