Articles, Quick Tips
- Who: Anyone who created a web app and wants to place the web app resources files (.js, .css, assets/, etc.) in the FMS conf folder to host on the FM server.
- What: Workaround for FMS URL Rewrite causing hosted web files like .js and .css to be missing from all other web sites hosted on the server.
- With: FileMaker Server 19.4+
- Why: Recent FileMaker Server versions add an aggressive URL Rewrite to the web server which redirects common web app resource files to the localhost address: 127.0.0.1:16001. This causes all other web apps on the server to redirect these resources as well, making these files unavailable to the other sites fully breaking all other sites using these kinds of files.
Articles, Digging-Deep
- Who: Anyone interested in interacting with their FileMaker Server data via the web.
- What: How to point a web Domain Name to FileMaker Server and the Data API (also useful for WebDirect)
- With: FileMaker Server (any version), a Domain Registrar (like GoDaddy).
- Why: Use a custom domain name like discoverfilemaker.com to point to your FileMaker server.
Articles, Quick Tips
- Who: Anyone who is using the FileMaker Data API and needs to query (find) data within a portal.
- What: How to Query a FileMaker Portal Via the Data API
- With: FileMaker Server 17+
- Why: As of 11/2019, the FileMaker 18 Data API documentation does not show a specific example of how to do a find in a portal.
Articles, Quick Tips
- Who: Anyone who uses checkbox sets with the Data API.
- What: How to Format JSON key/value pairs for a Checkbox Set.
- With: FileMaker 17+
- Why: Checkbox sets are common and useful tools in forms when sending data to the Data API.
Articles, News
Examining FileMaker’s new marketing campaign: the “Workplace Innovation Platform”. At the recent 2018 Devcon, FileMaker Inc. created a “special session” and invited the whole conference to attend. Emails were sent out for people to watch...
Articles, Digging-Deep
- Who: Anyone interested in securing your FileMaker 17 Server with SSL (Wildcard or single domain)
- What: How to Install SSL Certificate on FM 17 Server Admin Console
- With: FileMaker 17+ (FM Server 17 introduced the new Server Admin Console)
- Why: Security is a priority with any solution, but especially if you connect to your server over a WAN (as opposed to your local network).
