Layout Mode Enhancements - Day 3 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Tuesday, April 17th, marked Day Three of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
Layout Mode Enhancements, hosted by Kyo Logic, summary:
FileMaker 12 houses powerful new features to align, position and manage objects on your layouts. In this webinar, we explored how these powerful new features will help you design a more consistent and graphically pleasing application. The presenter, John Mathewson, took us
Charting Enhancements - Day 2 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Thursday, April 12th, marked Day Two of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
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New Layout Design Surface - Day 1 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Tuesday, April 10th, marked Day One of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
New Layout Design Surface, hosted by Anvil Dataworks summary:
When designing new modules or systems, one bottleneck to the turnaround time involves the development of Interfaces. The layout design surface of FileMaker Pro 12 has given us tools to streamline interface development, revamped layout themes, and give the Inspector
Join us for FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
So FileMaker 12 has been released....now what?
Join us for free webinars, beginning April 10th through May 17th, presented by the member's of:
FM Academy, a collaboration of leading FileMaker development and training companies, is proud to announce the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 webinar series. Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next six weeks the Academy will host a 60-minute webinar on a new feature of the FileMaker 12 produc
Skeleton Key Looks Forward to FileMaker Developer Conference 2012
Skeleton Key is excited to have three speakers at the 2012 FileMaker Developer Conference. The conference is the largest annual gathering of FileMaker database developers, trainers and users. This year it will be held July 16-19, 2012, at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida.
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...the Teacher Will Appear : Path to Certification
Passing the FileMaker certification test...
Years ago, on April Fool's day, one of my teacher's gave us the world's hardest test. The questions covered a wide range of 'topics':
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems, which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Physics: Define the universe and give three examples.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauz
Path to Certification : When the Student is Ready...
As part of my recent on-boarding process at Skeleton Key, I immediately began training for FileMaker certification. Fast forward 2 months, I am FileMaker Certified in 10 and 11.
My training consisted of four main interactive methods:
Absorbing the FileMaker Training Series book
Participating in FileMaker-specific webinars
Receiving one-on-one FileMaker Coaching
Researching 'FileMaker' to broaden my scope on topic details n
Designing Faster iOS Database Apps - How To Guide Published for FileMaker Developer Community Members
Mark's most recent collaboration with FileMaker, the How To Guide – Designing Faster iOS Database Apps – describes best practices for designing FileMaker Pro database applications for optimal performance on iPhone and iPad. FileMaker Pro developers will learn to design high-performance applications by following best practices in key areas including Layout Design, Database Design and Wide A
FM Academy Free Webinar Today - Look Before You Leap - Pick the Right Deployment Model for Your FileMaker Go Application
Join us for a Free Webinar:
Date: TODAY! Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (CST) / 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (EST) / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PST)
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Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout - Layout Sizing
This is the second blog post in a series about Creating a Fundamental Layout for use in FileMaker Go. The goal of this series is to offer practical advice and specific instructions for creating FileMaker Go layouts that look and act the way you, and your users, expect.
Today we'll be covering Layout Sizing.
Sizing a FileMaker Go layout is based on the idea of being able to Scroll Lock your layout. I cover the explanation and i
Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout - Zoom Lock
Welcome to the third post in my blog series about Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout. This entry will cover Locking the Zoom Level on Filemaker Go Layouts.
The previous posts in the series covered:
Understanding scroll lock
Basic Go Layout Sizing
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Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout - Understanding Scroll Lock
This is the first blog post in a series about Creating a Fundamental Layout for use in FileMaker Go. The goal of this series is to offer practical advice and specific instructions for creating FileMaker Go layouts that look and act the way you, and your users, expect.
The first topic we'll cover in the series is 'Understanding Scroll Lock'.
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FileMaker's Developer Tools: A Love-Hate Relationship
FileMaker is a great platform for development and I owe most of my professional success to its success. There are some things about FileMaker Pro that I love and, of course, as with any passionate relationship, there are a few things I would like to see improved. This article will strive to expose my passionate feelings about certain developer features in FileMaker Pro that I both love, and hate, with equal verve.
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FileMaker Training: Wherever You Are
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Skeleton Key will kick off its 2012 FileMaker online training schedule this week with FileMaker Server 101. Take a look at the line up of trainings available for you to attend from your desk, home office, or anywhere you've got a good internet connection.
FileMaker Academy Members Create Resources For You
In early 2011, a group of leading FileMaker Academy. The purpose of FM Academy is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices and foster further adoption of the software.
These companies are based in various regions of the United States. 360 Works, Atlanta; MightyData, Dallas/Austin/Houston; IT Solutions, Philadelphia/New York; Anvil Dataworks, Washington, DC/Baltimore; Fiddlehead Software, Portl
FileMaker Training or Coaching?
Training or coaching - which is right for you?
The simple answer:
Training is an overarching effort to teach you how to effectively use the FileMaker toolkit.
Coaching is a more tactical approach that focuses on learning how to apply the FileMaker toolkit to your specific application.
Here's an analogy that might make the distinction easier to grapple with:
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Tactical Steps to Improve Your Sales Funnel
Last week, I wrote about the theory behind these sales tactics. You should review that first if you're interested.
The key is being able to identify an ideal prospect and 'know' who you are communicating with. There's a simple way to determine a qualified lead from an unqualified lead: ask the people involved.
Now let's figure out how to ask.
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Invest Time On Leads That Will Become Sales
<p>I may be crazy for publishing this but we're putting our money where our mouth is. Skeleton Key advocates for transparent business practices. Have a look around our site and you'll see it everywhere. I'm going to pull the curtain back on our sales process. If that makes you uncomfortable, you have all the more reason to keep reading.
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Skeleton Key - Angelbeat St. Louis : Apple in the Enterprise
Oliver Block, Systems Analyst and VP at Skeleton Key, joined expert speakers from industry giants such as Google, Symantec, VMware, Microsoft and Aruba Networks to speak at the Angelbeat seminar in Clayton, Missouri yesterday.
Oliver's presentation, entitled Apple In The Enterprise, covered best practices for integrating Apple Mac computers into enterprise networks. Oliver also provided tips for deploying and managing Apple mo
FileMaker Number Functions Video Series
Last week we featured a series of five (5) videos from our Certified FileMaker Developer, Chad Adams, on our Facebook and Twitter social media profiles. He created these videos to both compliment a series of Text Function videos he did earlier this year, and to offer as a supplemental resource for other developers and/or novice FileMaker users.
Chad chose to cover these particular Number Functions because they are ones that he uses most often, and t
West Coast FMPug Tour Guest Speaker Jason Thomas on Sales
This week, the Skeleton Key office will sacrifice the physical presence of our beloved head of sales – Jason Thomas – as he travels to the West Coast to speak to enthusiastic
Jason’s topic is Sales. His goal is to expand awareness of the need for a sales process while leveraging the expertise that already resides within both the in-house developer and consultant communities. He hopes to provide new knowledge, and improve attendees
Skeleton Key - The Positive Effect
Marketing – be it 'traditional', word-of-mouth, grassroots or social media based, is not new for me.
Marketing for Skeleton Key, a service-driven, Custom Application Development/Information Technology Consulting company is relatively new for me.
My adventure began in mid-January...
In order to promote and solidify the Skeleton Key (SK) brand to the widest-reaching audience and business consumers of FileMaker software, I had to learn to understand wha
How To Article Featured in October Newsletter for FileMaker TechNet
Mark Richman, President of Skeleton Key, was both flattered and happy to contribute his FileMaker “How To” article, Replicating an External Authentication Environment for Development, in the October, 2011 issue of the FileMaker Technical Network e-Newsletter that circulated today.
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