Yesterday, FileMaker, Inc. took the wraps off of the latest addition to the FileMaker platform: FileMaker Cloud. It was announced at FileMaker DevCon 2016 in July, but we were not able to talk about … Read more about FileMaker Cloud: What You Need to Know
We've been hard at work on a new WordPress plugin called WP-GeoMeta and we're happy to announce that it was just accepted in the WordPress plugin repository! Spatial Support for WordPress … Read more about Announcing WP-GeoMeta
You’ve read our Mapping and More post. You know what Geographic Information Systems are. You’re starting to understand why you need GIS in FileMaker… now let’s get to the how. In this post we’re going … Read more about GIS and FileMaker – Part 1: The Basics
We've talked a lot about how using a mapping framework to build custom maps allows for utmost creativity and interactive control (see Choosing a Mapping Framework ) but it is important to know what … Read more about When and Why to Use Hosted GIS Services
FileMaker's default Paste behavior is to paste formatted text in a FileMaker text field. Additional steps, either by the user or the developer, must be taken to paste unformatted text. Text stored … Read more about Enhancing the FileMaker Paste Command
One of the benefits of using open source software like WordPress is that (if you choose) you can lend a hand to help make it better. That may mean contributing code, reporting bugs, testing releases, … Read more about WordPress Core Contributions
Xdebug is a very useful tool for debugging php problems when they arise. Getting it setup and working on your local environment can be a little tricky at times, but hopefully this guide makes things … Read more about How to configure Atom’s php-debug package to work with Xdebug on a Pressmatic site
I just recently (yesterday!) started testing Pressmatic for my local WordPress development. Up until now I've been running my own Apache, MySQL/MariaDB and PHP servers which I installed using Brew by … Read more about Changing Database Versions in Pressmatic
FileMaker Devcon 2016’s unconference provided the perfect opportunity for us to speak about Geographic Information Science (GIS)–a subject we’re quite passionate about. At LuminFire we’ve been … Read more about GIS and FileMaker – Mapping and More
We’re all back from an exciting week of seeing the latest and greatest Claris FileMaker advances and starting to settle in to “normal.” Taking a full week away from work is tough but worth it in so … Read more about 2016 FileMaker DevCon Wrap Up
The internal marketing department at a company with more than 3,500 employees contacted the team at LuminFire to build a custom application based on BrilliantHub, a foundational solution based on … Read more about FileMaker or SalesForce? Custom FileMaker Solution Replaces Salesforce for Creative Teams
FileMaker is by far the easiest to use custom application solution available. To prove this and to educate my 12 year old daughter, I took on the task of showing her how to build a custom FileMaker … Read more about Create a Custom App in Less Than an Hour with Minimal Programming!