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Engage Beyond 2021 – Update

This year marks the second virtual Claris Engage, a conference formerly known as DevCon, and widely attended by FileMaker developers, near and far. I’ve attended many of the events already and below is a short recap of what we’ve seen so far, and what we have to look forward to in the future.

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5 Ways to Expand Your Digital Presence

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When building or expanding your brand, having a strong digital presence is of the utmost importance. But what are the essential, magical components that can help grow your business online? Here are 5 tips for growing companies, start-ups and independent contractors to help build and grow your online and digital presence

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A Matter of Minutes: Timestamp vs. GetAsTimestamp

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.

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Adding JavaScript Bundles to Your Claris FileMaker Solution using Carafe Kitchen

With Carafe Kitchen, implementing JavaScript into your Claris FileMaker 16+ solutions has become as easy as copying a script. With all the new features in FileMaker that are supporting JavaScript, the one thing that I found lacking and still difficult to overcome was a solid process for managing and implementing JavaScript libraries. After struggling to roll my own implementations that could be maintained easily, I was relieved and excited to find this valuable tool. Carafe Kitchen has been one of the most exciting FileMaker tools for me this year.

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Claris Engage Beyond 2021

Registration for the annual developers conference for FileMaker and Claris Connect has opened and it will be virtual again this year. While I’ll miss the opportunity for a bit of travel and to see my fellow developers, the Engage Beyond 2021 virtual conference will make it a lot easier for the entire Portage Bay team to participate. This year, Claris has extended the timeline for Engage Beyond and we’ll be having great learning opportunities all year long.

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Claris Connect: QuickBooks Intro

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Every month, on the third Wednesday at 12pm Pacific, we host an online Meetup focused on Claris Connect. One aspect of the Meetup features a "Connector of the Month", and Brad Stanford recently shared an introduction to the QuickBooks connector. We hope you'll enjoy watching the video and seeing how you might begin to incorporate QuickBooks with your solution.

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