Giving Back: Ruta Civica
Ruta Civica (Civic Route) is a Mexican volunteer based organization working in civic education and promoting citizen participation in public affairs. Through different campaigns, our mission is to...
View ArticleAnnouncing CiviCRM 4.6.22 and 4.7.12 Release
The team is excited to announce release of CiviCRM 4.6.22 and 4.7.12. Important Release NotesThe October 5th release for 4.7 includes a few changes :
View ArticleEmail Template Builder: CiviMosaico is now Beta
We received quite a lot of interest and feedback on our initial release. We're happy to announce that most of the requests have been resolved and the extension is ready for production use.Some of the...
View ArticleCiviGmail - Integration With Gmail
CiviGmail is a chrome extension for Gmail, which allows Gmail to directly interact with CiviCRM via OAuth2. Once authorized emails can be filed as activities in CiviCRM. Idea is to support same set of...
View ArticleEmail Template Builder: Mosaico Phase 2 Plans
Mosaico Phase II - CiviMail workflow integrationThere has been a lot of enthusiasm about the initial release of the “Mosaico” mailing builder. For those who may have missed the news (see previous blog...
View ArticleContributor framework, again
As the title implies, we’ve stuck our toe into improving the contributor framework before, but never quite settled on the best approach. But, it’s high time we do so. Why? Because contributors are key...
View ArticleHello from the Sprint!
This year, around 25 dedicated and fascinating people have gathered together in Edale, Peak District, to make improvements, discuss progress, and learn more about the CiviCRM project. Some have already...
View ArticleCiviHR: Job Contracts Module
Recording details of staff contracts and then keeping them updated for any changes to job titles, pay, hours, and other job history essentials is vital not only for legal reasons but also for the...
View Article4.7.13 RC: Shake a tree and see a bug fall out
Good evening. (Or, for folks in America… good afternoon. For folks in Oceania, good morning.) I’m writing from the CiviCRM sprint in Edale (UK), and it’s the height of apple season. In an ordinary...
View ArticleTime for an upgrade? We may let you know…
Nearly 78% of sites using CiviCRM are on either version 4.6 or 4.7 (check out CiviCRM stats online). Why is that significant? Because those are the only two community supported releases currently. If...
View ArticleCiviCon London 2016 roundup
CiviCon London wrapped up last week, with over 150 attendees attending more than 30 information-packed sessions. It was great to have such engaging presentations, representatives from the core team...
View ArticleReleases: We are what we repeatedly do
At the CiviCons and developer meetings this year, we've had several conversations about release strategy. The topic is a bit abstract -- touching on a web of interrelated issues of technology and...
View ArticleHey Members! Ask the Teacher & CiviTip
Earlier this year, we did a community wide survey to better understand the CiviCRM user base as well as help refine our priorities as a Core Team. While there were a few surprises in the results, one...
View ArticleTop CiviCRM contributor receives open source award
Long time contributor Eileen McNaughton recently won the New Zealand Open Source Award for Open Source Contributor, so we thought we’d reach out to a few members of the community to get input on her...
View ArticleIntroducing Core Team Webinars
The CiviCRM Core Team is pleased to announce that it will begin hosting monthly webinars for project contributors and supporters (members, partners, sponsors) beginning December 8th, 2016, and continue...
View ArticleCiviCRM 4.7.13 and 4.6.23: Been There, Sprinted That
We're pleased to announce availability of CiviCRM v4.7.13 and v4.6.23.This release was heavily influenced by the contributors from the sprints in Maryland and Edale and benefited from an extended...
View ArticleOn-line training: Manage your Events with CiviCRM, November 9th at 10 am MT
Learn all the basic functions of CiviEvent in this two hour on-line course taught by Cividesk. We will create an on-line event in CiviCRM that can be linked to your website. We'll discuss the best...
View ArticleHiding sensitive contributions from some staff
Some contributions to your organization might be sensitive if widely known. For example, a planned bequest might need to be kept quite confidential since the donor wants to keep its existence private...
View ArticleThe quest for performance improvements
After the socialist party upgraded civicrm to version 4.6 a month ago they are experiencing performance issues. In this blog I will round up our quest for performance improvements. But before that some...
View ArticleThank you, CiviCRM contributors!
A few weeks ago, we rolled out an outline of how we’ll manage contributions to CiviCRM going forward. Full details about the framework are now online here. For this post, we’re pleased to announce that...
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