The Visitor Experience of Recurring Contributions
The default visitor experience of a CiviCRM contribution page with recurring payment options (e.g. "monthly donor") leaves much to be desired. Fortunately, there's an extension for that.
View ArticleSYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #11: X-Dedupe
At SYSTOPIA, we have developed a large set of CiviCRM extensions, Drupal modules and other tools. Currently, we are actively maintaining or co-maintaining over 60 repositories. In this release, we...
View ArticleCiviCon in San Francisco, May 2025: Save the date!
The CiviCRM community is going back to where it all started to celebrate 20 years of serving nonprofits. Start planning now to attend the event in the San Francisco area. There will be three parallel...
View ArticleCiviCRM Extension Composer Plugin
Starting with Drupal 8, composer is used to manage web site dependencies and to download packages to the server. A Drupal and CiviCRM website requires 100s of packages to provide the large set of...
View ArticleSYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #12: Mailbox Mailing
This blog series aims to expand your knowledge of CiviCRM and its potential for extensions. Each month, we present one of the many extensions we at SYSTOPIA have developed over the years. This month’s...
View ArticleCiviCRM 5.80 Release
CiviCRM version 5.80.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:
View ArticleCiviCRM Support for D7
For 2025, the CiviCRM-D7 integration will continue to receive basic support, but usage is discouraged. Specifically:
View ArticleCiviCRM on Drupal 7 is Reaching End of Life: What Are Your Next Steps?
Drupal 7 will go end-of-life on January 5, 2025 With the end-of-life, security updates for Drupal 7 will cease, leaving your CiviCRM website vulnerable to threats and potentially facing compatibility...
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Announcing CiviCRM 6
Yeah, you read that right. We’ve been working CiviCRM version 5 for so long now that it’s almost, but not quite, a household brand. That all changes on 5 March 2025 when the official release of CiviCRM...
View ArticlePHP 7.4 going end of life, PHP 8.4 ramping up
In line with our practice over recent years (per 7.3, 7.2, 7.1), we are ending our support for php 7.4 two years after PHP dropped support for it. This means that the 5.81 release will be the last...
View ArticleBringing in the New Year with what NOT to do
We're bringing in the New Year by taking a break from the normal production of more CiviAcademy video tutorials in order to provide a light-hearted look at what may be equally important: what NOT to do...
View ArticleCiviCRM 5.81 Release
CiviCRM version 5.81.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience: Download CiviCRM Version 5.81 is a CiviCRM Extended Security...
View ArticleSimplify CiviCRM Development with DDEV CLI Tools Add-on
Tools to streamline CiviCRM workflows with seamless integration and efficient task management.
View ArticleSYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #13: SQL Tasks
At SYSTOPIA, we’ve built and maintain a wide range of tools, from CiviCRM extensions to Drupal modules and more. With over 60 repositories under active management, we’re dedicated to enhancing the...
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Register now for CiviCon San Francisco 2025
Join us in May for CiviCon San Francisco 2025, a grand celebration of CiviCRM's 20 years of serving non-profits, back in the town where it all started!CiviCon 2025 will bring together professionals...
View Article2025 CiviCRM end user survey: share your thoughts, shape the future
There’s many ways the CiviCRM project continuously gets feedback: from clients working with CiviCRM partners, people posting GitLab issues, or conversations in the Mattermost. But right now, we’d like...
View ArticleCiviCRM 5.82 Release
CiviCRM version 5.82.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:
View ArticleSave the Date: CiviCamp and Sprint in The Netherlands October 2025
As you might know CiviCRM celebrates it's 20th birthday this year. On top the CiviCon 2025 at San Fransisco (USA) in May there will be a CiviCamp and CiviSprint in The Netherlands (Europe). CiviCamp...
View ArticleCiviCon 2025 Request for Presentations
CiviCon 2025 is now in the process of finalizing the program, and we still have openings for additional presenters! Submit your proposal today.
View ArticleInternet Archive tour: Kick-off for the CiviCon 2025 Sprint
If you've never been to a CiviCRM Sprint before, you might like to know it's far from "all work and no play." For example: The CiviCon 2025 Sprint is going to the Internet Archive!
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