The fifth BETA release of version 3.1 is now available for download. This release includes some security fixes so if you are already on 3.1 we would recommend upgrade. You can also try it out on our public demo. Check out release highlights here!. (Please remember it’s a beta release and it shouldn’t be used on production sites.)

The fourth BETA release of version 3.1 is now available for download. You can also try it out on our sandbox site. Check out release highlights here!. (Please remember it’s a beta release and it shouldn’t be used on production sites.)

Since the addition of the CiviReport component, we were thinking it would great if users could expose their reports on the CiviCRM Dashboard screen. Hence we decided it's time to redesign the CiviCRM Dashboard ('Home' page). Now it has a 2 column layout with the ability to add reports as 'dashlets'. We think this will be a significant usability improvement, and we've added it to upcoming v3.1 release. This feature will be available for download as part of the next v3.1 beta release.
 

The team has released version 3.0.2 today. This release includes a critical fix for Group Functionality, and 30+ bug fixes/improvements to existing functionality. We recommend that sites currently running v3.0.1 or v3.0.0 upgrade to this version as soon as possible.

We have branched SVN repository for v3.0 after CiviCRM v3.0 beta4 release.
So people who are running v3.0 via subversion checkout, will have to switch to v3.0 branch.

You can either do separate checkout for v3.0 branch

• svn checkout http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/branches/v3.0 v3.0

OR

Switch existing svn copy to branch

• svn switch http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/branches/v3.0

We will also be adding v3.0 for translation at http://translations.civicrm.org

The team has released version 2.2.6 with approximately 35 bug fixes and improvements. Notable fixes and improvements include:

• More CiviCRM - Views2 integration/fixes
• Renew Membership fixes ( CRM-4555,CRM-4556 )

You can review a complete list of 2.2.6 changes on the issue tracker.

Download

You can download CiviCRM 2.2.6 at our download page. Select from the civicrm-stable section. The filenames include the 2.2.6 label: civicrm-2.2.…. Be sure and download the correct version for your CMS (Drupal / Joomla! / Standalone).
 

This release has been superceded by release 2.2.5 due to a critical bug in the Event Registration process. If you have downloaded this release, please replace it with 2.2.5.

 
The team has released version 2.2.4 with approximately 30 bug fixes and improvements. Notable fixes and improvements include:

• Discount Support for Online Event Registration using hooks (more)
• Enable Joomla / Standalone to use the mighty power of hooks

You can review a complete list of 2.2.4 changes on the issue tracker.

As we focus on usability improvements for the 2.3 release, we are looking at ways to use screen space more efficiently AND ways to streamline commonly used workflows. With these goals in mind, we'd like folks to take a look at two newly implemented features in the 2.3 sandbox - a new shortcuts dropdown menu, and a streamlined workflow for entering offline contributions.

The team has released version 2.2.3 with approximately 84 bug fixes and improvements. Notable fixes and improvements include:

• Multi-currency support (more)
• CiviCase Improvements (more)
• Ability to display CiviCRM events in Drupal Calendar (more)

You can review a complete list of 2.2.3 changes on the issue tracker.

We plan to make usability / UI improvements a major focus of the 2.3 release. We will be working on and putting up prototypes and mockups of many of these changes over the coming weeks - and will be looking for folks to give us feedback on them.

One area we're looking at is the "selectors" - lists of records - which appear throughout CiviCRM. These are used to list search results (lists of contacts, contributions, etc.) and many other records (profile fields, activity types, etc.). Currently a big part of the horizontal space for these is taken up by "action links" - Edit, View, Delete, Disable, etc. This can cause horizontal scrolling and limits the number of columns we can show / include in each row.

We've developed an alternate approach for this - where there is a single "action icon" on each row. Clicking on it gives you a list of available actions. You can see this approach here on our new trunk sandbox (where we will be showcasing lots more changes and "experiments" going forward):

Profile Listings

Please take a few minutes to try this out and give us your feedback / thoughts on this. Will it be helpful or confusing for users?

NOTE: For this "review" please just focus on the Profile listings in the main section of the page. Don't worry about the input box and "bar" above the page header - we're working on something else which we'll put forward in a separate blog.

Update:

Based on feedback we made few changes to Action link UI

Profile Listings

We have also implemented context menu for Contact Selector. So when you right click on contact selector rows, we show menu with commonly used actions.

Contact Search