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May 12, 2022
By jaapjansma Filed under WordPress

Since April the 5th the wordpress plugin Caldera Forms is end-of-life. Meaning that the maintainer behind this plugin won't provide any official updates anymore.

Last year we had two video calls in which, we talked about possible alternatives. Since then developments have gone further so I think it is time to have another video conference where we can inform each other on what has been done in the past months, and which developments lay ahead.

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May 5, 2022
By dev-team Filed under Release announcements

CiviCRM version 5.49.0 is now out and ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

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May 2, 2022
By totten Filed under Tools, API, Architecture, Extensions

civix is a development tool. It generates code for extensions, providing a baseline for developers and hackers who want to improve and add onto CiviCRM.

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April 28, 2022
By jaapjansma Filed under Community, Sprints

This week we had a Form Builder and Search Kit sprint in Otterlo, The Netherlands. The aim of this sprint was about sharing knowledge and ideas around search kit and form builder.

Sharing, Sharing and Sharing...

We started with sharing use cases from clients from CiviCooP and civiservice.de. Christophe shared how CiviCRM is used at Mediwe. Coleman from the Core Team shared the story behind Search Kit and Form Builder.

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April 26, 2022
By ErikHommel Filed under Community

This week we are working together in real life! Although we are mainly exploring Search Kit and Form Builder we are obviously also discussing CiviCRM, the community and life in general. And we in this context is Coleman from the Core Team, Christophe from Mediwe (Flemish organization that uses CiviCRM), Andreas and Detlev from Civiservice and Klaas, Jaap, Alain, Erik, Betty and me from CiviCooP.

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April 25, 2022
By mpethFiled under

Over the holidays, we finally opened the registration for the Berlin CiviCamp on May 16. Sorry it took so long - we have had a heavy work load in our ongoing projects recently, plus Corona hit us fully with sick leaves of staff and closed child care facilities. 

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April 7, 2022
By dev-team Filed under Extended Security Release, Release announcements, Security Releases

There has been a security release for CiviCRM. Upgrades are available for:

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March 24, 2022
By kbeireis Filed under Partners, Tips

It’s a great idea to create a Custom Field with the field type Checkbox, particularly when you have many, many options. Did you know there is a risk of losing data if you don’t have the checkbox set up properly?

CiviCRM will attempt to save the information to the database without regard to the length of the items chosen.

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March 22, 2022
By ErikHommelFiled under

I have just published the first release of a connector between the Belgian fundraising platform Koalect and CiviCRM. The development has been funded by Amnesty International Vlaanderen and we are about to go into user testing.

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March 17, 2022
By dev-team Filed under Extended Security Release, Release announcements, Security Releases

There has been a security release for CiviCRM. Upgrades are available for:

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