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August 14, 2013
By colemanw Filed under Release announcements

Today marks the first alpha release of CiviCRM 4.4. Congratulations to the CiviCRM community of developers; many people worked tirelessly to make this happen.

We Need You to Try it Out!

Excited to try the new features in this release? Please do! Great software requires great testers, and you can help. You don't need to be super technical to participate in this way, but your participation will make a huge difference.

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August 5, 2013
By michaelmcandrew Filed under Sustainability

A quick update on our partner program.  Our 'beta' is now ready for review.  Have a look at the following pages:

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August 2, 2013
By HeatherOliver Filed under CiviCRM

As a CiviCRM implementer, I’m always looking for solutions that are sustainable, cost-effective and easy for the client to use day to day. As someone who isn’t a coder – I’m always looking for a solution that can be achieved through the user interface (UI)!

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August 1, 2013
By andie Filed under CiviCon, CiviCRM, Sprints, Training

The CiviCamp session planning met today, and they have put together a fabulous schedule for the conference on September 6. If you weren't already planning to come to DC for CiviCamp, you should check out the variety of interesting talks scheduled.

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August 1, 2013
By andrew.tombs@zingit.org.uk Filed under CiviHR

Ahead of its first release, scheduled for Civicon London 2013, Farm Africa has committed to be the development partner for CiviHR.

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July 29, 2013
By Eileen Filed under CiviCRM, Release announcements, Security Releases
About 4.2.10 LTS

The community of developers and implementers is proud to announce the 4.2.10 LTS release of CiviCRM.  LTS stands for "long term support" and the purpose of this release is three fold:

1. To provide bug and security fixes to those who are not ready to upgrade to CiviCRM 4.3 just yet

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July 26, 2013
By Eileen Filed under API, Architecture, CiviCRM

In New Zealand workplaces it's common to see a sign in the smoko* room saying "Your mother doesn't live here - do your own dishes".

 

People tend to follow this instruction as longs as: 

a) there is not already a pile of dirty dishes next to the sink

b) and they can see where to wash the dishes, and where to put them afterwards.

c) their colleagues aren't setting a bad example.

 

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July 26, 2013
By jamienovick Filed under CiviCRM, Extensions

Howdy partners!

Even though London has become hotter then the face of the sun over the past few days we've been busy beavering away on an update to the UK Gift Aid module to support compatability for Civi v4.3 and to add some new and exciting features.

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July 25, 2013
By vishram74 Filed under CiviContribute, CiviEvent, CiviMember, CiviReport, Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM

Well this is my first post on the CivCRM Blog and I am very honoured to have been given the privilege by David Greenberg. We are a CRM consulting company - meaning that we provide consulting and advice to companies who require a CRM system or who have a CRM system in place but want to know how to use it to its full capacity.

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July 24, 2013
By colemanw Filed under Drupal

If you use the Drupal Webform-CiviCRM Integration module, pay attention for a sec, you're going to want to know this:

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