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November 24, 2010
By shot Filed under CiviCRM

We just released CiviCRM 3.3.beta3 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our sandbox site. Please remember this is a BETA release and it should NOT be used on production sites.

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November 21, 2010
By polestar Filed under CiviCRM, Extensions

Since Target Integration released CiviSync - CiviCRM Outlook Synchronization Addon in April this year, I have seen a lot of people asking about it and thanks to those who tested it and provided their feedback. Initial CiviSync was developed for CiviCRM version 2.2 and Outlook 2003/2007.

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November 18, 2010
By ErikHommel Filed under CiviCRM

For our project at De Goede Woning we have been developing a data synchronization process between CiviCRM and their main transaction system in Oracle (comparable with an ERP). Some data for a contact (first name, middle name, last name, gender and birth date), phones, emails and addresses will be common between the two, so a change, create or delete in CiviCRM will have to be synchronized with the main transaction system and vice versa.

 

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November 18, 2010
By shot Filed under CiviCRM

CiviCRM 3.2.5 is a security release, fixing security vulnerabilities in CiviCRM Ajax and REST interfaces and export code. We strongly recommend that you upgrade your CiviCRM installation to 3.2.5.

We just released CiviCRM 3.2.5 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our demo site. This release introduces quite a few bug fixes; for full list of things that has been fixed/improved in 3.2.5, please take a look at our issue tracker.

For more details on major new features/highlights, please refer to 3.2 release blog post, here's the short list:

Usability improvements Support for PHP 5.3 CiviCase Phase 3 CiviEvent workflow improvements Free-tagging, and Tags for Cases and Activities No standalone version

 

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November 18, 2010
By shot Filed under CiviCRM

We just released CiviCRM 3.3.beta2 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our sandbox site. Please remember this is a BETA release and it should NOT be used on production sites.

We strongly recommend going through 3.3 highlights post, where you will find out what’s new and hot in this release.

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November 12, 2010
By jakecivi Filed under Architecture, CiviCRM, Drupal

This is a summary of ideas from this forum topic, http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?topic=15983 , and discussion should continue here.

 

I'm working on a CiviCRM/Drupal installation for an organization that puts on workshops and houses and feeds people for the duration of the workshops.  CiviCRM's built-in way of handling price sets as flat lists of options and prices, doesn't quite do what we want.

 

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November 12, 2010
By Slovak Filed under Meetups

After another successful meetup in October, join us on the second Monday in December to learn more about Custom Profiles, Custom Fields, and setting up online membership sign-up forms.

Bring along your friends and associates, as well as questions and examples of the work you may be doing with CiviCRM.

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November 11, 2010
By David_WeGov Filed under CiviCRM

WeGov has recently launched a state and congressional "contact congress" tool that is integrated into CiviCRM.

 

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November 11, 2010
By michaelmcandrew Filed under CiviCRM, Documentation

At the recent CiviCRM code sprint in Bristol I worked on developing integration between MaPit (a web service that maps postcodes and points to administrative area information for the UK) and CiviCRM.

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November 9, 2010
By shot Filed under CiviCRM

We just released CiviCRM 3.3.beta1 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our sandbox site. Please remember this is a BETA release and it should NOT be used on production sites.

We strongly recommend going through 3.3 highlights post, where you will find out what’s new and hot in this release.

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