First CiviCRM release this year has happened: CiviCRM v. 4.7.16 and 4.6.26 are now released.
RELEASE NOTES:
First of all, Big thanks to Andrew Hunt from
AGH Strategies for putting up together release notes for this version.
The release notes for 4.7.16 can be accessed
here
SPECIAL THANKS:
Complete list of 4.7 team can be found
here. Thanks to everyone who made this happen!
WHAT'S NEW IN CIVICRM 4.7.16
Added colours for tags and activity statuses. More details
here and
here.
Favourite activities. More details
here.
Improvements to activity search filters. More details
here.
Case types can now be configured to restrict the available case statuses.
More details.
You can now insert tokens for contribution custom fields. More details
here.
A "Record Payment" button is now available on contributions.
Read more about this feature.
The field for re-using the location of another event now uses a select2 widget. See more
here.
Extensions can now specify mailing template types with template options. See more details here.
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Drupal Integration Modules
Several small improvements were made, making it easier to install CiviCRM on Drupal 8 using Buildkit. More details.
Apart from this list there were also numerous bug fixes and updates included in this release.
NEW INSTALLATIONS
If you are installing CiviCRM 4.7 from scratch, please use the corresponding automated installer instructions:
Authorize.net users:: Prior to 4.7, CiviCRM forced Authorize.net to send out receipt emails regardless of Authorize.net configuration. From 4.7 onwards this will not happen and you should log into your Authorize.net interface and configure whether you want Authorize.net to send out receipts (in addition to those sent by CiviCRM).
Lybunt report users:: Some fields that were previously mandatory on Lybunt are now optional. On new reports they are on by default but you might need to check the fields you want are selected for existing reports.
UPGRADING TO 4.7
If your site is highly customized with special code or theming for CiviCRM you will want to upgrade a test copy first and test your customizations. For everyone else, follow these simple steps to get yourself up and running with 4.7.
Comments
Thanks a lot for putting together the list of new features - I am sure many people appreciate this!