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By joshFiled under

Join CiviCRM Core Team member Coleman Watts for a demonstration of SearchKit and FormBuilder, including recent updates and review of work in progress. This webinar will be interactive, so it's an opportunity for participants to bring ideas, questions or suggestions about these two pieces of functionality that are increasingly used through CiviCRM.

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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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By ErikHommel Filed under Standalone, Sprints

I am taking part in a small sprint on CiviCRM standalone today. Alain Benbassat and Klaas Eikelboom are going to be part of the CiviCRM stand on FOSDEM 2023 and thought they could also do a 1 day mini-sprint on Standalone. And Rich Lott, Michael McAndrew, Nic Weistrich and me rallied to the same cause.

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By dev-team Filed under Release announcements

CiviCRM version 5.58.0 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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By bradleytFiled under
When I first started writing CiviCRM extensions it quickly became clear that there were a lot of old parts to CiviCRM's core code which deserved some love. I know that CiviCRM only has a small development team, and so I started searching for quick-win code changes that I could contribute back to the CiviCRM codebase in order to improve the quality and developer experience for everyone. I want to share the PHPStan configuration that I have been using to identify poor-quality (and in some cases buggy) code within the CiviCRM core codebase.
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By artfulrobotFiled under

Newsletters and other mailings are an important way to keep in touch with your supporters and mailing statistics like click and open rates can help you learn what your supporters respond best to. CiviCRM provides these features, similarly to many/all other email marketing solutions. But what do those numbers actually mean?

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By DaveD Filed under CiviMail

Is it "Oh-Oth"? "Owth"? "Worcestershire"?

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By alainbFiled under

We will be promoting CiviCRM at FOSDEM on 4 and 5 February 2023.

FOSDEM is a non-commercial event centered on free and open-source software development. With over 8000 attendees, it is one of the biggest open source conferences.

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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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By bgm Filed under Extensions

Now that PHP 7.4 is "end of life", system administrators are strongly encouraged to adopt PHP 8.0. CiviCRM has supported PHP 8.0 for some time now, but adoption so far has been slow. Here are the stats as of today:

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