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Juli 18, 2017
By ErikHommel Filed under Community, Security, Sprints

This morning Jaap and I (both from CiviCooP) took a train to Bonn and walked from the HauptBahnhof to the Systopia offices. Quite a nice sunny morning, met Beethoven on our way!

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Juli 17, 2017
By jamienovick Filed under CiviCon
Book your early bird ticket now!

This year our main event will focus on sessions for users, implementers and advanced users, with developer training taking place during the Sprint.

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Juli 17, 2017
By jackrabbithanna Filed under Tools, Drupal

If you are a Drupal developer coming new to CiviCRM, it can be a bit of a "culture shock" to realize that CiviCRM is not your typical Drupal module.

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Juli 13, 2017
By jamienovick Filed under Release announcements

This release has fixes for some issues reported in the previous 4.7.21 release. We recommend upgrading to this latest version. 

 

Complete list of issues fixed in this release is available from here. 

 

Bugs fixed: 

Core CiviCRM

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Juli 11, 2017
By bdaniels Filed under CiviMail, Tools, Partners, CiviCRM
CRMs are must-have for any organization, large or small. There is some debate over what the “C” in CRM stands for - client, constituent, customer, etc., but at a very base level it manages information about your contacts. CiviCRM is jam-packed with features that can benefit your organization. In this article series, we will highlight just 6 ways CiviCRM can be used. In part one of this series, we will explore its CRM, email marketing, and access control features.
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Juli 6, 2017
By jamienovick Filed under Release announcements, Security Releases, Security
CiviCRM 4.7.21 and 4.6.29   

Please note that release 4.7.21 and 4.6.29 are security releases. Please see below links to the security advisories:

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Juli 4, 2017
By HeatherOliver Filed under CiviMail, Partners, Tips, Training

Based on feedback from clients, we're launching a series of Masterclasses this year. They will provide an opportunity for you to deepen your knowledge and skills in a particular area of CiviCRM. These courses will assume that you have a basic understanding of CiviCRM as a Contact Management System.

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Juni 27, 2017
By jaapjansma Filed under CiviCon, Sprints

This year we had a sprint after CiviCon Cologne. So far I have only been to a sprint in Edale UK. The Germans copied everything from that sprint, remote location with hardly any internet. But with Germans you know it is done well. So the internet was faster (but still slow). The remote location had a bbq place, swimming pool and sauna.

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Juni 26, 2017
By jwelp Filed under CiviCon

 

We were so nervous before and now? Just happened! But it was nice.

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Juni 19, 2017
By josh Filed under CiviCRM

Over the past 18 months, the CiviCRM Core Team has focused heavily on project sustainability and on balancing our own internal capacity. During that time, our infrastructure has been consistently (and thankfully) managed by Mathieu, a member of the Canada-based partner Coop SymbioTIC.

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