Just a very quick post to let you guys know that the site that has consumed my life for the past 6 months has finally gone live. I am running a _very_ customised version of civicrm 2.1 on top of a drupal install. I'd like to thank all those that helped me to get to grips with the hows and wherefores of civicrm and for putting up with me on the irc channel.
Blogs
Keep up-to-date with blogs from the core team, working groups, developers, users and champions worldwide. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive regular updates by email. We also have an RSS feed.
May 29, 2009
By Dave Greenberg Filed under CiviCRM
The team has released version 2.2.5 with approximately 31 bug fixes and improvements. Notable fixes and improvements include:
Discount Support for Online Event Registration using hooks (more)
Enable Joomla / Standalone to use the mighty power of hooks
You can review a complete list of 2.2.5 changes on the issue tracker.
Download
You can download CiviCRM 2.2.5 at our download page. Select from the civicrm-stable section. The filenames include the 2.2.5 label: civicrm-2.2.…. Be sure and download the correct version for your CMS (Drupal / Joomla! / Standalone).
May 28, 2009
By kurund Filed under CiviCRM, Drupal, JoomlaThis release has been superceded by release 2.2.5 due to a critical bug in the Event Registration process. If you have downloaded this release, please replace it with 2.2.5.
The team has released version 2.2.4 with approximately 30 bug fixes and improvements. Notable fixes and improvements include: Discount Support for Online Event Registration using hooks (more) Enable Joomla / Standalone to use the mighty power of hooks You can review a complete list of 2.2.4 changes on the issue tracker.May 27, 2009
By cap10morganFiled under CiviCRM Multi-Org refers to the ability to support multiple owner organizations (usually a hierarchical structure of umbrella orgs and sub-orgs or local chapters) and keep some data siloed in each org while allowing other users to aggregate data across orgs too. It has been been a tough nut to crack. But I and the organization I work for (The Public Interest Network) are committed to getting it working in CiviCRM 2.3.
May 26, 2009
By rczamor Filed under CiviMail, CiviCRM, DrupalTrellon has been working on a fairly large implementation of CiviCRM for an advocacy group based in DC that was seeking to implement a CRM system that will help them manage their online fundraising and email marketing program. Email marketing is a large part of the organization's outreach strategy, so having a mail system that can deliver their 50,000+ emails in a short amount of time was a necessity.
May 25, 2009
By lobo Filed under CiviCRM, Drupal, JoomlaThe CiviCRM events calendar seems to be getting quite crowded. Here are some upcoming events in the next few weeks:
May 25, 2009
By michalFiled under
A few weeks ago, we started designing the new looks for contact edit screen, as a part of usability focus for CiviCRM 2.3. Quick remark on this - it's a very last minute to submit your feedback on that improvement, so if you have some good idea, come back to this blog post and submit your comments.
Anyway, now it's time to introduce some changes to contact viewing screen! Following the same process as previously with contact editing, we prepared the screen mockup for your perusal. Make sure to read the rest of this blog post, take a close look at the mockup and post your feedback/comments/critique/ideas below or on Usability forum board. Special humble request to all the CiviCRM integrators and consultants - if you have a chance to discuss over this mockup with end users that you work with, it would be most helpful if you could do so - and let us know about their reactions.
May 21, 2009
By kurund Filed under CiviCRM
As we focus on usability improvements for the 2.3 release, we are looking at ways to use screen space more efficiently AND ways to streamline commonly used workflows. With these goals in mind, we'd like folks to take a look at two newly implemented features in the 2.3 sandbox - a new shortcuts dropdown menu, and a streamlined workflow for entering offline contributions.
May 21, 2009
By deepak.srivastava Filed under CiviCRM, DrupalA Make It Happen to move this into core for CiviCRM is currently running for v4.1. You can help make it happen by contributing here
Discounting events has been requested on the forums a few times. It also popped up both on IRC yesterday and was also needed on civicrm.org for our upcoming UK Training Camp. We decided to see if we could implement this via hooks and minimal / no changes to the core code. Turned out we can implement this this feature using three civicrm hooks and a helper fuction. We improved the core a wee bit by allowing the buildForm hook to inform the tpl system of any form elements added. The tpl then places these form elements at the top of the form. An event can have zero or more coupons. Coupons for an event are stored in the option group / value table. Each coupon code is a string (chosen by admin) and can be used a certain number of times. Coupons can also be used forever. A valid coupon gives the user a percentage discount on the event. Giving the coupon a 100% value basically gives the user a free registration. Coupons can be sent in via the URL or can be entered into the registration form.
May 20, 2009
By lobo Filed under CiviCRMEarlier this week we received some pretty excellent feedback from some CiviCRM users. This made our week, so we decided to share :). Erik Möller from Wikimedia Foundation writes:
CiviCRM definitely is becoming the leading open source product in this
space, and its growing mindshare and modular framework is helping it
to support other non-profit needs as well. Wikimedia has been using
CiviCRM as a fundraising backend for more than a year now after some
