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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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.
There have been a number of blog posts discussing the needs for improved accounting features in CiviCRM. The results and current specification is at the wiki at: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/Finance+and+Accounting
I have been working on dedupe optimization, part of 3.3 release and a make it happen project, and we are quite happy with the results. A fuzzy rule (first+last+email) which would take 4.3 mins on a 65K contact database, now takes 1.02 sec (tested on a iCore5, 4Gig machine). On a 1.45 million database same rule which used to take forever (i had to quit after 1 hr), now takes 13 sec.
We just released CiviCRM 3.3.alpha2 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our sandbox site. Please remember this is an ALPHA 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.
We just released CiviCRM 3.2.4 – it is now available for download. You can also try it out on our demo site.
Check out the PowerPoint presentation for a review of Drupal modules for CiviCRM http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/download/attachments/33129543/Drupal+Modules+for+CiviCRM+Drupal+Camp+Toronto+2010.ppt?version=1&modificationDate=1288060322608.
This has come up a couple of times before. According to my chat with Lobo today, not much is happening on this front. Since our client at Two Mice and a Strawberry has a need for this, we're diving in head first this week. Hopefully we'll have something that's worth contributing to core. Please comment below if you have any thoughts on the ideas presented here.
A few months ago as our organization was just starting to use CiviCRM, Dave Greenberg recommended that we look at CiviCase as a solution for our admissions team to keep track of prospective students. As a collection of activities associated with a client, CiviCase looked like a great way to record our interactions with potential students as we made initial contact, followed up, received communication from them, sent more info, and then accepted their applications. From a DB point of view, yes, it is a nearly perfect way to store that information. But from a UI point of view, we had a long way to go before our admissions team would be able to painlessly get the data in, work with and update it once it was there, and then be able to get it back out in the form of reports. Here's what we did to make that happen (and more!):
This past Monday, the 18th of October 2010, a group of about 10 people gathered for Toronto's fifth ever CiviCRM Users' Group Meetup. The turnout was up significantly from last month, and we look forward to growing the local community even more. In future, we'll make sure to post clear and detailed directions to the location to ensure everyone who wants to come can find us!
