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október 21, 2013
By LindseyM Filed under Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM, Community

Theatre groups, political organisations, environmental charities... CiviCRM is used by organisations of all shapes and sizes and the faith-based sector is a growing part of that. Here's a snapshot of our own Civi journey at Woodlands Church in Bristol, UK.  

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október 17, 2013
By lynndanzig Filed under Sprints

Hello to all who were at the Dalesbridge Sprint

Remember the garden?

Dalesbridge

A few more pix  here 

I greatly appreciated the opportunity to attend the sprint and learnt a great deal. Many thanks to all who helped.

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október 17, 2013
By vshura Filed under Community

The November issue of the CiviCRM Community Newsletter will focus on faith-based organisations, and I was contacted by Linda Wu Pagano to write something about our involvement with the project. So here is our story!

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október 16, 2013
By lwupagano Filed under Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM, Community, Extensions

One of the most important things about any database is the integrity of its data.  Is it possible that you could be overriding existing contact information with incorrect information?

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október 15, 2013
By jamienovick Filed under Meetups

Almost there...

As if you guys weren't sick of us already... here's post number 3.

CiviCON London reunion / Oct London Meetup

Wow, didn't that summer pass quick! No sooner did all the Brits have on our shorts then now it's raincoats and scarves.

After a brief summer hiatus while we all readjusted our wardrobes, the London meetups are back!

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október 15, 2013
By jamienovick Filed under Extensions
Pheph, if you thought that was good... wait for this one.   Post no 2: Gift Aid Module v2.1   Growing older isn't fun, but on the case of CiviCRM extensions it sure is. We're pleased to celebrate the CiviCRM Gift Aid 2.1 and "stable" release.  
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október 15, 2013
By jamienovick Filed under Extensions

Howdy partners,

Do not attempt to adjust your aerial, it's Compucorp taking over the blog for a quick blast of posts... bare with us, you'll be returned to your normal programming shortly!

Post no 1 - CiviBooking - Development / Alpha release

We're super excited to announce the first alpha release of CiviBooking!

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október 14, 2013
By universalhandle Filed under Community, Sprints

Thousands of feet in the air, halfway between my Washington, D.C. home and the cottage I shared with 20+ CiviCRMers for the better part of a week, I struggle to sum up the code sprint that has put ideas into motion like pinballs inside my head.

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október 11, 2013
By capo Filed under Sprints
Expectations

It may sound like a cliché but this Code Sprint gave me many more things than I expected. In Amnesty International (Spain), we started using CiviCRM only a few months ago. I am not an expert but we have a long way to run with CiviCRM. Before arriving, I thought it was going to be helpful and useful for me to spend some time coding. And so it was. But many more things happened.

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október 11, 2013
By peterh Filed under CiviEvent, Architecture, CiviCRM

We've started to look into changing how objects get persisted in CiviCRM and what can we do to make things easier for people extending CiviCRM. Part of our approach is to try and integrate Doctrine into CiviCRM.

Background

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