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Marzo 24, 2022
By kbeireis Filed under Partners, Tips

It’s a great idea to create a Custom Field with the field type Checkbox, particularly when you have many, many options. Did you know there is a risk of losing data if you don’t have the checkbox set up properly?

CiviCRM will attempt to save the information to the database without regard to the length of the items chosen.

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Marzo 22, 2022
By ErikHommelFiled under

I have just published the first release of a connector between the Belgian fundraising platform Koalect and CiviCRM. The development has been funded by Amnesty International Vlaanderen and we are about to go into user testing.

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Marzo 17, 2022
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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Marzo 15, 2022
By mcherkes Filed under CiviMobile

In the new version of CiviMobile, the Cases Dashboard includes functionality to make it easier to track a series of related tasks. To do this, the User must go to the bottom menu and select the More → Cases Dashboard screen tab. This feature also facilitates access to the calendar of events: the User can view news and petitions as well as donate. The Dashboards block (Contributions, Memberships, and Cases menu accordingly) is available only for admin.

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Marzo 15, 2022
By BettyDolfing Filed under CiviMember, Members, Case studies and user stories, Documentation, Marketing and Promotion, WordPress

In September 2021 we created a website containing Use Cases that show CiviCRM’s possibilities in combination with different CMS’s. See our previous blogs on that: Showing it and Showing some more! 

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Marzo 14, 2022
By joshFiled under

A few weeks prior to 24 February, I’d given up reading the news. It was a very happy time. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s been hard not to jump back into my Google news feed and periodically check in at NPR. Given the rise of misinformation over the past few years, it’s hard to know what is accurate and what isn’t, so much of what I read I take with a grain of salt.

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Marzo 6, 2022
By dev-team Filed under Release announcements

CiviCRM version 5.47.0 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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Marzo 1, 2022
By jaapjansma Filed under Extensions

CiviCRM Configuration Loader Version 2 is out! This version is developed and refactored with funding from Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt and Bündnis der Bürgerstiftungen Deutschlands.

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Febbraio 18, 2022
By wmortada Filed under SearchKit, Meetups

This month at CiviCRM North East, Andrew West spoke about how they are using SearchKit at Humanists UK to generate reports and get data out of CiviCRM.

SearchKit is a brilliant new feature that dramatically improves the way you can search and report on data in CiviCRM. It is a very powerful tool that is still in active development.

He talked about:

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