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By kcristiano Filed under Community, Drupal 7, Joomla, Sprints, WordPress

I just returned from my first CiviCRM sprint. It was called the DC Sprint, but as Jeremy has already posted, we were actually in Maryland.

As a first time attendee of a CiviCRM conference and sprint, I really did not know what to expect. I was very pleased that both WordPress and Joomla! received some real attention at the sprint and I hope we are heading to a place where CiviCRM can be truly CMS agnostic.

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By jproffitt Filed under Community, Drupal 7, Joomla, Sprints, WordPress

We're approaching the middle of the third day of the 2014 East Coast code sprint, situated in a bucolic farmhouse just outside of Frederick, Maryland. The location has made this sprint a little different, with some people being able to commute back and forth. In total, 14 or so sprinters have been working on webtests, improvements to CiviVolunteer, and improvements to buildkit for all platforms, which some renewed focus on Joomla and Wordpress.

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By HeatherOliver Filed under Case studies and user stories

We all know CiviCRM provides a lot of power and usability "out-of-the-box". But it's only got where it is because of hours of hard work from the core team, other developers and end users pitching in the funds to make it happen.

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By cividesk Filed under Marketing and Promotion

Today is a very special day: Sept. 10th is the Internet Slowdown. And you have most probably hear of Net Neutrality and seen the banners on prominent web properties such as WordPress, Mozzilla, Namecheap, Reddit, Netflix, Google, Vimeo, Tumblr, Foursquare, Etsy, Meetup, Digg, ACLU, EFF, Open Media and more than 7,000 other websites.

But ... whether:

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Cividesk is offering additional on-line training session dates in September to accomodate requests from the community.  The two hour on-line classes are designed for new users or those looking to take a refresher course.  Click here to learn more about class curriculum or on a link below to register for a specific course.

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By totten Filed under Community, Release announcements, Security

We’ve been having some discussions among the folks who triage security issues, who publish new releases, and who maintain backports. We'll update the policy beginning with the upcoming 4.4.7 release (and related 4.2.19 and 4.3.9 releases).

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By cividesk Filed under Case studies and user stories

The Denver Ballet Guild supports and celebrates the beauty and power of dance by encouraging interest in ballet and other forms of dance.  The organization is managed exclusively by volunteers, who promote dance at all levels and conduct annual fundraising activities to support the dance community.

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By BjoernE Filed under CiviContribute, Finance and Accounting

Direct debit is vital for donations in continental Europe. It's widely available, reliable, and now it could be for free! SEPA -the "Single Euro Payments Area"- harmonized money transfers throughout the EURozone, allowing for easy direct debit payments between any of the 18 EUR countries.

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By jamienovick Filed under CiviContribute, Finance and Accounting
Pencil and squared paper at the ready CiviCRM is about to get a little more boring...

Yes thats right, over the past few months Compucorp have been working with Web Access, JMA consulting and the Core Team to beef up Civi's accounting integration by providing support for Sales Taxes for CiviCRM. But wait there's more...

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By Idea15WebDesign Filed under WordPress

I am developing a CiviCRM installation for a client. The charity uses a colour-coding system to note their service users’ medical conditions. The client was keen to carry this colour coding over into the database. The trick was getting the CRM to use the correct colour code depending on what condition has been selected.

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