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By jamienovick Filed under Release announcements

This release has fixes for some issues reported in the previous 4.7.21 release. We recommend upgrading to this latest version. 

 

Complete list of issues fixed in this release is available from here. 

 

Bugs fixed: 

Core CiviCRM

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By bdaniels Filed under Development Tools, Partners, CiviMail
CRMs are must-have for any organization, large or small. There is some debate over what the “C” in CRM stands for - client, constituent, customer, etc., but at a very base level it manages information about your contacts. CiviCRM is jam-packed with features that can benefit your organization. In this article series, we will highlight just 6 ways CiviCRM can be used. In part one of this series, we will explore its CRM, email marketing, and access control features.
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By jamienovick Filed under Release announcements, Security Releases, Security
CiviCRM 4.7.21 and 4.6.29   

Please note that release 4.7.21 and 4.6.29 are security releases. Please see below links to the security advisories:

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By HeatherOliver Filed under Partners, CiviMail, Tips, Training

Based on feedback from clients, we're launching a series of Masterclasses this year. They will provide an opportunity for you to deepen your knowledge and skills in a particular area of CiviCRM. These courses will assume that you have a basic understanding of CiviCRM as a Contact Management System.

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By jaapjansma Filed under CiviCon, Sprints

This year we had a sprint after CiviCon Cologne. So far I have only been to a sprint in Edale UK. The Germans copied everything from that sprint, remote location with hardly any internet. But with Germans you know it is done well. So the internet was faster (but still slow). The remote location had a bbq place, swimming pool and sauna.

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By jwelp Filed under CiviCon

 

We were so nervous before and now? Just happened! But it was nice.

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By joshFiled under

Over the past 18 months, the CiviCRM Core Team has focused heavily on project sustainability and on balancing our own internal capacity. During that time, our infrastructure has been consistently (and thankfully) managed by Mathieu, a member of the Canada-based partner Coop SymbioTIC.

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By josh Filed under Development Tools, Community

Along with the Core Team, several contributors in the community have been testing Gitlab as an overall project management and communications tools for the CiviCRM community. Though it’s still a work in progress, we’re happy to start pushing it out to the broader community in hopes that it can provide a more cohesive platform for project management and community engagement.

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By jamienovick Filed under Release announcements
CiviCRM 4.7.20   This month’s version of CiviCRM comes packed with delicious goo. Speaking generally, everything now works a little bit better.
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By jamienovick Filed under Community, Meetups

CiviCON UK 2017 LAUNCH

The revamped, rebranded and remodelled UK leg of the CiviCON conference world tour!

Friday 6th October 2017, 9am-5pm, Camden, London, NW1

This year our main event will have a focus on user and implementer/advanced user sessions (i.e., anything you can do without code!), with the developer training happening during the Sprint.

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