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What's new in CiviCRM 5.61
This month we will try to be a bit more clear about bigger changes, and ignore the smaller/obscure bits (which are in the full release notes).
- CiviContribute: Direct Debit agreement is always/never shown depending on which payment processor is the default (dev/core#4204, 25918) - changes where the agreement is displayed and also makes it possible for payment processors to change it.
- CiviMember: Fix inconsistent terminology used when referring to Member Since, Membership Start Date and Membership Expiration Date (24735 and 25761)
- CiviImport: Add template support for Imports, so that you can re-use import configurations for another import (dev/core#4130: 25808), Add Template search (25939 and 25957), and many related changes, Filter 'My imports' to only show non-expired (25711)
- FormBuilder: Support creating multiple relationships at once (25175), Allow contact created/modified date fields to be used as filters (25824), Show file upload field values for existing entities (25294), Fix dedupe rules for anonymous users (25461)
- SearchKit: Handle comma-separated values passed from Afform url (25827), Add next_birthday calculated field (25740), Add select options for MONTH date filter (25739), Speed up SearchKit results loading (25408), Pass entire record into
checkAccess(25969) - Scheduled Reminders: Log sending of Scheduled Reminders (25933) makes it easier to debug which was the last sent Scheduled Reminder.
- API: Prefer "WorldRegion" naming/capitalisation (25713)
- Obscure but noteworthy: Deprecate CRM_Utils_Hook::$nullObject (25901)
Big thanks to Andie Hunt and Alice Frumin from AGH Strategies for putting up together release notes. If upgrading from a very old version of CiviCRM, see the version-specific upgrade tasks.
This release was developed by the following code authors:
AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andie Hunt; Agileware - Justin Freeman; Anthony Blond; Benjamin W; BrightMinded Ltd - Bradley Taylor; CEDC - Laryn Kragt Bakker; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Samuel Vanhove, Shane Bill; Dave D; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion - Luke Stewart; Giant Rabbit - Anthony Nemirovsky; iXiam - Luciano Spiegel; JMA Consulting - Seamus Lee; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Brienne Kordis, Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; SYSTOPIA Organisationsberatung - Björn Endres; Third Sector Design - Kurund Jalmi; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton.
Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following reviewers contributed their comments:
AGH Strategies - Eli Lisseck; Andreas Howiller; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Blackfly Solutions - Alan Dixon; Guydn; Humanists UK - Andrew West; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; Joinery - Allen Shaw; Korlon - Stuart Gaston; Richard Baugh; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; SYSTOPIA - Johannes Franz; Giant Rabbit: Tiago Bember; Third Sector Design - Michael McAndrew; WebmasterBouclier.
New Extensions
- Line Item Check - Adds a system status check listing contributions with total amounts that don't match the line item totals.
- Email PDF Letter - Allow you to choose another template and write a specific text for the email in the action "Make Thank-you Letters" of Contributions.
- SearchKit Tokens - Create your own tokens with SearchKit.
- Stripe alterPaymentProcessorParams example implementation
- Portal User Management - Helps manage access to external portals.
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