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Tips for Maintaining Workflow templates

2 weeks 6 days ago

Since the middle of last year there have been some tools in CiviCRM core to help with maintaining workflow templates that have not been well publicised … Notably Site Tokens (worked on at the South Carolina Sprint by Allen Shaw of Joinery) and some tweaks for easier editing in the Message Admin extension (which ships as part of CiviCRM but which you may need to enable). 

Eileen

CiviCRM 6.2 Release

2 weeks 6 days ago

CiviCRM version 6.2.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

devteam

SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #16: Twingle API

2 weeks 6 days ago

In this blog series, we introduce useful extensions for CiviCRM. Each month, we showcase one of the many extensions we have developed at SYSTOPIA over the years. This time, we're looking at the Twingle API Extension – a practical solution to automatically transfer donations from Twingle to CiviCRM.

SYSTOPIA

PSA: Getting ready for extension-upgrades

1 month 1 week ago

TLDR: Site-builders who manage CiviCRM extensions in the web UI should install the Hotfix: Extension Upgrades or upgrade to v6.1. Similarly, site-builders who manage extensions with cv CLI should update to v0.3.63+.

Motivation

totten

Exploring CivCRM 6's new theme framework, River Lea

1 month 1 week ago

After 17 years of shipping with the Greenwich theme, the release of CiviCRM 6 last month brought to new installs a new default theme, Minetta, named after the river running under Greenwich, New York. But Civi 6 didn't mark the arrival of just one new theme; it shipped with four themes: Minetta, Walbrook, HackneyBrook and Thames.

nicol

CiviCRM 6.1 Release

1 month 3 weeks ago

CiviCRM version 6.1.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

dev-team

CiviCRM 6.0 Release

2 months 3 weeks ago

CiviCRM version 6.0.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

dev-team

CiviCRM Needs Your Voice: UK Charity CRM Survey 2025

2 months 3 weeks ago
CiviCRM Needs Your Voice!

Every year, Fundraising Magazine—the UK’s only printed magazine for professional charity fundraisers—conducts a major survey to rank the best charity CRMs. This report is widely used by charities looking for a new system and provides valuable insights into CRM trends in the sector.

jamienovick

SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #14: Advanced Newsletter Management

2 months 3 weeks ago
In this blog series, we are presenting useful ways of extending CiviCRM. We are doing this by showcasing one of the many extensions we at SYSTOPIA have build over the years each month. This month, we’re featuring our Advanced Newsletter Management (ANLM) extension. It makes handling multiple mailing lists easier and lets you create flexible, customizable forms so subscribers can manage their preferences with less effort.
SYSTOPIA

Save the Date: CiviCamp and Sprint in The Netherlands October 2025

3 months 1 week ago

As you might know CiviCRM celebrates it's 20th birthday this year. On top the CiviCon 2025 at San Fransisco (USA) in May there will be a CiviCamp and CiviSprint in The Netherlands (Europe). CiviCamp will be on Monday 20 October 2025 with a CiviSprint from Tuesday 21 October 2025 up to Friday 24 October 2025.

More news will follow, watch this space.

ErikHommel

CiviCRM 5.82 Release

3 months 3 weeks ago

CiviCRM version 5.82.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

dev-team

2025 CiviCRM end user survey: share your thoughts, shape the future

3 months 3 weeks ago

There’s many ways the CiviCRM project continuously gets feedback: from clients working with CiviCRM partners, people posting GitLab issues, or conversations in the Mattermost chat. 

But right now, we’d like to step back and revisit with a more holistic angle of where end user organizations are at via a short 5-10 minute survey.

andyburns

Register now for CiviCon 2025

4 months ago

Join us in May for CiviCon San Francisco 2025, a grand celebration of CiviCRM's 20 years of serving non-profits, back in the town where it all started!

CiviCon 2025 will bring together professionals from organizations that use CiviCRM, agencies that support these organizations, and developers who create CiviCRM-related software.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn about exciting new developments in CiviCRM, and get connected with others in the community. Come learn, share, and connect!

Centered around the 2-day, 3-track conference itself, this series of events covers a 9-day period from May 19-27, including optional trainings plus a multi-day working retreat on ...

AllenShaw

SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #13: SQL Tasks

4 months 1 week ago
At SYSTOPIA, we’ve built and maintain a wide range of tools, from CiviCRM extensions to Drupal modules and more. With over 60 repositories under active management, we’re dedicated to enhancing the CiviCRM ecosystem. In this release, we’re happy to present our SQL Tasks Extension – a SQL driven solution for the configurable execution of CiviCRM actions.
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