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CiviCRM 6.3 Release

3 weeks 3 days ago

CiviCRM version 6.3.0 is now ready to download. In fact, since we're a bit late on these notes, 6.3.1 is already out and we'd recommend you start there. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

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SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #17: CiviProxy

3 weeks 6 days ago

At SYSTOPIA, we've built and maintain a wide range of tools, from CiviCRM extensions to Drupal modules and more. With around 60 repositories under active management, we're dedicated to enhancing the CiviCRM ecosystem. In this release, we're happy to present our CiviProxy Extension – a customizable security solution for your CiviCRM installation.

SYSTOPIA

SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #15: Birthdays

3 weeks 6 days ago

At SYSTOPIA, we develop and maintain a variety of CiviCRM extensions, Drupal modules, and other useful tools. With over 60 active repositories, we’re always working to improve CiviCRM. In this edition of our "Extension of the Month" series, we introduce the Birthdays extension – a simple way to keep track of your contacts' birthdays.

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PSA: Splitting Off Product Updates from Community News

4 weeks ago

Consistent with our push over the past year to optimize CiviCRM brand awareness, we recently rebooted the monthly Community News email and began cross promotion of it and its individual items (blog posts, event announcements, etc.) on to other channels such as LinkedIn and Blue Sky.

josh

Documentation at Montara sprint

1 month ago

During the Point Montara Lighthouse Sprint, Alain Benbassat, David Moreton, and Don Hirst worked on making the CiviCRM documentation better with a more robust but easy to follow process for producing and improving docs.

We started with the Diátaxis Framework, which has the core idea that: 

davem

Tips for Maintaining Workflow templates

1 month 3 weeks 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

1 month 3 weeks 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:

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SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #16: Twingle API

1 month 3 weeks 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.

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PSA: Getting ready for extension-upgrades

2 months 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

2 months 2 weeks 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

2 months 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

3 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:

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CiviCRM Needs Your Voice: UK Charity CRM Survey 2025

3 months 4 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

3 months 4 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.
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