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By mattwire Filed under CiviMember

 

In CiviCRM you can configure a membership to auto-renew, provide the option

 or not auto-renew.  However, this was not used for the self-signup contribution pages.

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By Gast Filed under CiviCon

CiviCon Cologne coming soon!

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By yashodhaFiled under
As you may be aware, new PCI DSS requirements state that all payment systems must disable early TLS by 2018.  As part of this requirement, PayPal, Auth.Net and Braintree are updating its services to require TLS 1.2 for all HTTPS connections along with requiring HTTP/1.1 for all connections. You need to make sure your CiviCRM is all set with this change which you could do by doing the following checks.
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By colemanw Filed under API, Make it happen

We’ve talked about and have made some progress on APIv4. Along with a native form builder and an improved UI, a new version of CiviCRM’s API was identified as a key objective our roadmap. While it may be the least glamorous of the three, it is an increasingly important and powerful feature within CiviCRM. And it’s time for an update.

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By bgm Filed under CiviCamp

CiviCamp Montreal is a one-day event to discover CiviCRM, learn new tricks and share your experiences. The event will feature two tracks of sessions with a wide array of topics, from beginner to power-user, including a special focus on requirements for organisations North of the border, such as Canadian payment processors, event/membership taxes, tax receipts and translation.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Your organization has a solid membership base, but you want to retain members and help it grow.  How can CiviCRM help?

The membership renewal process can be daunting, but learning how to best use CiviMember, as well as features of CiviCampaign, CiviMail and CiviReport, will make your membership outreach more targeted, streamline the on-line renewal process, and help you track your progress.

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By colemanw Filed under Release announcements

Firefox is at version 52, Chrome is at 55, where does the number inflation game end?

Let the countdown begin! This April, the CiviCRM core team proudly announces we're going negative! It works for politicians, why not your favorite CRM for the Civic sector?

“When they go high, we'll go low.”

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By josh Filed under CiviCon

CiviCon St. Louis is taking shape, and early bird rates are still in force until April 7th. If you're planning to attend, now's the time to register and secure your lodging. Still evaluating CiviCRM? We've got something for you...

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By cividesk Filed under CiviCamp

CiviCamp 2017, formerly known as CiviDay, took place in Denver on February 22. This is a casual gathering that is organized by CiviCRM experts to create a forum to discuss, discover and evaluate topics related to CiviCRM in a relaxed and candid atmosphere.

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By jaapjansma Filed under Meetups, Sprints

Thursday 23th and Friday 24th of March we are having a mini-sprint in the Ede (NL) in which we will fix CiviCRM bugs. We are with four of us already (Erik Hommel, Alain Benbassat, Klaas Eikelboom and me) so it is going to be fun! That is the main reason and the other reason is that we want to contribute to CiviCRM Core.

Our plan is to have two days for fixing CiviCRM bugs once in the month or once in the two months. But at least regularly and fitting to our busy schedule.

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