This is a place for folks in Canada using Drupal and Civicrm to get together and work on stuff. Issues like:
- internationalization
- postal codes & riding data
- installing civimail
- Canadian hosting of CiviCRM sites
CiviCon San Francisco 2013
CiviCon is the annual conference for users, implementors, and developers of CiviCRM and offers a unique opportunity to network with the most active users and implementors in the community.
This year we have expanded CiviCon into a two day event, so there are even more opportunities to:
- find out how make the most out of your CiviCRM installation
- learn about what's new and upcoming in the project
- connect with other users and service providers
Drupal and/or CiviCRM Developers | Freeform Solutions
Freeform Solutions is hiring Drupal and/or CiviCRM Developers!
Work from home anywhere in CANADA and make a difference in the world.
Freeform Solutions is one of the leading organizations in Canada providing information technology to not-for-profits. With our 10th birthday right around the corner, we are looking for another highly motivated and exceptionally talented individual to join our growing team.
Read moreDrupal and/or CiviCRM Developers | Freeform Solutions
Freeform Solutions is hiring Drupal and/or CiviCRM Developers!
Work from home anywhere in CANADA and make a difference in the world.
Freeform Solutions is one of the leading organizations in Canada providing information technology consulting to not-for-profits. With our 10th birthday right around the corner, we are looking for highly motivated and exceptionally talented individuals to join our growing team.
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Configuring, Customizing and Extending CiviCRM - Toronto
A comprehensive two-day hands on training course for implementers, administrators, and developers who want to learn more about configuring, customizing, and extending CiviCRM to meet their organization / client needs. You don't need to be a 'developer' to attend but you should have basic PHP and MySQL skills, and be familiar with (or at least ready to dive into) the CiviCRM code base.
Toronto CiviCRM User and Administrator Training
A comprehensive two day hands-on training course covering the every-day use and administration of CiviCRM. This event is aimed at administrators and staff users at organisations that are using CiviCRM, or interested in evaluating it. It is also useful for staff at organisations that develop or implement CiviCRM who need a complete understanding of "out of the box" features and configuration options.
Drupal Developer | Freeform Solutions
Freeform Solutions is one of the leading organizations in Canada serving the technology needs of not-for-profits. With our 10th birthday right around the corner, we are looking for another highly motivated and exceptionally talented individual to join our growing team.
Our clients include household-name organizations like Oxfam, the Edmonton Food Bank, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. We also work with many other amazing groups that you might not have heard of but who still do incredible work, like Actua, Cycle Toronto, Youth Science Canada, and LEAF.
Read morePossible problem with Canadian data
I'm getting errors in the Drupal log which may be related to the fact that the addresses I am using are Canadian. The site is using CiviCRM 4.2 and Drupal 7.14
I get a bunch of errors like this:
Notice: Undefined property: CRM_Core_DAO::$coy.name as country
Notice: Undefined property: CRM_Core_DAO::$ste.name as state_province ...
Is there something special I need to do to resolve this?
I've also noticed that some errors in the error log seem to be related to the drop down list of Employers for a Contact.
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Database Developer (CiviCRM/Drupal) | British Columbia NDP
The BC NDP requires an experienced database professional to oversee and manage the development and support of a CiviCRM membership and donation tracking database. Drupal module development and Drupal theming experience is desired. While the focus of the position is the customization of CiviCRM to meet the needs of the BC NDP, the Database Developer will also maintain all BC NDP servers. Effective communication skills are required as the position involves working closely with fundraising, communications, data entry and accounting staff. The Database Developer is also responsible for training users.
This is a term position working under the direction of the Provincial Secretary. The position starts immediately and will run until May 15, 2013. The position is located at the BC NDP Provincial Office in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more info, see http://www.bcndp.ca/jobs/4743
Read moreBlackoutspeakout, June 4
Many Canadian non-profit organizations are protesting the latest federal budget, here:
http://www.blackoutspeakout.ca/
If you know of any organizations that use Drupal and would like to participate, you're welcome to use and/or recycle this simple D6 sandbox module (based on a similar module created for the US sopa campaign earlier this year).
http://drupal.org/sandbox/adixon/1611860
or just use this command to grab it:
git clone --recursive --branch master http://git.drupal.org/sandbox/adixon/1611860.git blackoutspeakout
Read moreWindows permission error.
Windows permission error.
Getting the following error: and tried
attrib -r default /S /D
and several other ways of removing read only attributes but keep getting this error.
The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
/C:/drupal-7.14/sites/default/files
The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
/C:/drupal-7.14/sites/default
Using Apache, PHP, Mysql
Read moreCiviCRM Developer | Freeform Solutions
About Freeform Solutions
Freeform Solutions (http://www.freeformsolutions.ca) is a not-for-profit organization that helps other not-for-profits use technology to achieve their organizational goals and better serve their communities. We aspire to be a leading organization serving not-for-profits in Canada, and we need another highly motivated and exceptionally talented individual to join our small and growing consulting team.
About the job
Read morehandling language dependent domain names
CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, is moving to implement internationalized domain names that will support a few accented characters common in French.
We see more and more organizations that want to have their domain name reflect their organization name and brand as localized in various languages, such as xfoundation.ca and fondationx.ca.
Read moreRFP for CRM-database platform development | TREC Renewable Energy Co-op
TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative Request for Proposal
Community Power Investment Management Software Platform
Introduction
TREC (The Renewable Energy Co-operative), hereinafter referred to as TREC, is looking to contract a vendor for the development of a software tool for the purposes of a co-op management and administrative as described below. This platform should be able to handle member management, financial transactions (e.g. securities purchase, yield payouts, refunds, etc.) and basic accounting/bookkeeping services as outlined in this Request for Proposal.
Web Developer | Freeform Solutions
DEADLINE: NOV 10, 2011
ONLY APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE LINK BELOW WILL BE CONSIDERED. NO PERSONAL EMAILS PLEASE.
Freeform Solutions is a not-for-profit organization that helps other not-for-profits use technology to achieve their organizational goals and better serve their communities. We aspire to be a leading organization serving not-for-profits in Canada, and we need another highly motivated and exceptionally talented individual to join our small and growing consulting team.
Read moreWin a Free Copy of Using CiviCRM
Win a free copy of the Using CiviCRM book by participating in Likesh's contest at http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,19378.0.html.
New Book: Using CiviCRM
CiviCRM is a web-based, open source CRM system, designed specifically to meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental organizations that integrates deeply with Drupal, including content, views and the permissioning system. Elected officials, professional/trade associations, political campaigns and parties, government agencies, and other similar organizations are among its growing number of enthusiastic users. Using CiviCRM shows you how to harness CiviCRM’s impressive array of possibilities as you develop and execute performance-critical CRM strategies.
This book will help you become familiar with the structure and main functions of CiviCRM. It will guide you in developing and successfully implementing a CRM strategy for your organization using detailed explanations and practical examples.
Using CiviCRM walks you through developing a CRM Implementation Plan that is suited to your organization's size, culture, and needs. Readers will take away many constituent relationship management best practices and the knowledge of how to implement them with CiviCRM. Benefits of Using CiviCRM will be felt across your organization, and help it better achieve its mission.
Read moreWeb (Drupal) Developer | The United Church of Canada
The Communications Unit of The United Church of Canada is seeking a Web Developer for a full-time 6 month contract position, with possibility of renewal.
Read moreExperienced Civicrm Consultant | Association Management Company
We are looking for a civicrm consultant with experience in Association Management. We are based in Toronto, Canada. We currently use Civicrm for several or our clients and for the most part we integrate and customize internally. For an upcoming project with a food and nutrition management association we will need outside help to assess our needs and work with us on going. We prefer someone who can commute to our Toronto office location easily.
Contact: anthony@csnm.ca
Briefly include any experience, references or optional resume.
Thanks
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup - May 2010
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup - May 2010
Come meet others from the Toronto area who are interested in, using or developing for CiviCRM. For this first Toronto meetup we'll have an overview of existing and upcoming CiviCRM functionality, and have open question and answer sessions / breakout groups based on interests.
Meetup Agenda
- Introductions (6:30 - 7:00pm)
- Presentation on CiviCRM (7:00 - 7:30pm)
- Questions and Answers (Break-outs??) (7:30 - 8:30)
Open Source Showcase for Non-Profits
The Open Source Showcase for Non-Profits is happening in Toronto on October 26, 2009.
The showcase is a low-cost event where members of the non-profit sector can learn about open source projects relevant to their work, from people who create and support these projects.
Drupal and CiviCRM are two of the open source projects being profiled
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