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Notes from Drupalcon DC Birds of a Feather Discussion
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CiviCRM Notes
- CiviCRM is growing and is improving with each release
- For organizations with less than 25,000 contacts, CiviCRM is an great fit. As the number of contacts in the database increases, you start running into problems. When you have more than 100,000 contacts, it makes sense to look into other systems. Example: issues with Oregon Democratic Party site
Need help adding Google maps to Drupal 6.4
I have the pleasure of building a new site for a new charity being launched. I'm still a n00b, so I'll be using a canned theme and just using basic modules. I think the harddest part of this site for now anyway will be that there are about a hundred chapters all across the US. I'd like to add a node displaying these chapters with contact information using Google maps, unless someone knows a better way.
I'm very excited to get this going the founder of the Organization will be featured on Rachel Ray next month and we believe that the website will be announced!
Thank you in advance!
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CiviCRM API for Verisign (now Paypal's Payflow Pro)
Hello everyone,
I've been trying to sort through the various payment options and gateways. We have a need based to use Verisign/Payflow Pro as our payment gateway because some legacy software we have (iMis) will only integrate with that one option, but would also like to transition to CiviCRM, but after talking on the phone with PayPal have decided that what's currently listed as payment processor will not support Payflow Pro.
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Multiple memberships from a single form
I would like to provide the ability for users to purchase more than one membership on a single page.
As I understand it now, they would have to create one at a time. one checkout for each membership.
I'm thinking about the poor soul who is tasked with signing up his department for memberships. He would want a shopping cart for memberships.
Any solutions? Ideas?
Read moreIntergrating CiviCRM for Online Shool Directory
A quick jot down draft/draft. Please expect this page to change soon, and become far more detailed/formal after a few more discussions with project participants)
This is connected to threads in GDO CiviCRM/Education group and a CiviCRM Forum.
Here is a quick draft use-case:
Users:
- Site adminsitrators
- Parents
- Taxpayers (people who pay taxes but do not have students in school)
Parent Use Cases:
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CiviCRM meetup in Nelson, NZ
check: http://civicrm.org/node/324 for details and updates
Read moreCiviCRM meetup in Melbourne
This event is cancelled. the training group is meeting and having dinner in CBD
Please check: http://civicrm.org/node/323 for more details and updates
lobo
Read moreImprove CiviCRM / views integration
CiviCRM is an open source constituent relationship management system that works very well with Drupal (as well as with Joomla! and stand-alone). Where Drupal concentrates on content management, CiviCRM shines at managing contact interactions. CiviCRM data can be accessed using some existing modules, but it would be great to see more robust support for accessing CiviCRM data using Views.
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Integrating CiviCRM for online School Directory
Does anyone have (or know of) experience integrating CiviCRM into a school portal (website), such that students and parents can self-manage their contact information for use by the school and/or school PTO?
Today in Newton Public Schools, we have 21 different school sites, with none of them sharing any user login or contact information between them. My vision is to integrate the 21 sites into a single instance of CiviCRM, so they can share user login and contact information across them.
Read moreCiviCRM training down under (AU/NZ) ...
We are planning on having a civicrm training either in NZ or AU. Tentative dates are last weekend of april or 1st week of May. More details on our blog at: http://civicrm.org/node/303
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I'm getting some CiviCRM lovin'
After days of having a mild flu, it feels great to be back, ready to share another wonderful experience. This time it's gonna be more than Drupal.
Last Feb 5, lobo (aka Donald Lobo) invited for a p.i. at gdo/philippines. The next day, I met him at an establishment here in Makati, Philippines.
Very eager & happy to meet an active CiviCRM developer, I sat down with lobo and installed Drupal and CiviCRM 1.9 on the spot while drinking. (btw Thanks for the treat! ;D)
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US patent reform and open source: Who is the best candidate for the OS community?
My friend whurley has launched an online poll to bring open source to the attention of politicians -- specifically, the presidential candidates. He, like many of us, is troubled by the recent calls for patent reform put forth by larger companies that may wind up blocking innovation and threatening open source-oriented companies and contractors.
You can view the poll here and vote for which candidate you believe is best for the open source community. (Don't worry: "None of them" is an option!)
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CiviCRM meetup in New York City ...
Kurund and Lobo will be in New York City on Dec 19th / 20th. They have a potential space near Union Square for Dec 19th that we could use if we get enough folks interested. They will tailor the session based on the needs of the folks who sign up :)
If you are interested please send Lobo an email (lobo at yahoo dot com) along with ideas on what you'd like the session to be about. They'd love to get some user feedback, comments and critique of CiviCRM. They'll spend some time explaining a few things coming in CiviCRM v2.0
Read moreCiviCRM meetup in New York City ...
Kurund and Lobo will be in New York City on Dec 19th / 20th. They have a potential space near Union Square for Dec 19th that we could use if we get enough folks interested. They will tailor the session based on the needs of the folks who sign up :)
If you are interested please send Lobo an email (lobo at yahoo dot com) along with ideas on what you'd like the session to be about. They'd love to get some user feedback, comments and critique of CiviCRM. They'll spend some time explaining a few things coming in CiviCRM v2.0
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IATS and CiviCRM
IATS is a subsidiary of Ticketmaster that offers an excellent way for non-profits in Canada to get transaction processor services - you don't even need a merchant account, and it's relatively inexpensive. It's a step up from a service like 'canadahelps' because you can integrate it into your site and get the donor data into a CRM automatically, and can also be used for e-commerce (in theory).
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Audio from CiviCRM Users & Developers Round Table
Dave Greenberg led a Round Table discussion for CiviCRM Users and Developers at the Bay Area Drupal Camp this past weekend.
Here is the link to the audio: http://blip.tv/file/get/Kentbye_tech-SFDrupalCampCiviCRMUsersAndDevelope...
Audio from other sessions can be found here.
PDX Peace
Howdy,
I've been building a drupal website this spring - http://www.pdxpeace.org
The PDX Peace site is for a new coalition of peace/antiwar/social justice groups and individuals in Portland,OR formed during the organizing of the peace rally/march on 4/18/07 on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. We're gearing up the website to be a resource for community organizing.
Any comments, suggestions, ideas/tips or best practices for community organizing drupal websites, would be much appreciated.
Read moreAnnouncing CiviCRM v1.7
We are pleased to announce that CiviCRM 1.7 stable is now available for download.
CiviCRM is the first open source and freely downloadable constituent relationship management solution. CiviCRM is web-based, internationalised, and designed specifically to meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups.
New to CiviCRM? Read more at http://civicrm.org/
What's New in 1.7
The big news for 1.7 is CiviEvent - providing integrated online event registration and management for paid and free events. This release also includes a new "Contact Dashboard", which gives constituents a consolidated view of their subscriptions, contributions, event registrations and more.
Other release highlights include:
* Create and save re-usable email templates (with mail-merge tokens)
* CiviContribute plugins for Authorize.net and Google Checkout
* Use customized versions of templates for any screen
* One-click copying for existing Profiles, Contribution Pages and Events
* Restrict access to selected custom data fields and selected profile screens
Announcing CiviCluster and CiviConference
I've created initial snapshots for CiviCluster and CiviConference for
users of Drupal 5. It may take up to 24 hours for them to appear in the
Drupal.org release system, but they are already in the DRUPAL-5 CVS branch.
CiviCluster will rapidly identify duplicate contacts and walk users
though merging them. CiviCluster supports CiviCRM 1.6 and 1.7 (except
for CiviEvent). CiviCluster will be updated shortly to support CiviEvent
schema changes.
http://drupal.org/project/civicluster
CiviConference allows online conference management and ticket sales by
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