CiviCRM Updates

Great news for our customers who are using the French version of CiviCRM ! CiviCRM is now 100% translated to French (the Core interface and 66% of the extensions).

This great achievement was possible due to the hard work of our community members. Thank you to all the contributors from all over the world!

If you have been using CiviCRM for a while you are really going to enjoy the new user interface that brings to CiviCRM users a much more contemporary, flat design style and colorful experience.

This new user interface is available by installing the extension "Shoreditch". The development of this extension has been possible because of the funding from the Zing Foundation and the hard work of a CiviCRM Partner. This new interface is the most significant retheming of CiviCRM since it was launched 13 years ago.
 

Coming back from the Calgary CiviCamp and Sprint, I started reflecting on this fantastic experience and what it takes to create a CiviCRM community. This prompted me to share some thoughts about what makes these events so positive and memorable for all attendees and specifically our end-users.

A few months ago, the core team announced a new strategy for driving CiviCRM development: LExIM. Since then, this strategy has been implemented and has had significant impact in the CiviCRM ecosystem. Yet, it is still not well known by the majority of our end-users. So let's dive in ...

We are excited to announce our new training opportunity Online Training: "Integrating CiviCRM with Drupal". 

This two-hour online training session is designed for current users of CiviCRM and Drupal that have some experience with the administration of both platforms and would like to learn how CiviCRM and Drupal work together. The benefits of the integration allow you to display CiviCRM data and pages on your website, to collect data from a form on your website, to grant your Drupal users to edit data in CiviCRM database and much more.

For the fourth year in a row, Denver has had a growing and thriving CiviDay co-organized by Cividesk and Teaming 4 Technology. We welcomed nearly 45 attendees for an all-day event in the beautiful venue at the Mile High United Way.

Both Cividesk and Upleaf presented sessions in the morning. Then after lunch we continued full speed ahead in the afternoon with 2 different training sessions for new users and intermediate users and a co-working session where Cividesk and Upleaf teamed up as experts in the field to answer any questions related to CiviCRM.

Once again, Cividesk will be happy to welcome you at CiviDay Denver and CiviDay Paris on February 24th.
CiviDay is an annual event, hosted in various locations worldwide, on the same day. Learn about CiviCRM and what it can do for your organization, meet other CiviCRM users and gather their feedback, learn advanced strategies for managing your online database.

If you did not have the opportunity to attend CiviCon Denver - or even if you did - there is wonderful news: the videos for most of the sessions are now available on the CiviCRM YouTube channel.

With over 150 people in attendance, CiviCON Denver provided informative sessions, great people, and effective networking with the Civi community all while having fun in an enjoyable atmosphere at the Cable Center building in Denver, CO. What could be better?

If it is ever possible to make a lot of progress working while being completely relaxed at the same time, this was it! CiviCON Denver was immediately followed by a Sprint session located in a stunning and serene environment in Rocky Mountain National Park. Participants worked hard on coding and documentation for CiviCRM, including efforts in translations. Their work was balanced with community building and outdoor adventures. What a fabulous way to support the progress of CiviCRM!