Poor, neglected blog

Wow, it's been awhile since we posted to the blog! We've been coding like crazy lately, but that's no excuse. So here's an update on where we're at:

We just released CiviCRM Standalone v0.5, which is a very cool release. Not only does it continue to improve on the cool features we created for previous releases (such as the ability to use it as a standalone system, the OpenID login system, and the nestable groups), but it also adds a much easier installation system. We think you can get this release up and running in 15 minutes or less on a Windows, Mac OS X, or Ubuntu Linux computer. So give it a try!

I'll be traveling to YearlyKos this week, and I hope to meet up with folks who are interested in Code for Change, open source, and non-profit technology in general. If you'll be there too, let me know!

Today the CiviCRM folks merged our changes into their trunk. What this means is that the cool features that we've been putting into our CiviCRM Standalone releases which eventually find their way into the bonafide, official, 100% all natural CiviCRM 2.0 release. The plan is to have that out by the end of 2007. That's very exciting news, and was one of the major goals of the Code for Change project.

We're not done yet, though. So stay tuned for more updates on new features and more releases.