• Using Backdrop with CiviCRM

    As part of the recent “Backdrop LIVE” virtual conference, we hosted a session giving a top-level overview of CiviCRM functionality and integration with Backdrop CMS.

  • Sneak Peek: Early work on CiviCRM Blocks and CiviCRM Fields

    Backdrop shares much of the deep integration with CiviCRM that Drupal 7 offers. This includes the ability to create dynamic views of CiviCRM content (e.g. filterable directories of contact info), the ability to sync membership status to a Backdrop role (e.g. members only content), and the power that Webform CiviCRM provides (e.g. forms that push…

  • Why Free and Open Source Software?

    At CEDC, we have a bias towards free and open source software solutions in our web development processes, for a variety of reasons which are both practical and philosophical. In practice, an open source project shares the source code that makes up the software and provides a license that allows modification and redistribution of the…

  • CiviCRM support for DIYers

    I had an email exchange recently with someone from a group that uses CiviCRM and she mentioned that she wished she didn’t have to go to hire a consultant every time she had a question — she is more of a “DIY” person. My response was that CiviCRM allows you to be as DIY as…