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Reproduce CiviCRM configuration: best practice

I have customized CiviCRM (translation, custom fields, module, view, report, menus, etc.) and I want to reproduce the configuration. What is the best way to go?
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**Network Error - Unable to reach the server

I am the manager of our organizations Drupal/CiviCRM site. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, I have other managing certain aspects of the system. One of our board members is responsible for ...
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How do I configure SMTP with STARTTLS?

I know that CiviCRM can send e-mail using SMTP and SSL by prefixing ssl:// to the SMTP server name, but my organization uses Office365, which only supports SMTP with TLS. Is there a way to get CiviCRM ...
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How can CiviCRM manage and deploy configuration?

Motivation: we're looking into building something in this space for a current project, so this question is intended to identify what approaches are already available / being utilised. For multi-...
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In Wordpress, I want to convert my installation from an external database to use the default database

I am using CiviCRM on WordPress and I am moving my hosting to WP Engine - where I have all of my other sites hosted. Unfortunately, I set this instance of CiviCRM to use a separate database, however, ...
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CiviCRM does not have permission to write temp files

Two users are trying to access the temp files (where, for instance, the compiled templates are stored): www-data (when it's accessed from the website) and the sysadmin that run drush commands By ...
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How can I disable households?

Our organization does not use households. As a training/usability issue for our volunteers, we would like to disable the concept entirely or at least hide them from view. There does not appear to be a ...
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How do I send to Multiple Email Addresses for a contact in CiviMail?

Is there a way to configure CiviCRM so that it will send emails to all email addresses on a contact record? If not, then how do you best utilize multiple email addresses on a contact (individual, ...
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Why can't I save search preferences? Specifically 'Autocomplete Results'

On my 4.6.14 system I'd like to change the 'Autocomplete results' to (say) 15, but it won't save. This is in 'Administer/Customise Data and Screens/Search Preferences'. I've can change the 'Smart ...
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Additional Fonts CKEditor

I want to configure the font drop-down menu of the CKEditor and add additional fonts there. The Fonts are locally available, and shall be usable for PDFLetters etc. Has anyone made any Progress with ...
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Monitor ConfigAndLog .log file in real time

I am upgrading the CiviCRM and would like to monitor the current .log file that is in <drupal root>/sites/default/files/civicrm/ConfigAndLog/ as it's being updated, in real time. Currently, I ...
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Pointing to /civicrm breaks Wordpress site, 404 HTTP response

The requested URL /civicrm was not found on this server. CiviCRM 4.6.3 Wordpress 4.1.1 After having created a campaign widget the example.com/civicrm returns a 404 HTTP response, when clicking on "...
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method for versioning configuration of civicrm?

Is there a way to version the configuration so we can just roll it back if its a bit broken? Or is the only option full filesystem and db backups?
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Advice on moving CiviCRM Configuration only when launching a new site

Can anyone shed some light on the best way to move CiviCRM settings only when launching a new site. Essentially we want to be able to launch our Drupal 7 CiviCRM 4.6.9 (as of today) like a one click ...
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What are the pros and cons of using external xml files for CiviCase configuration?

In CiviCase since 4.5-ish there's been an admin screen for configuring case types. Before that it was done using external xml files, and they will still work. What are the pros and cons of each method?...
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What is the best way to override changes to CRM_Core_Config?

What is the best way to override changes to CRM_Core_Config without modifying the original. Have tried through inheritance, but generates the following code: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class ...
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How to change ckEditors config.colorButton_colors

I previously did this by hacking config.colorButton_colors = 'fff,eee,ccc,aaa,999,666,333,000'; into ./sites/all/modules/civicrm/packages/ckeditor/config.js the config has moved .. I can ...
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