Hi All,

We’re hosting the 3^rd Community-wide Upgrade Day on the May 30 - 31, 2013(across multiple timezones), to help those of you running older versions of the platform get upgraded to the latest and most secure version of Ushahidi.

For those wondering why should you upgrade, to v2.7, here are some of the reasons why :)

• v2.7 is compliant with the recent changes to the twitter API. Instructions on how to set up twitter feeds are available here
• We’ve made improvements to how theming including abstraction and optimization of the default theme
• The reports upload and download feature has been reworked, with support for XML format being added in.
• A few fixes have also been made to the API, custom forms feature, the scheduler, and email alerts

This release also includes a critical security patch.

Read the blog post announcement on v2.7's release, and have a look at the complete list of features and bug fixes on the change log.

Here is the upgrade day schedule if you are available to help fellow deployers become upgrade pros .  Sign up, and be sure to add your contact information on the schedule

How do I upgrade?

• Upgrade process
• Migrating to a newer version of Ushahidi

If you upgrade your deployment or help the community upgrade, please add this to your social media or blogs.

Hope you can join us on Skype and IRC :)!

Angela Oduor.

Ushahidi Inc.
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