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More than 90 SilverStripe developers, agencies, and community members recently came together in the charming city of Enschede to celebrate the 5th StripeCon EU conference.

September’s Site of the Month is Vitora by the skilled team at Web Torque, a digital agency and SilverStripe Professional Partner based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Earlier this year the SilverStripe 3.x release line changed phases and the 5.x release is getting closer, so we thought it was time to give you all an update on where we’re at.

September's Module of the Month is SilverWare, a component framework for SilverStripe 4 which allows you to build entire page templates and layouts from components that are configurable, extensible, and reusable.

The SilverStripe community recently met in Christchurch where we heard about GitLab continuous integration and a new module providing a step-by-step guide for users. A call was also put out for developers to collaborate on a number of modules.

As we get ready for StripeCon EU 2018, we've got a fantastic group of community supporters joining us in Enschede. This update covers everything you need to know about our speakers and sponsors. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Proudly announcing new minor releases for the SilverStripe 3.x and 4.x release lines, including a few performance and security related changes which you should consider when upgrading. 

The SilverStripe community recently came together for a long overdue meetup in Auckland, and heard presentations showcasing GraphQL, React, and SilverStripe 4.

Introducing an exciting new feature to the deployment dashboard for SilverStripe Platform and the Common Web Platform, allowing customisation in how you build the code you deploy to your site.

Focus Point is SilverStripe’s Module of the Month. It provides a solution for automatic image cropping, enabling content editors to easily set and crop imagery from a focus point, instead of the centre point of the image.

Impulse Digital are creators of this months 'Site of the Month' for their work on Fittopia.com.au. Impulse Digital developed an online lifestyle platform for Fittopia that helps fitness businesses to connect with media outlets. Read more about the project and what modules were used here.

We are happy to announce StripeCon EU 2018, this year in Enschede, The Netherlands on the 20th-22nd of September. Join us in Enschede to meet the community, learn what is happening in the open source space or get involved and present a talk yourself! 

At our most recent SilverStripe Meetup in Wellington, the community came together to learn about upgrading to SilverStripe 4, the dos, the don'ts and the benefits of upgrading to 4. SilverStripe developers Charlie and Marco also unpacked the topic of search, of which you can view in this post.

With new privacy regulations set to go live this month for European citizens, SilverStripe is taking the necessary steps to be GDPR compliant. We explain all in this post and trust it clarifies our efforts to respect the right for individuals to control their personal data.

The rise of the Headless CMS is now becoming realised for the SilverStripe community, with early adoption projects beginning to surface. In this talk from StripeCon NZ 2017, Aaron Carlino (Uncle Cheese) discusses and demos Headless SilverStripe by building a modern, API-driven application in SilverStripe 4.

4.1.0 has now been released, and with it comes some of the most highly-requested features from the SilverStripe community! Take a look at all the extra functionality that comes with this release.

This week's module of the month dives into forming a better CMS user experience when creating relations, by simplifying the overall process.

Great news everyone! The SilverStripe forum is back, so sign up today and join in the conversation!