Answers.Body: <p>You can customize civicrm in many ways - eg <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/stable/organising-your-data/creating-custom-fields/" rel="nofollow">add custom data/fields</a>; you can also <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/stable/introduction/extensions/" rel="nofollow">add extensions</a> - essentially packages of code that help you leverage civicrm further. Lots of ways to customize your civicrm without requiring you to know touch code.</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: KarinG - Semper IT
Answers.Body: <p>You can indeed customize CiviCRM in many ways, as KarinG explained. However, if you are a small NGO with small budgets I would recommend doing only the absolutely necessary customizations and stay away from 'i want this to look a little different'. Not because you can not, but because the benefits will probably not outweight the effort.</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: ErikH - CiviCooP
Answers.Body: <p>There are ways to customize the appearance and UI of CiviCRM as well.  See this talk from 2015's Denver conference: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fby5SWngUc" rel="nofollow">CiviCON Denver- Make It Pretty: Customize the Appearance of CiviCRM without Knowing How to Code</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I run a small but growing non-profit and I was looking into CIVICRM as our much needed CRM system. Now I know no coding at all, can I still custumie and use CIVI or do I nedd to know coding?TY!!</p>
  
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Title: No coding no CIVICRM? Or..?
ThreadText: # No coding no CIVICRM? Or..?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-21)
  
  I run a small but growing non-profit and I was looking into CIVICRM as our much needed CRM system. Now I know no coding at all, can I still custumie and use CIVI or do I nedd to know coding?TY!!
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-21. Score: 4
  
  You can customize civicrm in many ways - eg [add custom data/fields](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/stable/organising-your-data/creating-custom-fields/); you can also [add extensions](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/stable/introduction/extensions/) - essentially packages of code that help you leverage civicrm further. Lots of ways to customize your civicrm without requiring you to know touch code.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-22. Score: 3
  
  You can indeed customize CiviCRM in many ways, as username_1 explained. However, if you are a small NGO with small budgets I would recommend doing only the absolutely necessary customizations and stay away from 'i want this to look a little different'. Not because you can not, but because the benefits will probably not outweight the effort.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-21. Score: 2
  
  There are ways to customize the appearance and UI of CiviCRM as well. See this talk from 2015's Denver conference: [CiviCON Denver- Make It Pretty: Customize the Appearance of CiviCRM without Knowing How to Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fby5SWngUc)
  
  
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