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2 | README file for CiviCRM |
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4 | 1. About |
| 5 | 2. Installation | |
| 6a488035 | 6 | 3. Documentation |
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7 | 4. Support |
| 8 | 5. Development | |
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| 042942dd | 13 | 1. About |
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| 15 | CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management system designed to | |
| 16 | meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups. | |
| 17 | It is an open source project, licensed under GNU AGPL 3, and | |
| 18 | coordinated by CiviCRM LLC. The project website is http://civicrm.org/ | |
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20 | CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla, |
| 21 | and WordPress content management systems. | |
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| 042942dd | 25 | 2. Installation |
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| eeb1026f | 27 | Links to download the full CiviCRM package are on our website: |
| 042942dd | 28 | http://civicrm.org/go/download |
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30 | Installation instruction can be found on the wiki: |
| 31 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ | |
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| 34 | ************************* | |
| 35 | 3. Documentation | |
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| 37 | Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists, | |
| 38 | can be found at http://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link. | |
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40 | Our main documentation site is the CiviCRM wiki: |
| 41 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ | |
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| 042942dd | 45 | 4. Support |
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47 | The best place to get support is from the CiviCRM Stack Exchange site: |
| 48 | http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/ | |
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| 50 | There is also a forum, for more in-depth discussions: | |
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51 | http://forum.civicrm.org/ |
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| 042942dd | 55 | 5. Development |
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| 57 | Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post | |
| 58 | questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board: | |
| 59 | http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html | |
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61 | Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full |
| 62 | instructions are on the wiki: | |
| 01478033 | 63 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM |
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| 65 | Report all issues to CiviCRM via JIRA: | |
| 66 | http://issues.civicrm.org |