[civicrm-core.git] / README.txt

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README file for CiviCRM
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1. About
2. Installation
3. Documentation
4. Support
5. Development


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1. About
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CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management system designed to
meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups.
It is an open source project, licensed under GNU AGPL 3, and
coordinated by CiviCRM LLC. The project website is http://civicrm.org/

CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla,
and WordPress content management systems.


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2. Installation
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The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our
website:

http://civicrm.org/go/download


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3. Documentation
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Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists,
can be found at http://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link.

Our main documentation site is the wiki at http://wiki.civicrm.org/
- particularly http://docs.civicrm.org/


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4. Support
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All support is on the CiviCRM forums:
http://forum.civicrm.org/


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5. Development
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Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post
questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html

Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full
instructions are on the wiki:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM
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	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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	24	*************************
	25	2. Installation
	26	*************************
	27	The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our
	28	website:
	29
	30	http://civicrm.org/go/download
	31
	32
	33	*************************
	34	3. Documentation
	35	*************************
	36	Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists,
	37	can be found at http://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link.
	38
	39	Our main documentation site is the wiki at http://wiki.civicrm.org/
	40	- particularly http://docs.civicrm.org/
	41
	42
	43	*************************
	44	4. Support
	45	*************************
	46	All support is on the CiviCRM forums:
	47	http://forum.civicrm.org/
	48
	49
	50	*************************
	51	5. Development
	52	*************************
	53	Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post
	54	questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board:
	55	http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html
	56
	57	Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full
	58	instructions are on the wiki:
	59	http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM