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| 2 | README file for CiviCRM |
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| 4 | 1. About |
| 5 | 2. Installation |
| 6 | 3. Documentation |
| 7 | 4. Support |
| 8 | 5. Development |
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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 https://civicrm.org/ |
| 19 | |
| 20 | CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla, |
| 21 | and WordPress content management systems. |
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| 25 | 2. Installation |
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| 27 | The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our |
| 28 | website: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | https://civicrm.org/download |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Installation instruction can be found on the wiki: |
| 33 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ |
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| 37 | 3. Documentation |
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| 39 | Documentation, as well as the project bug tracker and mailing lists, |
| 40 | can be found at https://civicrm.org/ Just click on the appropriate link. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Our main documentation site is the CiviCRM wiki: |
| 43 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ |
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| 47 | 4. Support |
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| 49 | Answers for users, administrators & integrators: |
| 50 | http://civicrm.stackexchange.com |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Paid support available from |
| 53 | https://civicrm.org/providers |
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| 57 | 5. Development |
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| 59 | Developers are highly encouraged to join the CiviCRM forums and post |
| 60 | questions and ideas on the Developer Discussion board: |
| 61 | http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,20.0.html |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full |
| 64 | instructions are on the wiki: |
| 65 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM |
| 66 | |
| 67 | Report all issues to CiviCRM via JIRA: |
| 68 | https://issues.civicrm.org |