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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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| | 10 | |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | ************************* |
| | 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/ |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla, |
| | 21 | and WordPress content management systems. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | ************************* |
| | 25 | 2. Installation |
| | 26 | ************************* |
| | 27 | Links to download the full CiviCRM package are on our website: |
| | 28 | http://civicrm.org/go/download |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | Installation instruction can be found on the wiki: |
| | 31 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ |
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| | 33 | |
| | 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. |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | Our main documentation site is the CiviCRM wiki: |
| | 41 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/ |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | ************************* |
| | 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/ |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | There is also a forum, for more in-depth discussions: |
| | 51 | http://forum.civicrm.org/ |
| | 52 | |
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| | 54 | ************************* |
| | 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 |
| | 60 | |
| | 61 | Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full |
| | 62 | instructions are on the wiki: |
| | 63 | http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Github+for+CiviCRM |
| | 64 | |
| | 65 | Report all issues to CiviCRM via JIRA: |
| | 66 | http://issues.civicrm.org |
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