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2 README file for CiviCRM
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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/
20 CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla,
21 and WordPress content management systems.
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27 Links to download the full CiviCRM package are on our website:
28 http://civicrm.org/go/download
30 Installation instruction can be found on the wiki:
31 http://wiki.civicrm.org/
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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.
40 Our main documentation site is the CiviCRM wiki:
41 http://wiki.civicrm.org/
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47 The best place to get support is from the CiviCRM Stack Exchange site:
48 http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/
50 There is also a forum, for more in-depth discussions:
51 http://forum.civicrm.org/
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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
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
65 Report all issues to CiviCRM via JIRA:
66 http://issues.civicrm.org