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README file for CiviCRM
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-1. Who
-2. What
+1. About
+2. Installation
3. Documentation
-4. Installation
-5. Support
-6. Developers
+4. Support
+5. Development
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-1. Who
+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. What
+2. Installation
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-CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal, Joomla,
-and WordPress content management systems.
+The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our
+website:
-It can be downloaded from
-http://downloads.civicrm.org/
+http://civicrm.org/go/download
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-4. Installation
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-The main installation documentation is available on our documentation web site
-under the Install section:
-http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installation+and+Upgrades
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-5. Support
+4. Support
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All support is on the CiviCRM forums:
http://forum.civicrm.org/
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-6. Developers
+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
-You can check out the CiviCRM source from
-http://svn.civicrm.org/
+Installing the latest developmental code requires some special steps. Full
+instructions are on the wiki:
+http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC43/Github+for+CiviCRM