************************* README file for CiviCRM ************************* 1. Who 2. What 3. Documentation 4. Installation 5. Support 6. Developers ************************* 1. Who ************************* 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/ ************************* 2. What ************************* CiviCRM is released as a module that runs within the Drupal and Joomla content management systems, OR as a standalone application. It can be downloaded from http://downloads.civicrm.org/ ************************* 3. Documentation ************************* 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/ ************************* 4. Installation ************************* 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 ************************* 5. Support ************************* All support is on the CiviCRM forums: http://forum.civicrm.org/ ************************* 6. Developers ************************* 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/