CiviCRM Documentation

• User and Administrator Guide — the community book on CiviCRM! You can read it online for free or support this project by ordering a hard copy.
• Developer Guide — A great overview of techniques for customizing, extending and debugging CiviCRM.
• Using CiviCRM — the commercial book on CiviCRM! You can support this project by ordering a hardcopy or an e-book.

• Getting Started — Resources for learning about and evaluating CiviCRM for your organisation.
• Database Planning — La page Database Planning n’existe pas.
• Installation and Upgrade Guides — Everything you need to know about installing and upgrading CiviCRM.
• Administration and Setup — La page Administrator's Guide n’existe pas.
• Frequently Asked Questions — La page Frequently Asked Questions n’existe pas.
• Glossary —

• How to Get Help and Help Others — La page Support and Participation n’existe pas.

• Develop and Customize CiviCRM — We are working hard on making our software extensible and easy to customise. Use the online Developer Guide as a first resource. Then look for additional technical documentation and examples here.

• Wiki style guide
• Documentation Maintainers
• Documentation Credits
• Supporters and Contributors
• Recently Updated Pages

Learn!

New to CiviCRM? Check out the Get Started section on CiviCRM.org, and browse the Case Studies to see how other organizations are using CiviCRM. Ready to dig in a bit more? Read the free online User and Administrator Guide.

Try it!

Check out a demo installation of CiviCRM running with: Drupal, or Joomla or WordPress.

Download!

Newest package is available on our downloads page. Be sure and download the correct version for your CMS and version (Drupal 6 or 7, Joomla 1.7 / 2.5, WordPress 3.3).

Useful Shortcuts

If you are installing CiviCRM from scratch, follow below instructions:

• Drupal 6 Installation for 4.2
• Drupal 7 Installation for 4.2
• Joomla Installation for 4.2
• WordPress Installation for 4.2

If you are upgrading an existing site (working with a copy of the site, of course), we have provided a database upgrade script. Instructions for upgrading are here:

• Drupal 6 Upgrade to 4.2
• Drupal 7 Upgrade to 4.2
• Joomla Upgrade to 4.2
• WordPress Upgrade to 4.2

Technical Requirements

CiviCRM is a web-based solution that runs locally on a web server or on a virtual server provided by a hosting service. Installs on local machines should consider using the XAMPP/WAMP stacks which almost painlessly installs Apache/PHP/MySQL.

• Apache 2.x
• PHP  5.3.x +
• MySQL 5.1.x + with INNODB enabled
• Drupal 6.x or 7.x
• Joomla 2.5.x
• WordPress 3.4.x