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 == Welcome to El Dorado
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-El Dorado is a Ruby on Rails application for small groups. It features a forum, event calendar, 
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-group chat, file sharing, random headers, avatars, themes, timezone support, and privacy settings.
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+El Dorado is a full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails. It features a forum, 
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+event calendar, group chat, file sharing, random headers, avatars, themes, and privacy settings.
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 http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado
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 == Installation
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+Requirements: The ability to run a Ruby on Rails application (http://rubyonrails.org/)
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 1) Install the required gems: Rails 2.0.2 or greater and TZInfo ("sudo gem install rails tzinfo")
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 2) Copy config/database.example.yml to config/database.yml and fill in the appropriate details
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 3) Create your database ("rake db:create") and load the schema ("rake db:schema:load")
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 == Upgrading
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-Use Capistrano (http://capify.org/) to manage your deployments ("cap deploy:migrations"), otherwise...
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+Note: Always back up your database and application files before performing an upgrade.
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-1) Download the latest El Dorado release from http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado
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-2) Replace the files in your installation aside from avatars/files/headers/themes in public/
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-3) Migrate to the latest database schema ("rake db:migrate") and start your server ("script/server")
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+1) Consider using Capistrano for managing your deployments (see config/deploy.example.rb)
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+2) Download the latest El Dorado release from http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado
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+3) Replace the files in your installation except for avatars/files/headers/themes in public/
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+4) Migrate to the latest database schema ("rake db:migrate" or "cap deploy:migrations")
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 == Thanks
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