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+# Documentation 
+This wiki contains the documentation to reuse GEN's Wordpress website in other environments. It is mostly intended for other GEN Regions, National/Regional Networks and single communities to have an easy way of sharing both the branding / flavor of GEN's website and be able to have a common pool of functionality (plugins). 
+
+##  First Steps
+
+* Getting access to [GEN's Gitlab group](https://gitlab.com/gen-website) on Gitlab.com
+* There you can find several repositories. The main one is [GEN Theme](https://gitlab.com/gen-website/theme) containing the main infrastructure to reuse. 
+* Other repositories add functionality. We will see them in a later step (tbd)
+* Get Genesis plugin. Still to be decided how to handle this point. For now ask Mark. 
+* Install Wordpress in your server
+* Install Genesis Theme
+* Install GEN Theme (it will act as a Genesis child Theme
+* Install [GEN Custom Starter Plugin](https://gitlab.com/gen-website/gen-custom-starter-plugin)
+* Next go to [customize starter plugin](customize-starter-plugin) and [populate your website with content](populate-your-website-with-content)
+
+## Setup a local working environment 
+Optionally a local working environment can be set-up to test changes locally before committing them into the actual website. 
+
+* Download and install LAMP, WAMP or MAMP
+* Install wordpress and configure your server appropriately
+* Install genesis theme and child GEN Theme
+* Install GEN Custom Starter plugin
+* Find a way to copy from this database to the production website (and back) (tbd)
+
+## Plugins list
+[Here](plugins) you can find a list of used plugins
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