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+Official Shopizer 2.0.1
+-------------------
+Java open source e-commerce software
+
+- Shopping cart
+- Catalogue
+- Search
+- Checkout
+- Administration
+
+
+To get the code:
+-------------------
+Clone the repository:
+$ git clone git://github.com/shopizer-ecommerce/shopizer.git
+
+If this is your first time using Github, review http://help.github.com to learn the basics.
+
+You can also download the zip file containing the code from https://github.com/shopizer-ecommerce/shopizer 
+
+To run the application:
+-------------------	
+From the command line with Maven installed:
+
+	$ cd shopizer
+	$ mvn clean install
+	
+
+
+copy sm-shop/target/sm-shop.war to tomcat or any other application server deployment dir
+
+Increase heap space to 1024 m or at least 512 m
+
+### Heap space configuration in Tomcat:
+
+
+If you are using Tomcat, edit catalina.bat for windows users or catalina.sh for linux / Mac users
+
+	in Windows
+	set JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m" 
+	
+	in Linux / Mac
+	export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m" 
+
+
+### Access the application:
+
+
+Access the deployed web application at: http://localhost:8080/sm-shop/shop
+
+Acces the admin section at: http://localhost:8080/sm-shop/admin
+
+#####username : admin
+#####password : password
+
+The instructions above will let you run the application with default settings and configurations.
+Please read the instructions on how to connect to MySQL, configure an email server and configure other subsystems
+
+### Documentation:
+
+Documentation available from the wiki <https://github.com/shopizer-ecommerce/shopizer/wiki>
+
+More documentation is available on shopizer web site here <http://www.shopizer.com>