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+Official Shopizer 2.0.0
+-------------------
+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.
+
+To run the application:
+-------------------	
+From the command line with Maven:
+$ cd sm-core
+$ mvn clean install
+
+$ cd sm-shop
+$ 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
+
+If you are using Tomcat edit catalina.bat for windows users or catalina.sh for linux / max users
+
+export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m" in Linux / Mac
+set JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m" in Windows
+
+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
+The documentation is available here http://www.shopizer.com