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= Welcome to the EPrints Wiki =

This wiki contains technical and user-contributed documentation for the [[Introduction|EPrints repository software]].

[http://tryme.demo.eprints-hosting.org/ Demoprints] is our live, online server that allows anyone to try EPrints without having to install it first.  There are also [http://pub.demo.eprints-hosting.org/ examples] of various 'flavours' of EPrints available to view as well as some more information on the [https://eprints.org/ EPrints project] and related activities.

==New to EPrints?==

Found out more through our:
* [[EPrints Glossary]] - Descriptions of the terminology used within EPrints repository software.
* [[:Category:Training Video|Video Training Course]] - Videos showing how to use, configure, maintain and develop EPrints repository software.
* [[EPrints_Manual|Documentation]] - Written documentation for how to use, configure, maintain and develop EPrints repository software.
* Mailing lists - There are two mail lists that you might like to join and where you can ask for help and share ideas:
**  '''[[eprints-tech Mailing List|The EPrints Technical Mailing List]]''' 
*** If you have technical questions, or a part of your EPrints installation is not working properly, this group has people who might be able to help!
*** [[eprints-tech Mailing List|Click here]] for information about [[eprints-tech Mailing List#Subscription_Options|subscribing to this list]] or [[eprints-tech Mailing List#List_Archives|reading its archives]].
** '''[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eprints-uk-user-group The EPrints User Group Google Group]'''
*** This group is for anyone involved in using EPrints.  Ask questions, share ideas, hear about forthcoming meetings.
* How to [[Main_Page#Contributing_to_the_Wiki|contribute to the EPrints wiki]]
* EPrints source code on GitHub:
** Core and major plugins - https://github.com/eprints
** Community code sharing - https://eprintsug.github.io and the repositories at https://github.com/eprintsug

== Download EPrints ==

{{Download}}

==Installation==

* [[:Category:Installation|Installing]] EPrints on various platforms

==[[New_Repository | Getting Started]]==

* [[EPrints Manual|EPrints 3 Documentation]]
* [[Perl 101 for EPrints]]
* [[Frequently Asked Questions]]
* [[:Category:Howto|How to ...]]
* [[:Category:Plugins|Plugins and Bazaar packages for EPrints]]
* [[:Category:Training Video|EPrints Training Course]]

==Getting Support==

* [https://www.eprints.org/eprints-services/ EPrints Services] - premium support, training and hosting from EPrints experts
* [[Contact]] - mailing lists, bug reports etc.
* [[User group meetings]] - regional meetings for users, which often have notes, presentations and information of general interest

==Add-ons, patches and translations==
* As of version 3.4 EPrints can be deployed in one of a number of [[EPrints Flavours|flavours]].  The flavours can be supplemented with [[EPrints Ingredients|ingredients]].  These ingredients are [https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aingredient+org%3Aeprints+org%3Aeprintsug&amp;type=repositories available from GitHub].
* As of version 3.3 EPrints can now install plugins and translations through the [https://bazaar.eprints.org EPrints Bazaar] the wiki also has information about [[:Category:EPrints Bazaar|packaging plugins for the Bazaar]].
* The [https://files.eprints.org/ EPrints Files Repository] contains add-on and 3rd party scripts, patches and translations. This also provides an archive of all previous EPrints releases (3.0 onwards).
* [[:Category:Plugins|Plugins]]: Some Wiki pages about scripts and patches.

{{Register}}

==Contributing to EPrints==

* [[Usability|EPrints usability]]
* New features in EPrints - [[:Category:Releases|released]] and [[:Category:Planned Releases|proposed]]
* [[How to contribute|How to contribute to EPrints development]]
* [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4 EPrints 3.4 on GitHub] - Codebase, releases and issues tracker for EPrints 3.4.
* [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3 EPrints 3.3 on GitHub] - Codebase, releases and issues tracker for EPrints 3.3 (legacy).

== Content management ==

* [[Digital preservation]]: managing content for longer-term access and use</text>
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