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+# BlueFire
+
+## Project Contents
+
+- /api
+
+  The backend of the BlueFire website, written in PHP and CodeIgniter
+
+- /frontend
+
+  The frontend of the BlueFire website, written in JavaScript and Vue
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- A web server with PHP 5.6
+
+- Microsoft SQL Server 
+
+## Installation 
+
+1. Download the repository, either using `git clone` or downloading as a ZIP file
+
+2. Open the repository, and copy the entire contents of the repository to the web-root of your server.
+
+3. Start up SQL Server, and run the schema in `BlueFireDB.sql`
+
+## Frontend Development
+
+```
+cd frontend
+yarn install
+yarn serve # Test out the frontend
+yarn build # Build the frontend
+cp dist/* ../ # Copy the frontend build files to root of the project
+```