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+Symfony Standard Edition
+========================
+
+Welcome to the Symfony Standard Edition - a fully-functional Symfony2
+application that you can use as the skeleton for your new app. If you want
+to learn more about the features included, see the "What's Inside?" section.
+
+This document contains information on how to download and start using Symfony.
+For a more detailed explanation, see the
+[Installation chapter](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/installation.html)
+of the Symfony Documentation.
+
+1) Download the Standard Edition
+--------------------------------
+
+If you've already downloaded the standard edition, and unpacked it somewhere
+within your web root directory, then move on to the "Installation" section.
+
+To download the standard edition, you have two options:
+
+### Download an archive file (*recommended*)
+
+The easiest way to get started is to download an archive of the standard edition
+(http://symfony.com/download). Unpack it somewhere under your web server root
+directory and you're done. The web root is wherever your web server (e.g. Apache)
+looks when you access `http://localhost` in a browser.
+
+### Clone the git Repository
+
+We highly recommend that you download the packaged version of this distribution.
+But if you still want to use Git, you are on your own.
+
+Run the following commands:
+
+ git clone http://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard.git
+ cd symfony-standard
+ rm -rf .git
+
+2) Installation
+---------------
+
+Once you've downloaded the standard edition, installation is easy, and basically
+involves making sure your system is ready for Symfony.
+
+### a) Check your System Configuration
+
+Before you begin, make sure that your local system is properly configured
+for Symfony. To do this, execute the following:
+
+ php app/check.php
+
+If you get any warnings or recommendations, fix these now before moving on.
+
+### b) Install the Vendor Libraries
+
+If you downloaded the archive "without vendors" or installed via git, then
+you need to download all of the necessary vendor libraries. If you're not
+sure if you need to do this, check to see if you have a ``vendor/`` directory.
+If you don't, or if that directory is empty, run the following:
+
+ php bin/vendors install
+
+Note that you **must** have git installed and be able to execute the `git`
+command to execute this script. If you don't have git available, either install
+it or download Symfony with the vendor libraries already included.
+
+### c) Access the Application via the Browser
+
+Congratulations! You're now ready to use Symfony. If you've unzipped Symfony
+in the web root of your computer, then you should be able to access the
+web version of the Symfony requirements check via:
+
+ http://localhost/Symfony/web/config.php
+
+If everything looks good, click the "Bypass configuration and go to the Welcome page"
+link to load up your first Symfony page.
+
+You can also use a web-based configurator by clicking on the "Configure your
+Symfony Application online" link of the ``config.php`` page.
+
+To see a real-live Symfony page in action, access the following page:
+
+ web/app_dev.php/demo/hello/Fabien
+
+3) Learn about Symfony!
+-----------------------
+
+This distribution is meant to be the starting point for your application,
+but it also contains some sample code that you can learn from and play with.
+
+A great way to start learning Symfony is via the [Quick Tour](http://symfony.com/doc/current/quick_tour/the_big_picture.html),
+which will take you through all the basic features of Symfony2 and the test
+pages that are available in the standard edition.
+
+Once you're feeling good, you can move onto reading the official
+[Symfony2 book](http://symfony.com/doc/current/).
+
+Using this Edition as the Base of your Application
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Since the standard edition is fully-configured and comes with some examples,
+you'll need to make a few changes before using it to build your application.
+
+The distribution is configured with the following defaults:
+
+* Twig is the only configured template engine;
+* Doctrine ORM/DBAL is configured;
+* Swiftmailer is configured;
+* Annotations for everything are enabled.
+
+A default bundle, ``AcmeDemoBundle``, shows you Symfony2 in action. After
+playing with it, you can remove it by following these steps:
+
+* delete the ``src/Acme`` directory;
+* remove the routing entries referencing AcmeBundle in ``app/config/routing_dev.yml``;
+* remove the AcmeBundle from the registered bundles in ``app/AppKernel.php``;
+
+
+What's inside?
+---------------
+The Symfony Standard Edition comes pre-configured with the following bundles:
+
+* **FrameworkBundle** - The core Symfony framework bundle
+* **SensioFrameworkExtraBundle** - Adds several enhancements, including template
+ and routing annotation capability ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/bundles/SensioFrameworkExtraBundle/index.html))
+* **DoctrineBundle** - Adds support for the Doctrine ORM
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/doctrine.html))
+* **TwigBundle** - Adds support for the Twig templating engine
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/templating.html))
+* **SecurityBundle** - Adds security by integrating Symfony's security component
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/security.html))
+* **SwiftmailerBundle** - Adds support for Swiftmailer, a library for sending emails
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/cookbook/email.html))
+* **MonologBundle** - Adds support for Monolog, a logging library
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/cookbook/logging/monolog.html))
+* **AsseticBundle** - Adds support for Assetic, an asset processing library
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/cookbook/assetic/asset_management.html))
+* **JMSSecurityExtraBundle** - Allows security to be added via annotations
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/bundles/JMSSecurityExtraBundle/index.html))
+* **WebProfilerBundle** (in dev/test env) - Adds profiling functionality and
+ the web debug toolbar
+* **SensioDistributionBundle** (in dev/test env) - Adds functionality for configuring
+ and working with Symfony distributions
+* **SensioGeneratorBundle** (in dev/test env) - Adds code generation capabilities
+ ([documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/bundles/SensioGeneratorBundle/index.html))
+* **AcmeDemoBundle** (in dev/test env) - A demo bundle with some example code
+
+Enjoy!