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+# PinaxCon
+
+A working demo of Symposion and the Symposion Starter Project.  Online at:
+
+http://conference.pinaxproject.com/
+
+
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Make sure you are using a virtual environment of some sort (e.g. `virtualenv` or
+`pyenv`).
+
+```
+createdb pinaxcon
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+./manage.py migrate
+./manage.py loaddata sites conference proposal_base sitetree sponsor_benefits sponsor_levels
+./manage.py runserver
+```
+
+
+pinax-boxes
+pinax-pages