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{| style="border: solid 1px; border-color:lightgray; margin: oem; background-color: #ffff99;" width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5
| width=50% align=left valign=top | <B>SME Server - Current Stable Release:</B>
[[SME Server 7.4]] released on 21st November 2008.
| align=left valign=top | <B>Development Releases and Statuses:</B>
SME Server 7.x - See [[bugzilla:4785]] for status<br>
SME Server 8.0 - See the [[:SME_Server_8| Wiki]] for details and [[bugzilla:3640]] for status
|}
==Welcome to the information and documentation wiki for SME Server==
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===SME Server===
Welcome to http://contribs.org, the home of the '''SME Server'''. We're here to provide collaborative documentation of the SME Server project.
SME Server is a leading distribution for small and medium enterprises. It is a simple, powerful, secure Linux server used by thousands of individuals, companies and organizations all over the world. SME Server provides a friendly, free alternative to expensive proprietary software, standing apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured, and features a number of popular additional enhancements in the form of downloadable [[:Category:Contrib| Contributions]].
SME Server provides as standard:
* Ease of Administration
* File and print sharing
* Sharing of a single Internet connection between multiple computers
* A robust email server, which includes virus and spam filtering and webmail
* A network firewall to protect against Internet intruders
* Secure remote access
* Directory services
* Web application server, including support for Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP (LAMP)
* RAID and Backup
* Automatic updates
* Extendabiltiy
* Support for multiple languages
* and much more ...
all managed through an intuitive web interface.
The links to the right provide comprehensive access to all the available Documentation for SME Server including details of the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]], [[SME_Server:Documentation|Server Manuals]], [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQs]], [[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] and [[:Category:Howto|How To's]].
The menu bar at the left equally provides easy access to sections of this Wiki, software downloads, a place to report any bugs, and vibrant user community forums.
Many individuals and corporations contribute to the ongoing development of the SME Server, which is made available freely under the GNU General Public License. This license requires the public release of any modifications to the server, and allows these to be used to improve later versions.
SME Server is published under the GPL license and, while freely available, if you find SME Server useful we ask that you make a [[:Donate| Donation]] in order to keep this project alive.
====Support====
Support for SME Server is via the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]] and it is highly recommended that you make yourself familiar with it and the [[SME_Server:Documentation|Documentation]] (read this at least twice) before diving in. The three main methods of support available are:
* [[:SME_Server:Documentation |Documentation]]:
The Wiki documentation is the primary source of information for SME Server. This should always be your first port of call when seeking help and support for SME Server, together with 'Google'
* [http://forums.contribs.org Forums]:
Use the forums if you want advice on how to do something not covered in the Wiki <br />
Post to the forums if you found or did something, and you think other people might find it interesting or helpful to share <br />
If you don't know how to do something, or don't understand the Wiki, ask in the forums
* [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla]:
Raise a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug] if you tried to do something covered in the wiki and it didn't work. <br />
If you do something and it doesn't 'just work', or it doesn't work as per the Wiki, raise a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug]<br />
For more information on Bugzilla see the [[:Bugzilla Help]] page.
{{Note box|The place of choice of the Developers to solve problems is [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla], so don't be afraid to use it.}}
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====Documentation====
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[[Image:logo.png | link=:SME_Server:Community | 48px ]]
|'''[[SME_Server:Community|SME Server Community]]'''
[[SME_Server:About|About]] SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Download|Download]] SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Community|Community]] for SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Volunteering|Volunteering]] to Help SME Server <br />
[[Donate|Donate]] to Help SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Constitution|Constitution]] of Contribs.org
|-
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[[Image:Man.png | link=:SME_Server:Documentation | 48px ]]
|'''[[SME_Server:Documentation|SME Server Manuals]]'''
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual|Administration]] Manual<br />
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:User_Manual|User]] Manual <br />
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Developers_Manual|Developer]] Manual
|-
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[[Image:Kdict.png | link=:SME_Server:Documentation | 48px ]]
|'''[[:SME_Server:Documentation|Additional Documentation]]'''
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ's]] - Frequently Asked Questions <br />
[[:Category:Howto|HowTo's]] - Individual Help, Instructions and Tutorials
|-
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[[Image:Blockdevice.png | link=:Category:Contrib | 48px ]]
|'''[[:Category:Contrib|Contributions]]'''
[[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] - SME Server Contributed packages
|-
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[[Image:Kdict.png | link=Category:Level | 48px ]]
|'''Selected Contrib and Howto pages rated according to Skill Level
[[:Category:Easy|Easy]] <br />
[[:Category:Medium|Medium]] <br />
[[:Category:Advanced|Advanced]] <br />
[[:Category:Developer|Developer]]
|-
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[[Image:Help.png | link=Help:Contents | width=22px | height=22px ]]
|'''Wiki Help'''
[[Help:Contents|Help]] with reading and editing the Wiki
|-
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|
{{Featured_Articles}}
:...and don't forget all the navigation links in the sidebar to the left.
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
|}
{{News}}
====Elections====
{| style="border: solid 4px; border-color:lightgray; margin: oem;" width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5
| width=100% align=left valign=top | <B>SME Server Leadership Election 2008:</B>
<b>Jan. 14 2008</b> - There is a call for candidates for the next leadership election.
<br>See [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?board=24.0 this forum board] for details.
|}
{{Languages}}
{| style="border: solid 1px; border-color:lightgray; margin: oem; background-color: #ffff99;" width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5
| width=50% align=left valign=top | <B>SME Server - Current Stable Release:</B>
[[SME Server 7.4]] released on 21st November 2008.
| align=left valign=top | <B>Development Releases and Statuses:</B>
SME Server 7.x - See [[bugzilla:4785]] for status<br>
SME Server 8.0 - See the [[:SME_Server_8| Wiki]] for details and [[bugzilla:3640]] for status
|}
==Welcome to the information and documentation wiki for SME Server==
{| width 100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5
|-
| width=65% align=left valign=top rowspan="8"|
===SME Server===
Welcome to http://contribs.org, the home of the '''SME Server'''. We're here to provide collaborative documentation of the SME Server project.
SME Server is a leading distribution for small and medium enterprises. It is a simple, powerful, secure Linux server used by thousands of individuals, companies and organizations all over the world. SME Server provides a friendly, free alternative to expensive proprietary software, standing apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured, and features a number of popular additional enhancements in the form of downloadable [[:Category:Contrib| Contributions]].
SME Server provides as standard:
* Ease of Administration
* File and print sharing
* Sharing of a single Internet connection between multiple computers
* A robust email server, which includes virus and spam filtering and webmail
* A network firewall to protect against Internet intruders
* Secure remote access
* Directory services
* Web application server, including support for Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP (LAMP)
* RAID and Backup
* Automatic updates
* Extendabiltiy
* Support for multiple languages
* and much more ...
all managed through an intuitive web interface.
The links to the right provide comprehensive access to all the available Documentation for SME Server including details of the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]], [[SME_Server:Documentation|Server Manuals]], [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQs]], [[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] and [[:Category:Howto|How To's]].
The menu bar at the left equally provides easy access to sections of this Wiki, software downloads, a place to report any bugs, and vibrant user community forums.
Many individuals and corporations contribute to the ongoing development of the SME Server, which is made available freely under the GNU General Public License. This license requires the public release of any modifications to the server, and allows these to be used to improve later versions.
SME Server is published under the GPL license and, while freely available, if you find SME Server useful we ask that you make a [[:Donate| Donation]] in order to keep this project alive.
====Support====
Support for SME Server is via the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]] and it is highly recommended that you make yourself familiar with it and the [[SME_Server:Documentation|Documentation]] (read this at least twice) before diving in. The three main methods of support available are:
* [[:SME_Server:Documentation |Documentation]]:
The Wiki documentation is the primary source of information for SME Server. This should always be your first port of call when seeking help and support for SME Server, together with 'Google'
* [http://forums.contribs.org Forums]:
Use the forums if you want advice on how to do something not covered in the Wiki <br />
Post to the forums if you found or did something, and you think other people might find it interesting or helpful to share <br />
If you don't know how to do something, or don't understand the Wiki, ask in the forums
* [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla]:
Raise a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug] if you tried to do something covered in the wiki and it didn't work. <br />
If you do something and it doesn't 'just work', or it doesn't work as per the Wiki, raise a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug]<br />
For more information on Bugzilla see the [[:Bugzilla Help]] page.
{{Note box|The place of choice of the Developers to solve problems is [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla], so don't be afraid to use it.}}
| width="60px" align=right valign=top |
| align=left valign=top |
====Documentation====
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:logo.png | link=:SME_Server:Community | 48px ]]
|'''[[SME_Server:Community|SME Server Community]]'''
[[SME_Server:About|About]] SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Download|Download]] SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Community|Community]] for SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Volunteering|Volunteering]] to Help SME Server <br />
[[Donate|Donate]] to Help SME Server <br />
[[SME_Server:Constitution|Constitution]] of Contribs.org
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:Man.png | link=:SME_Server:Documentation | 48px ]]
|'''[[SME_Server:Documentation|SME Server Manuals]]'''
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual|Administration]] Manual<br />
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:User_Manual|User]] Manual <br />
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Developers_Manual|Developer]] Manual
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:Kdict.png | link=:SME_Server:Documentation | 48px ]]
|'''[[:SME_Server:Documentation|Additional Documentation]]'''
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ's]] - Frequently Asked Questions <br />
[[:Category:Howto|HowTo's]] - Individual Help, Instructions and Tutorials
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:Blockdevice.png | link=:Category:Contrib | 48px ]]
|'''[[:Category:Contrib|Contributions]]'''
[[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] - SME Server Contributed packages
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:Kdict.png | link=Category:Level | 48px ]]
|'''Selected Contrib and Howto pages rated according to Skill Level
[[:Category:Easy|Easy]] <br />
[[:Category:Medium|Medium]] <br />
[[:Category:Advanced|Advanced]] <br />
[[:Category:Developer|Developer]]
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
[[Image:Help.png | link=Help:Contents | width=22px | height=22px ]]
|'''Wiki Help'''
[[Help:Contents|Help]] with reading and editing the Wiki
|-
| width="60px" align=right valign=center |
|
{{Featured_Articles}}
:...and don't forget all the navigation links in the sidebar to the left.
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
|}
{{News}}
====Elections====
{| style="border: solid 4px; border-color:lightgray; margin: oem;" width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5
| width=100% align=left valign=top | <B>SME Server Leadership Election 2008:</B>
<b>Jan. 14 2008</b> - There is a call for candidates for the next leadership election.
<br>See [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?board=24.0 this forum board] for details.
|}