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This website documents high-level features of the [SilverStripe open source platform](http://www.silverstripe.org), aimed
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at developers.
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Please read our [guide to contributing documentation](misc/contributing/documentation) if you want to help out!
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### Overview
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* [Getting started](http://silverstripe.org/getting-started/) | [Feature Overview](http://silverstripe.org/introduction/) | [Demo](http://demo.silverstripe.org/)
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* [Download and Installation](installation/) | [Upgrading](/installation/upgrading) | [Requirements](/installation/server-requirements) | [Changelog](/changelogs) | [Roadmap](http://www.silverstripe.org/roadmap/)
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* [API documentation](http://api.silverstripe.org/current) | [Official english book](http://www.silverstripe.org/silverstripe-book) | [Official german book](http://www.silverstripe.org/das-silverstripe-buch)
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### Getting support
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[Forum](http://www.silverstripe.org/forums/) | [IRC channel](http://silverstripe.org/irc) | [End user docs](http://userhelp.silverstripe.com) | [Core mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/silverstripe-dev)
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### Level 1: Building your first SilverStripe website
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* [Introduction to PHP5 (zend.com)](http://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101--php-for-the-absolute-beginner)
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* [Tutorials](tutorials)
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* [1. Building a basic site](tutorials/1-building-a-basic-site)
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* [2. Extending a basic site](tutorials/2-extending-a-basic-site)
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* [3. Forms](tutorials/3-forms)
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* [4. Site Search](tutorials/4-site-search)
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* [5. Relationships](tutorials/5-dataobject-relationship-management)
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* [Common Problems](installation/common-problems)
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### Level 2: SilverStripe fundamentals
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* [Templates](reference/templates): SilverStripe has its own templating engine
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* [Themes](topics/themes): How to customize your site with themes
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* [Controllers](topics/controller): Coordination from a URL-request to finding the controller-class
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* [Pagetypes](topics/page-types): Clarifying the relationship between a page-object and a silverstripe-class
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* [Datamodel](topics/datamodel): Object-relational database model with MVC
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* [Database Structure](reference/database-structure): Breakdown of a typical SilverStripe database
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* [Datatypes](topics/data-types): Casting database-columns
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* [Forms](topics/forms): Sophisticated form generation and processing
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* [Formfield Types](reference/form-field-types): Simple and complex form-elements with built-in validation
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* [Javascript](topics/javascript)
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* [Widgets](topics/widgets)
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* [Modules](topics/modules)
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* [Configuration](topics/configuration)
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### Level 3: The less obvious features
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* [Security](topics/security)
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* [Email](topics/email)
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* [RSS Feeds](reference/rssfeed)
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* [Debugging](topics/debugging)
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* [Errorhandling](topics/error-handling)
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* [Testing Guide](topics/testing/): Framework for automated testing like Unittests
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* [Execution Pipeline](reference/execution-pipeline): Tracking a request from director to template-rendering
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* [Recipes/Howtos](howto/)
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### Level 4: Contributing to the SilverStripe core
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* [Contributing](misc/contributing)
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* [Coding Conventions](misc/coding-conventions)
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