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+TerranQuest Game Server
+=======================
+
+This is the server code for TerranQuest.  See the TerranQuest game code for 
+examples on how to interact with this server.
+
+The server runs on a standard LAMP server.  MariaDB is recommended.
+
+To work with the database, download MySQL Workbench and open the database.mwb 
+file.  You can export the SQL create code from there.
+
+Setup
+------
+
+1. Have a standard LAMP server.
+2. Clone this repo into the webroot.
+3. Run PHP composer to make sure all the dependencies are installed.
+4. Create a SQL database.
+5. Copy settings.template.php to settings.php.
+6. Add the correct database settings to settings.php.
+7. Add API keys for third-party services to settings.php.  You'll probably have to disable Munzee
+  in the code2item.php file, as they don't give everyone capture permissions 
+  for their API.  The Geocaching key isn't used for anything right now, leave it blank.
+8. Package the TerranQuest app with the URL of your server (see https://github.com/Netsyms/TerranQuest/issues/3).
+
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