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These pages provide some guidance for how you can introduce Buoy to your community. (Help us make this guide better!)

1. Who this guide is for
2. Ethics and philosophy
3. Installing Buoy
4. Configuring your Buoy

Who this guide is for

This guide is for you if you:

• already administer your own website, or are willing to make and manage your own new website,
• understand the basics of how to make at least minor changes to your website, and
• want to organize people in your community so you and your friends can help one another in the real world.

This guide is not for you if you:

• do not already have a website, and are not able or willing to make a new one,
• are unfamiliar with how to make at least minor changes to websites, or
• are not yet part of a community of people who you trust to help one another in the real world.

ℹ️ If you determine that this guide is not for you, try the User Documentation instead.

Ethics and Philosophy

Buoy is a deeply politically motivated project rooted in specific ethical principles and philosophical beliefs. These greatly influence both what we work on and how we work on it. Read our Ethics and Philosophy page to learn more.

Installing Buoy

Buoy works with specific website software called WordPress. To add a Buoy to your site, your site has to be using a recent version of the WordPress software. WordPress is free software and is built along the same principles of decentralization as Buoy.

Configuring your Buoy

After Buoy is installed (see Installing Buoy), the first thing you will want to do is configure Buoy so its behavior complies with your organization's policies or your community's expectations.

Inviting your community

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