Summary
In this chapter, we walked through the installation of CiviCRM in Joomla!, Drupal, and WordPress, discussed the upgrade process and development cycle, completed an initial configuration of the system, and reviewed basic maintenance steps to keep your system running smoothly.
By now, you should have CiviCRM installed, configured, and ready to begin working with.
Before diving into the operation and functionality in CiviCRM, we will briefly review several fictional case studies in the next chapter that will be used throughout the rest of the book. CiviCRM is rich with features and possible use cases—so much so that it could be easy to get so caught up in what buttons to push that you miss the potential applications to your organization. Our hope is that the fictional case studies, which will weave their way into the functionality discussions throughout the book, will help you see the possibilities in pseudo-real life ways. So be sure to read through them as you journey through...