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 # Geocortex Developer Center
 
-The home base for all developer center geocortex documentation.
-
-This website is built using [Docusaurus 2](https://v2.docusaurus.io/), a modern static website generator.
+This is the source for the Geocortex Developer Center website; feel free to suggest changes to our docs!
 
 ## Contributing
 
-This documentation is an open source project, and you are encouraged to submit issues or pull requests for improvements or bug fixes if you notice them!
-
-### To the Docs
-
-TODO
+This documentation is an open source project, and you are encouraged to submit issues or pull requests for improvements or bug fixes if you notice them.
 
-### To the code
+You might want to make yourself familiar with [Docusaurus v2](https://v2.docusaurus.io/) to make significant changes to the website. If you only want to make content changes you will find the page source within the `docs` folder.
 
-TODO
+### Setup
 
-#### Installation
+#### Install dependencies
 
-```
-$ yarn
-```
+`yarn` or `npm install`
 
-#### Local Development
+#### Start development server
 
-```
-$ yarn start
-```
+`yarn start` or `npm start`
 
 This command starts a local development server and open up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.
 
-#### Deployment
+#### Deploy
 
-The website is deployed to github pages whenever there is a commit to master. TODO this is currently a lie
+The website is automatically built and deployed on commit to master.