# Preface

This is a comprehensive manual aimed towards people wishing to use the LiveJournal set of tools for their online-community needs. Topics covered are installation, customization, and administration, with included information on built-in LiveJournal features, and a brief glimpse into what LiveJournal is, and how it can be used to its fullest.

## Target Audience

This book was written for anyone interested in setting up and maintaining a LiveJournal powered site, be it for intra or inter net purposes.

Readers of this book should be familiar with administering a web site and should have a thorough knowledge of whatever system they are installing LiveJournal on.

## Organization of this manual

- Introduction

  A basic introduction to LiveJournal

- Installation

  Step by step instructions for installing LiveJournal on a server

- Customization

  Instructions for customizing a LiveJournal installation

- Administration

  A guide to administering a LiveJournal site

- Features

  Introductions and instructions to different LiveJournal features

## Versions

LiveJournal maintains an online version of this book at:

To compile these pages for your own, refer to: `/doc/raw/notes.txt` in CVS.

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