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-# academic-kickstart
-Easily create a website using Academic
+# Academic Kickstart
+
+**Academic** is a framework to help you create a beautiful website quickly. Perfect for personal, student, or academic websites. [Check out the latest demo](https://themes.gohugo.io/theme/academic/) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes or [view the documentation](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/).
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+**Academic Kickstart** provides a minimal template to kickstart your new website by following the simple steps below.
+
+[![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/master/academic.png)](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/)
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+* [Download and install Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
+* [Download and install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/#quick-install)
+
+Easily create a website using the Academic framework by following these simple steps:
+
+1. Clone (or [Fork](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-kickstart#fork-destination-box)) this repository using Git: 
+
+       git clone https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-kickstart.git My_Website
+
+2. Apply any updates to Academic (optional):
+
+       cd My_Website
+       bash update_academic.sh
+       
+3. View your new website (from within your `My_Website` folder):
+
+       hugo server
+       
+4. Read the [Quick Start Guide](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/) to learn how to add Markdown content, customize your site, and deploy it.
+
+## License
+
+Copyright 2017 [George Cushen](https://georgecushen.com).
+
+Released under the [MIT](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-kickstart/blob/master/LICENSE.md) license.
+
+[![Analytics](https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-78646709-2/academic-kickstart/readme?pixel)](https://github.com/igrigorik/ga-beacon)