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@@ -8,77 +8,28 @@ the old, phpVMS classic, it's [available here](https://github.com/nabeelio/phpvm
 # installation
 
 A full distribution, with all of the composer dependencies, is available at this 
-[tarball link](http://downloads.phpvms.net/phpvms-7.0.0-master.tar.gz). It's currently 
-updated with every commit
+[GitHub Releases](https://github.com/nabeelio/phpvms/releases) link. 
 
-### Composer Access
+The latest documentation, with installation instructions is available 
+[on the phpVMS documentation](http://docs.phpvms.net/) page.
 
-run the following commands. for right now, we're running on sqlite. for mysql, set 
-`DB_CONNECTION` to `mysql` in the `env.php` file.
+## Requirements
 
-```bash
-cp env.php.example env.php
-composer install --no-interaction
-php artisan database:create
-php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
-```
+- PHP 7.0+, extensions:
+  - cURL
+  - JSON
+  - mbstring
+  - openssl
+  - pdo
+  - tokenizer
+- Database:
+  - MySQL 5.5+ (or MySQL variant, including MariaDB and Percona)
 
-then point your webserver to the `/public` folder.
+[View more details on requirements](http://docs.phpvms.net/basics/requirements)
 
-By default, the Makefile calls the system-wide `composer`. If your host requires a 
-certain path or name for composer, add `COMPOSER=` to the front of the `make` command, e.g:
+## Installer
 
-```bash
-COMPOSER=composer.phar make install
-```
+1. Upload to your server
+2. Visit the site, and follow the link to the installer
 
-## development environment
-
-For development, copy the included `env.php.example` to `env.php` file. By default, it uses sqlite
-instead of mysql. This makes it much easier to be able to clear the database and new fixtures.
-
-The easiest way to load locally is to install [Laravel Valet](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/valet) 
-(if you're running a Mac). Once you install it, go to your phpvms directory, and run:
-
-```bash
-cp env.php.example env.php
-php artisan key:generate
-make install   # this will install everything
-valet link phpvms
-```
-
-Now going to [http://phpvms.dev](http://phpvms.dev) should work. If you want to use mysql,
-follow the valet directions on installing mysql (`brew install mysql`) and then update the
-`env.php` file to point to the mysql.
-
-The default username and password are "admin@phpvms.net" and "admin". 
-To see the available users in the development environment, [see this file](https://github.com/nabeelio/phpvms/blob/master/database/seeds/dev.yml#L10) 
-
-### creating/resetting the environment
-
-I use Makefiles to be able to quickly setup the environment.
-
-```bash
-# to do an initial setup of the composer deps and install the DB
-make install
-```
-
-Then to reset the database/clear cache, use:
-
-```bash
-make reset
-```
-
-### database seeding
-
-There is a `database/seeds/dev.yml` which contains the initial seed data that can be used
-for testing. For production use, there is a `prod.yml` file. The `make reset` handles seeding
-the database with the data from the `dev.yml`.
-
-# updating
-
-extract files and run the migrations:
-
-```bash
-php artisan migrate
-```
+[View installation details](http://docs.phpvms.net/basics/installation)