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- | Below are some of the community created documentation on Sahana | + | ====== |
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- | ===== What Sahana Is ===== | ||
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- | == An introduction to the Sahana Disaster Management System == | ||
- | Sahana is a web-based disaster management application that provides management solutions, focusing on large-scale humanitarian disasters. It enables enhanced coordination by promoting integrated information gathering. It assists collaboration by providing a number of communication mechanisms in the aftermath of a disasters. Sahana is built from free and open source software and released under the [[wp> | ||
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- | == How Sahana can be useful in disaster situations == | ||
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- | Sahana functions both **online** as well as a **stand alone** tool for disaster management, depending on the operational considerations. As it is a web based system, users can access it via their local machine, from within the network, as part of a corporate intranet or anywhere in world via the Internet. This means it can be installed on a laptop, for workers in the field and at a central command center for overall coordination. When possible, all information can be synchronised, | ||
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- | == Supported Operating Systems and Web Browsers == | ||
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- | Sahana supports **all modern operating systems and browsers**, including MS Windows, Mac OSX, Ubuntu and other Unix-like systems. Your browser must have JavaScript enabled, and your operating system must be able to run the [[wp> | ||
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- | Support is able to provided primarily for MS Windows, Mac OSX and Ubuntu users via [[sahana-user@lists.sourceforge.net]]. | ||
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- | ===== Installation Guides ===== | ||
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- | Installing Sahana takes a few steps, because it runs off a web server. You will end up running Sahana through a web browser, rather than directly from the Start menu (if you run MS Windows). | ||
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- | ==== Getting Sahana Working (Phase 1) ==== | ||
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- | This phase will install the software. Once everything appears to be working correctly, Sahana will do a self-check. You will be asked to enter the details of your database users and passwords. Those instructions are detailed in phase 2, below. | ||
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- | == Windows == | ||
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- | == GNU/Linux, BSDs and other Unixes == | ||
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- | == Mac OS X == | ||
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- | == One Laptop Per Child == | ||
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- | ==== Configuring Sahaha (Phase 2) ==== | ||
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- | ==== Next Steps (Phase 3) ==== | ||
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- | ===== User Documentation ===== | ||
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- | ==== System / Module User Guides ==== | ||
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- | * Administration | ||
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- | ==== For Administrators ==== | ||
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- | These guides illustrate the functinos of the Adminstration module. Administrators should be familiar with the [[doc: | ||
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