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 Girder plugin enabling intergration with tmpnb
 
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 Development
------------
+===========
 
-Running Tests
-*************
+Installing Girder
+-----------------
+There are a couple of different ways to install Girder which are outlined `here <http://girder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#sources>`_. Note that this should be done in a Python 3 environment.
+
+Linking the plugin to Girder
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Once you have the repo cloned, you'll need to create a new folder named ``wholetale`` in the ``/grider/plugins/`` directory. The goal of the next step is to copy/link the contents of the cloned ``girder_wholetale`` directory into the ``wholetale`` directory.
+
+To symbolically link the directory (so that any changes to ``girder_wholetale`` are reflected instantly), 
+run ``girder-install plugin -s /path/to/your/plugin``
+
+To copy the contents  instead, run
+``girder-install plugin /path/to/your/plugin``
+
+For more infomration visit the page on `Installing Third Party Plugins <http://girder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#installing-third-party-plugins>`_
+
+Installing the Web Service
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+To install the web service, run
+``girder-install web --all-plugins --dev``
+
+Enabling Plugins
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+To get to the plugins section, navigate to ``Admin Console``->``Plugins``. Make sure that the following plugins are enabled.
+
+1. ``Celery Jobs``
+2. ``Gravatar portraits``
+3. ``Jobs``
+4. ``OAuth2 login``
+5. ``Remote worker``
+6. ``wholetale``
+
+OAuth
+^^^^^
+Instead of using the login screen in the dashboard, you'll use OAuth with GitHub to handle authentication. In the plugins menu, click the blue gear next to ``OAuth2 login``. Open a new tab with GitHub. Open your settings, and navigate to ``Developer Settings``, which is the last item in the navigation menu. Click the  ``New OAuth App`` button. Use the settings in the OAuth2 login settings to fill in the required information. Fill out the fields in the OAuth2 login plugin with the information provided by GitHub.
+
+CORS Headers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+You'll want to allow CORS headers in the dashboard. To do this, navigate to  ``Admin Console``->``Server Configuration``. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ``Advanced Settings``. Put ``*`` in the ``CORS Allowed Origins`` and ``CORS Allowed Headers`` fields. More information can be found 
+`here <http://girder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#cors-cross-origin-resource-sharing>`_.
+
+Create an Assetstore
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+To allow uploading and registering data files in the dashboard, you'll need to create an `assetstore`. To do this, navigate to ``Admin Console``-> ``Assetstores``. Click ``Create new Filesystem assetstore``, name the assetstore, specify where on your local machine it will reside, and click the ``Create`` button.
+
+Running Tests
+-------------
 This Girder plugin includes a set of tests in ``./plugin_tests``. To run these, you'll need to get a copy of the `WholeTale Fork of Girder`_ and run this plugin's test as part of Girder's test suite.
 
 Pre-requisites: