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+# frontend
+ICML 2017 website Frontend project repository
+
+Website, detailing the app design:
+http://icml2017spec.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+ 
+# To setup the front end:
+ 
+- Install Polymer, v1, not v2
+- Download the code for the frontend from github
+- Open terminal and enter
+    
+    ```
+    bower install
+    ```
+  which would install the needed bower components
+ 
+To start the server:
+ 
+1. 
+```
+ssh -L 8000:localhost:8000 username@icml.papro.org.uk
+```
+ 
+2. Launch server
+```
+cd /home/icmlapp/backend/server/icml/icml
+cp settings.py.no_https settings.py
+```
+ 
+3. 
+```
+cd /home/icmlapp/backend/server/icml
+/home/icmlapp/env/bin/python manage.py runserver
+```