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I'm used to using widgets to install third party software on my site which is obviously just copy/paste the given html, but there's some software I want to install from Github and the ReadMe file states:

To Run:

git clone https://github.com/Shapeshift-Public/ShapeShift-Skeleton
cd ShapeShift-Skeleton
npm install
bower install
node dev-server.js

then go to localhost:3000 in browser

I don't want a step by step, just general guidance related to the concept. What am I being instructed to do? I expected to simply be able to reference the index file from a page in my site and it'd pull up the pop up referenced here, instead I just get a blank screen, and I suspect it's because I don't have a clue what the above means. Apologies to anyone rolling their eyes.

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The following should get you started:

  1. First install git on your server.

  2. from a command line (or if its easier for you install a git tool like tortoise git) execute git clone https://github.com/Shapeshift-Public/ShapeShift-Skeleton

  3. install node on your server https://nodejs.org/en/

  4. from the command line cd into (or open the command line in) the cloned it repository on your server and then execute npm install bower

  5. execute npm install node-dev-server

Note I did not test this, and there may be some slight syntax changes necessary for your OS/etc. but hopefully this helps get you started. Also, after you have done this, there is likely some steps necessary to actually launch this server, I would consult the documentation of ShapeShift-Skeleton and node-dev-server on how to do this.

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  • Thankyou! I think it's still going to be fun and games, but this is enough to get me moving in the right direction. – Mat B Jan 13 '16 at 23:29
  • Any chance you could ++ my answer or accept it if it works for you? Thanks, shameless promotion I know. Oh and if you run into any snags, comment back here and I can probably provide another tip or two. – edencorbin Jan 13 '16 at 23:29
  • Gladly, though I've just been notified my ++ wont publicly display until I've got a rep score of 15. – Mat B Jan 13 '16 at 23:33