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-# Slice of Life ![](https://github.uconn.edu/clr14003/DMD-4470/blob/master/final/src/assets/slice-o-life-logo-small.png)
+# Slice of Life
+
+![](https://github.uconn.edu/clr14003/DMD-4470/blob/master/final/src/assets/slice-o-life-logo-small.png)
 
 #### By Clark Reilly
 
 
-## Running a Local Instance
+---
 
 
-1. Clone the repository
-2.
-3. Navigate to the location in which you cloned the repository
-4. Open Command Prompt
-5. `\cd`
-6. Copy the repository's location ( )
+## Running a Local Instance
+
+1. Clone the repository.
+2. Install Yarn on your computer ([See here for more deatils](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#windows-stable)).
+3. Navigate to the location in which you cloned the repository (the immediate location of the readme, package, and other files).
+4. Open Command Prompt.
+5. Enter `\cd` into the Command Prompt and hit return.
+6. Copy the repository's location (make sure it's in the format `C:\Users\...`).
+7. Enter `cd [Paste repository location here, no brackets]` and hit return (make sure to include a space after the `cd`!).
+8. (Only necessary the first time) Enter `yarn install` and hit return.
+9. Enter `yarn serve` and hit return.
+10. Enter the given `localhost` url given into a browser.
 
 
-```
-yarn install
-```
+---
 
-### Compiles and hot-reloads for development
-```
-yarn serve
-```
 
-### Compiles and minifies for production
-```
-yarn build
-```
+## Linking Slice of Life to your own database
 
-### Customize configuration
-See [Configuration Reference](https://cli.vuejs.org/config/).
+1. Set up your own [Firebase Database](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database).
+2. Within the Firebase console, navigate to the gear icon next to "Project Overview", and select "Project Settings".
+3. Navigate to the "Your apps" section, and select the app you wish to connect to Slice of Life.
+4. Under "Firebase SDK Snippet", select the "Config" option.
+5. Navigate to and open the `.env` within your root directory.
+6. Change each of the variables in the `.env` file such that they match the respective information listed under the "Config" section for your own app. **Make sure not to change the variable names themselves, even though they are listed slightly differently.** 
+7. Within your Firebase database, start a collection called "posts".