<commit_before>*This topic targets, and was tested with, the Orchard 1.8 release.*

This walkthrough provides a glimpse of the features that Orchard has to offer, provided as a step-by-step guide. If this is your first time using Orchard, this document is for you!

### Getting Started with Orchard

Being new to Orchard, you should know the right place where you can find the resources and latest information about Orchard.

1. [Orchard CodePlex - Orchard Code Repository][1]
2. [Orchard Documentation - Documentation area for Orchard][2] 
3. [Orchard Discussion Forum - Discussion area for Orchard][3]
4. [Orchard Community Websites - Community sites on Orchard from all over the world][4]
5. [Orchard CMS Weekly Meeting][5]



  [1]: http://orchard.codeplex.com/
  [2]: http://docs.orchardproject.net/
  [3]: http://orchard.codeplex.com/discussions
  [4]: http://orchardproject.net/
  [5]: http://orchardproject.net/discussions




This topic assumes that you have already installed Orchard and set up your website. If you haven't, follow the instructions in [Installing Orchard](Installing-Orchard).

There are plenty of options to get up and running with Orchard without installing Orchard on your local machine or local IIS Server.

### Try Orchard

[Try Orchard!](http://tryorchard.net/) is a showcase for the Orchard content management framework: you can try how Orchard feels by checking out an already running demo site where you can play with Orchard as you wish.

No registration, no setup, nothing required, you can just go to [Try Orchard!](http://tryorchard.net/), open one of the continuously re-installed demo sites and play with it. This is the simplest way of taking the first steps with Orchard.<commit_msg>Orchard Beginner added to getting-started.markdown<commit_after>*This topic targets, and was tested with, the Orchard 1.8 release.*

This walkthrough provides a glimpse of the features that Orchard has to offer, provided as a step-by-step guide. If this is your first time using Orchard, this document is for you!

### Getting Started with Orchard

Being new to Orchard, you should know the right place where you can find the resources and latest information about Orchard.

1. [Orchard Beginner][6]
2. [Orchard CodePlex - Orchard Code Repository][1]
3. [Orchard Discussion Forum - Discussion area for Orchard][3]
4. [Orchard Documentation - Documentation area for Orchard][2]
5. [Orchard Community Websites - Community sites on Orchard from all over the world][4]
6. [Orchard CMS Weekly Meeting][5]



  [1]: http://orchard.codeplex.com/
  [2]: http://docs.orchardproject.net/
  [3]: http://orchard.codeplex.com/discussions
  [4]: http://orchardproject.net/
  [5]: http://orchardproject.net/discussions
  [6]: http://orchardbeginner.com




This topic assumes that you have already installed Orchard and set up your website. If you haven't, follow the instructions in [Installing Orchard](Installing-Orchard).

There are plenty of options to get up and running with Orchard without installing Orchard on your local machine or local IIS Server.

### Try Orchard

[Try Orchard!](http://tryorchard.net/) is a showcase for the Orchard content management framework: you can try how Orchard feels by checking out an already running demo site where you can play with Orchard as you wish.

No registration, no setup, nothing required, you can just go to [Try Orchard!](http://tryorchard.net/), open one of the continuously re-installed demo sites and play with it. This is the simplest way of taking the first steps with Orchard.
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