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# Mercurius
Community Newsletter Initiative
+
+## Follow the steps to setup the project locally
+
+## pre-requisite:
+
+you should have npm and hugo installed in your system
+
+
+### Install tailwind CSS
+```
+npm install tailwindcss
+```
+
+### Build the Website:
+
+ After you've installed Tailwind CSS and ensured that your SCSS file is correctly importing it, try building your website again with Hugo:
+
+
+
+```
+hugo
+```
+
+ If the build succeeds without errors, you can then start the development server:
+
+```
+hugo server -D
+
+```
+
+### Acess the UI
+
+ copy paste the below URL at your browser
+
+```
+localhost:1313
+```
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