diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7d59b0..b714747 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
.DS_Store
.idea
node_modules/
-pgaweb/settings_local.py
\ No newline at end of file
+pgaweb/settings_local.py
+*.pyc
+static/css/pgaweb.css
+static/css/pgaweb.css.map
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d9f2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+pgAdmin Website
+
+# Installation instructions
+
+## Install Python dependencies
+Run the command:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Create local settings file
+Create a the file pgaweb/settings_local.py from pgaweb/settings.py changing the needed options to run locally.
+For connection complaints inquiring about postgres "running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket...",
+you'll need to change the `HOST` from the postgres data directory to `localhost`.
+
+
+## Database setup
+
+### Create a new database
+
+Create a new database using the command
+
+```bash
+createdb pgaweb
+```
+
+### Migrate database
+
+```bash
+./manage.py migrate
+```
+
+### Populate the table
+
+You will at least need to:
+
+```bash
+./manage.py loaddata ./versions/fixtures/versions.json
+```
+
+If you want to see the other content in the site running locally,
+you will need to repeat this for the other fixtures:
+
+```bash
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/packages.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/distributions.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/versions.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/downloads.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./faq/fixtures/categories.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./faq/fixtures/faqs.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./news/fixtures/news.json
+```
+
+## Install frontend requirements
+
+```bash
+pushd static
+yarn install
+popd
+```
+
+# Start the application
+
+```bash
+cd static
+
+yarn start
+```
diff --git a/pgaweb/settings.py b/pgaweb/settings.py
index 2ad99c9..f5a25ba 100644
--- a/pgaweb/settings.py
+++ b/pgaweb/settings.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+ 'sass_processor',
'download',
'faq',
'news',
@@ -123,5 +124,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),)
+# Location for SCSS output
+SASS_PROCESSOR_ROOT = 'static/'
+COMPRESS_ROOT = 'static/'
+
# Load local settings overrides
from settings_local import *
diff --git a/pgaweb/templates/pgaweb/base.html b/pgaweb/templates/pgaweb/base.html
index f5ea6a6..6af244d 100755
--- a/pgaweb/templates/pgaweb/base.html
+++ b/pgaweb/templates/pgaweb/base.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
{% load staticfiles %}
+{% load sass_tags %}
+
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@
-
+