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-Note: xpub is still _very_ new. This repository contains an initial set of components but is not yet ready for use.
 
 ## xPub-faraday  
 
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 ## Roadmap
 
 The major tasks we're planning to work on are the following: 
-* Implement a future-proof theming setup. (#88)
-* Let users go through multiple rounds of review. (#50)
-* Implement roles and permissions. (#58)
-* Change the data model to account for the changes that have occured in `pubsweet-server`, as well as to make it easily portable to Postgres in the future. (#67)
-* Merge xpub's authentication, routing and navigation with pubsweet's. (#55 #89 #57)
-
-![Project roadmap](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub-faraday/raw/master/packages/xpub-faraday/static/faraday-roadmap.png "Faraday Project Roadmap")
+* Implement a future-proof theming setup.
+* Let users go through multiple rounds of review.
+* Implement roles and permissions.
+* Change the data model to account for the changes that have occured in `pubsweet-server`, as well as to make it easily portable to Postgres in the future.
+* Merge xpub's authentication, routing and navigation with pubsweet's.
 
 You can follow more fine-grained lists of things that we're working on  
 * [Faraday](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub-faraday/boards) for tasks related to `xpub-faraday` and  
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 ## Installing
 
-In the root directory, run `yarn` to install all the dependencies.
+In the root directory, run `yarn` to install all the dependencies. 
 
 ## Configuration
 Add the following values to `packages/xpub-collabra/config/local-development.json`
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 }
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+xPub-faraday is using external services as AWS, MTS-FTP, Publons, ORCID. In order to run the app locally a `.env` file is mandatory with keys and settings for each service.
+
+Contact us at technology@hindawi.com for help getting setup.
+
 ## Running the app
 
-1. `cd packages/xpub-faraday`
-2. The first time you run the app, initialize the database with `yarn run setupdb` (press Enter when asked for a collection title, to skip that step).
+1. Open Docker engine
+2. `cd packages/xpub-faraday`
+3. start services with `yarn services`
+3. The first time you run the app, initialize the database with `yarn run setupdb` (press Enter when asked for a collection title, to skip that step).
 3. `yarn start`
 
-## Email Flow
-
-1. When a **new manuscript is submitted**, notify:
-   *  the `Editor in Chief` 
-   *  all the manuscript `Authors`:exclamation:
-1. When the **Handling Editor ACCEPTS or DECLINES an assignment**, notify the `Editor in Chief`
-2. When a **Reviewer ACCEPTS an invitation**, notify: 
-   * the `Handling Editor` 
-   * the `Reviewer` with a "thank you" message 
-2. When a **Reviewer DECLINES an invitation**, notify the `Handling Editor` 
-3. When a **Reviewer submits a REVIEW REPORT**, notify the `Handling Editor`
-4. When the **Handling Editor makes ANY RECOMMENDATION**, notify:S
-   * the `Accepting Reviewers`, informing them that their _report_ is no longer necessary
-   * the `Pending Reviewers`, informing them that their _answer_ is no longer necessary
-   * the `Editor in Chief`
-1. When the **Handling Editor requests a REVISION**, notify:
-   * the `Submitting Author` 
-1. When the **Author submits a MAJOR REVISION**, notify:
-   * the `Handling Editor`
-   * the `Submitted Report Reviewers`
-1. When the **Author submits a MINOR REVISION**, notify:
-   * the `Handling Editor`
-1. When the **Editor in Chief CONFIRMS A RECOMMENDATION to reject or to publish a manuscript**, notify:
-   * the `Handling Editor`
-   * the `Submitted Report Reviewers`
-   * all the manuscript `Authors`
-1. When the **Editor in Chief RETURNS a manuscript**, notify:
-   * the `Handling Editor`
 
 ## Community