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 This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 
 This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 

-1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it.
+1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.

 
 2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
 
 
 2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
 

-   As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source
-   directory, and outputs the files to a destination directory.
+   As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
+   and outputs the files to a destination directory.  If you keep your wiki in
+   a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
+   checked out from the version control system.

 
    For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
    for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
 
    For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
    for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.


@@ -32,18 +34,18 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
                        All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]],
                        so this one does too.
                        ----
                        All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]],
                        so this one does too.
                        ----

-                       This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net).
+                       This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).

    """]]
    
    See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
 
    """]]
    
    See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
 

-   Note that several standard wiki pages will be added to your wiki, from
-   files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will automatically
-   get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
+   Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
+   wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
+   automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.

 
 4. Build your wiki for the first time.
 
 
 4. Build your wiki for the first time.
 

-                       ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://host/~you/wiki/
+                       ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/

 
    Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
    be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
 
    Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
    be able to visit the url and see your wiki.


@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
    introduce setup files.
    
    A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
    introduce setup files.
    
    A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from

-   `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it.
+   `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Note that this
+   file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with the rest of the
+   files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ subdirectory.

    
    Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
    ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
    
    Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
    ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and