more guidance for cgi_wrapper (friend was confused)

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / setup / byhand.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn b/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
index 75a5648d5212ba8d090764ea4064229d2a7d1923..f6e0659f18fe3a27151dcfe0454bd8ba43d760d4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ will set everything up.
 
 Now you have a basic wiki with a setup file. Time to experiment
 with ikiwiki's many features. 
-   
+
+[[!template id="note" text="""
+CGI configuration is heavily dependent on webserver. Figure out (or
+configure) the location and/or filename extension your webserver
+needs to execute a CGI, then set `cgi_wrapper` to a suitable path.
+"""]]
+
 Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
 editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the
 settings for the `cgi_wrapper`, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper