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 provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki
 there if you don't have a dedicated server.
 
-* [Get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php).
-* Create a site using their web interface. Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I
-  used their DNS instead of getting my own, resulting in
-  <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/>
-* Fund it. (Or don't. They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which
-  is enough to pay for 10 megabytes of hosting, or about a thousand typical 
-  page views at their current rates.)
-* `ssh` into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on
-  the site's information page. For me this was
-  `ssh joeyh_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net`
-* Set up .profile to use your home directory.
-	echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > $HOME/.profile
-	. $HOME/.profile
-* You'll be in the htdocs directory by default, where public web pages are
-  put, so before installing ikiwiki, `cd $HOME`
-* Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball.
-* Unpack ikiwiki.
+## Register for an account and set up a site
+
+After you [get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php),
+create a site using their web interface. 
+
+Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my
+own, resulting in <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/>
+
+They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay
+for 10 megabytes of hosting, or about a thousand typical page views at
+their current rates. Plenty to decide if this is right for you. If it is,
+$5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in your account.
+
+## ssh in and configure the environment
+
+ssh into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on
+the site's information page. For me this was:
+
+	ssh joeyh_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net
+
+Now set up .profile to run programs from ~/bin.
+
+	cd $HOME
+	echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > .profile
+	. .profile
+
+## Download an unpack ikiwiki
+
+Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it:
+
 	tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz
-* Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory:
+
+## Install perl modules
+
+Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory:
+
 	PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
 	PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'
-  (This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
-  usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and
-  installation of some of them might fail.)
-* Now build and install ikiwiki into your home directory.
+
+(This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
+usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and
+installation of some of them might fail.)
+
+## Build and install ikiwiki
+
 	cd ikiwiki
 	export MAKE=gmake
 	perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$HOME PREFIX=
 	$MAKE
 	$MAKE install
-* With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for
-  settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that
-  the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision
-  control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup.
-  Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
+
+## Set up a wiki in the usual way
+
+With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for
+settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that
+the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision
+control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup.
+
+Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
+
 	mkdir ~/wiki
 	cd ~/wiki
 	cp ~/ikiwiki/doc/ikiwiki.setup .
@@ -52,8 +77,14 @@ there if you don't have a dedicated server.
 	# Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
 	ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
 	ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
-* Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki
-  tarball and .cpan directory.
-	rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan
+
+## Clean up
+
+Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki
+tarball and .cpan directory.
+
+rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan
+
+## Enjoy!
 
 Have fun and do good things. --[[Joey]]