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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki
 there if you don't have a dedicated server.
 
+Note that you can also follow these instructions, get your wiki set up on
+NearlyFreeSpeech, and then use the [[plugins/Amazon_S3]] plugin to inject
+the static web pages into Amazon S3. Then NearlyFreeSpeech will handle the
+CGI, and S3 will handle the web serving. This might be a more cost effective,
+scalable, or robust solution than using NearlyFreeSpeech alone.
+
 ## Register for an account and set up a site
 
 After you [get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php),
@@ -36,7 +42,12 @@ Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it:
 
 ## Install perl modules
 
-Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory:
+As an optional step, you can use CPAN to install the perl modules ikiwiki
+uses into your home directory. This should not be necessary, mostly,
+because the system has most modules installed already.
+
+So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki
+doesn't work.
 
        PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
        
@@ -65,16 +76,15 @@ Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
 
        mkdir ~/wiki
        cd ~/wiki
-       cp ~/ikiwiki/doc/ikiwiki.setup .
        cp -r ~/ikiwiki/doc/examples/blog/* .
+       ikiwiki -dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup
        nano ikiwiki.setup
        # Set destdir to /home/htdocs
        # Set srcdir to /home/private/wiki
        # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ , set cgiurl likewise
-       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line, and the cgi and git
-       # post-update wrapper blocks.
-       # Set the cgi wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
-       # Set the git wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update
+       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line.
+       # Set the cgi_wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
+       # Set the git_wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update
        # Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
        ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
        ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ dollars.
 
 rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan ~/ikiwiki ~/man ~/lib/perl5/5.8.8
 
-That should cut things down to less than 4 megabytes. If you want to save
+That should cut things down to less than 2 megabytes. If you want to save
 even more space, delete unused perl modules from ~/lib/perl5
 
 ## Enjoy!