-Ikiwiki is a **wiki compiler**. It converts wiki pages
-into HTML pages suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores
-pages and hostory in a revision control system such as [[Subversion]]
-or [[Git]]. There are many other [[features]], including support for
-[[blogging|blog]], as well as a large array of [[plugins]].
-
-[[template id=note text="""
-[[ikiwiki_logo|logo/ikiwiki.png]]
-[[News]]
-[[Download]]
-[[Setup]]
-[[Usage]]
-[[Security]]
-[[Users|IkiWikiUsers]]
-[[Contact]]
-"""]]
-
-### using ikiwiki
+Ikiwiki is a **wiki compiler**. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages
+suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores pages and history in a
+[[revision_control_system|rcs]] such as [[Subversion|rcs/svn]] or [[rcs/Git]].
+There are many other [[features]], including support for
+[[blogging|blog]] and [[podcasting|podcast]], as well as a large
+array of [[plugins]].
+
+Alternatively, think of ikiwiki as a particularly flexible static
+site generator with some dynamic features.
+
+[[!template id=links]]
+
+## using ikiwiki