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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.
 
+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),
@@ -36,14 +42,20 @@ 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=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")'
+       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
+       
+       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 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.)
+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, so it's
+ok if installation of some of them fail.
 
 ## Build and install ikiwiki
 
@@ -87,7 +99,7 @@ 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!