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),
## 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")'
+
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, so it's
-ok if installation of some of them fails.
+ok if installation of some of them fail.
## Build and install ikiwiki
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!