updated branch; this is ready for review for inclusion in IkIWiki

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / amazon_s3.mdwn

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--- a/doc/plugins/amazon_s3.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/amazon_s3.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-[[template id=plugin name=amazon_s3 author="[[Joey]]"]]
-[[tag type/special-purpose]]
+[[!template id=plugin name=amazon_s3 author="[[Joey]]"]]
+[[!tag type/special-purpose]]
 
 This plugin allows ikiwiki to publish a wiki in the [Amazon Simple Storage
 Service](http://aws.amazon.com/s3) (S3). As pages are rendered, ikiwiki
 will upload them to Amazon S3. The entire wiki contents, aside from the
 ikiwiki CGI, can then be served directly out of Amazon S3.
 
-You'll need the [[cpan Net::Amazon::S3]] and [[cpan File::MimeInfo]] perl
+You'll need the [[!cpan Net::Amazon::S3]] and [[!cpan File::MimeInfo]] perl
 modules and an Amazon S3 account to use this plugin.
 
 ## configuration
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ This plugin uses the following settings in the setup file:
   set it to "foo", then the url will be
   "http://foo.s3.amazonaws.com/wiki/".
 * `amazon_s3_prefix` - A prefix to prepend to each page name.
-  The default is "wiki/". Note that due to S3 limitations (lack of support
-  for uploading a root key), it is not possible to set the prefix to an
-  empty string.
+  The default is "wiki/". Note: In order to host your site at the root,
+  it needs to be set to "", and you'll have to 
+  [read this](http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/02/host-your-static-website-on-amazon-s3.html)
+  for details about configuring your S3 bucket as a website.
 * `amazon_s3_location` - Optionally, this can be set to control which
   datacenter to use. For example, set it to "EU" to for Europe.
 * `amazon_s3_dupindex` - Normally, when `usedirs` is enabled,
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ This plugin uses the following settings in the setup file:
   "index.html" in their names to work, you can enable this option. Then
   each index.html file will be stored in S3 *twice*, under both names. This
   will use more disk and bandwidth, and is not recommended unless you really
-  need it for some reason.
+  need it for some reason. These days, it's probably better to configure
+  your S3 bucket as a website.
 
 Note that you should still set `destdir` in the setup file. The files that
 are uploaded to Amazon S3 will still be written to the destdir, too.
@@ -46,11 +48,11 @@ The `hardlink` config file setting is not compatible with this plugin.
 
 ## data transfer notes
 
-If you run 'ikiwiki -setup my.setup' to force a rebuild of your wiki, the
+If you run 'ikiwiki --setup my.setup' to force a rebuild of your wiki, the
 entire thing will be re-uploaded to Amazon S3. This will take time, and
 cost you money, so it should be avoided as much as possible.
 
-If you run 'ikiwiki -setup my.setup -refresh', ikiwiki will only upload the
+If you run 'ikiwiki --setup my.setup --refresh', ikiwiki will only upload the
 modified pages that it refreshes. Faster and cheaper. Still, if you have
 very large pages (for example, a page that inlines hundreds of other pages
 .. or is just very large), the complete page contents will be re-uploaded
@@ -62,5 +64,5 @@ it will be re-uploaded, rather than copied.
 
 ## deleting a bucket
 
-You can use "ikiwiki -setup my.setup --delete-bucket" to delete anything
+You can use "ikiwiki --setup my.setup --delete-bucket" to delete anything
 that's in the configured bucket, and remove the bucket.