From: Amitai Schlair <schmonz-web-ikiwiki@schmonz.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:09:12 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: more guidance for cgi_wrapper (friend was confused)
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X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/c3e47948635578e78c46417ada01b3c24ed0b91e?hp=8159b420bfa04c95cd2a287aa21c9aaf31b644b6

more guidance for cgi_wrapper (friend was confused)
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diff --git a/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn b/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
index 75a5648d5..f6e0659f1 100644
--- a/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup/byhand.mdwn
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ will set everything up.
 
 Now you have a basic wiki with a setup file. Time to experiment
 with ikiwiki's many features. 
-   
+
+[[!template id="note" text="""
+CGI configuration is heavily dependent on webserver. Figure out (or
+configure) the location and/or filename extension your webserver
+needs to execute a CGI, then set `cgi_wrapper` to a suitable path.
+"""]]
+
 Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
 editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the
 settings for the `cgi_wrapper`, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper