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diff --git a/ikiwiki/NearlyFreeSpeech.mdwn b/ikiwiki/NearlyFreeSpeech.mdwn index 39caef4..b404440 100644 --- a/ikiwiki/NearlyFreeSpeech.mdwn +++ b/ikiwiki/NearlyFreeSpeech.mdwn @@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ This page documents step-by-step how to properly setup and customize *ikiwiki* o After you get an account, create a site using their web interface. -Mine is named ikiwiki-test and I used their DNS instead of getting my own, resulting in http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/. (Not being kept up anymore.) +Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my own, resulting in http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/. (Not being kept up anymore.) They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay for 10 megabytes of bandwidth, or about a thousand typical page views, at their current rates. Plenty to decide if this is right for you. If it is, $5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in your account. + +## ssh in and configure the environment + +ssh into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on the site's information page. Example: + + ssh username_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net + +Now set up `.profile` to run programs from `~/bin`. + + cd $HOME + echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > .profile + . .profile + +## Download an unpack ikiwiki + +Use `wget` to download the ikiwiki tarball. You can find the `tar` file at the bottom of this page: [packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki) + +Then unpack it: + + tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz |