4 files changed, 77 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/examples/blog.mdwn b/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
index 2155d7fea..f542cad0c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
+++ b/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ Some additional configuration you might want to do:
   enable comments to posts to the blog:
 
   	comments_pagespec => 'blog/posts/* and !*/Discussion',
+
+* Enable the [[calendar|plugins/calendar]] plugin and run the
+  [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command from cron daily to get an interlinked
+  set of calendar archives.
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki-calendar.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki-calendar.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2cc612f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki-calendar.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# NAME
+
+ikiwiki-calendar - create calendar archive pages
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+ikiwiki-calendar [-f] your.setup [pagespec] [year]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+`ikiwiki-calendar` creates pages that use the [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]]
+directive, allowing the archives to be browsed one month
+at a time, with calendar-based navigation.
+
+You must specify the setup file for your wiki. The pages will
+be created inside its `srcdir`, beneath the `archivebase`
+directory used by the calendar plugin (default "archives").
+
+You will probably want to specify a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]
+to control which pages are included on the calendars. The
+default is all pages. To limit it to only posts in a blog,
+use something like "posts/* and !*/Discussion".
+
+It defaults to creating calendar pages for the current
+year, as well as the previous year, and the next year.
+If you specify a year, it will create pages for that year.
+
+Existing pages will not be overwritten by this command by default.
+Use the `-f` switch to force it to overwrite any existing pages.
+
+## CRONTAB
+
+While this command only needs to be run once a year to update
+the archive pages for each new year, you are recommended to set up
+a cron job to run it daily, at midnight. Then it will also update
+the calendars to highlight the current day.
+
+An example crontab:
+
+	0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion"
+
+# TEMPLATES
+
+This command uses two [[template|wikitemplates]] to generate
+the pages, `calendarmonth.tmpl` and `calendaryear.tmpl`.
+
+# AUTHOR
+
+Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>
+
+Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki-calendar's man page, edit with care
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
index 8a257d6eb..b2ac75b11 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 The `calendar` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/calendar desc=calendar]] plugin.
-This plugin requires extra setup.  See the plugin documentation for details.
 
 This directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
 some blogs.
@@ -12,16 +11,28 @@ some blogs.
 
 	\[[!calendar type="year" year="2005" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]]
 
+## setup
+
 The calendar is essentially a fancy front end to archives of previous
 pages, usually used for blogs. It can produce a calendar for a given month,
-or a list of months for a given year.
-
-The month format calendar simply links to any page posted on each
-day of the month. The year format calendar links to archive pages, with
-names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007)  and `archives/2007/01`
-(for January, 2007). For this to work, you'll need to create these archive
-pages. They typically use [[inline]] to display or list pages created in
-the given time frame.
+or a list of months for a given year. The month format calendar simply
+links to any page posted on each day of the month. The year format calendar
+links to archive pages, with names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007)
+and `archives/2007/01` (for January, 2007).
+
+While you can insert calendar directives anywhere on your wiki, including
+in the sidebar, you'll also need to create these archive pages. They
+typically use this directive to display a calendar, and also use [[inline]]
+to display or list pages created in the given time frame.
+
+The `ikiwiki-calendar` command can be used to automatically generate the
+archive pages. It also refreshes the wiki, updating the calendars to
+highlight the current day. This command is typically run at midnight from
+cron. An example crontab:
+
+An example crontab:
+
+	0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion"
 
 ## usage
 
diff --git a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
index d695762b7..bc1bc6c71 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 
 This plugin provides a [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] [[ikiwiki/directive]].
 The directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
-some blogs.
+some blogs. 
 
-Since ikiwiki is a wiki compiler, to keep the calendar up-to-date,
-wikis that include it need to be periodically refreshes, typically by cron
-at midnight. Example crontab:
-
-	0 0 * * * ikiwiki -setup ~/ikiwiki.setup -refresh
+The [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command is used to keep the calendar up-to-date.
 
 ## CSS