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+# The monkeysphere web site is launched! #
+
+dkg registered monkeysphere.info and monkesphereproject.net (due to the
+failure of Chase to implement the monkeysphere, they were not able to properly
+verify my credit card number). 
+
+And ... they are both now resolving to an actual real web site.
+
+I just took the following steps to put the web site in place (skip to the
+bottom to see what this all means if you want to modify the web site):
+
+ * Created a new subdirectory of my git repo: website
+
+ * Copied the default files for setting up an ikiwiki software project into
+ this repository. 
+
+ * I deleted the contact page, Makefile (for generating a html
+ doc directory for the project), and documentation page. I'm not opposed to
+ these pages, I was just in a hurry to get something published and wasn't sure
+ what to do with these files. We can always add them later.
+
+ * I edited the remaining files to reflect the project (as best I could).
+
+ * I created a user and web directory on the same server as my published
+ monkeysphere git repository. 
+ 
+ * I created a clone of my monkeysphere git repository owned by this new user.
+
+ * I created an ikiwiki setup file that:
+
+		* Specifies the clone as the "srcdir" 
+
+		* Specifies my new web directory as the web directory
+
+		* Generates a setuid binary, owned by the web directory owner, that will
+		update the src repo and re-generate the web pages. 
+
+ * In my published git repo, I added this setuid binary file to my
+ post-update script so that when I push to my git repo, it will trigger
+ ikiwiki to auto-generate the html 
+
+What does this all means if you want to edit the web site?
+
+At the moment, we're betraying our all-distributed, all-the-time mode of
+operations. I'm acting as the web manager (kinda like a release manager). 
+
+That means that if you want a web site change, you should publish it to your
+git repo and then let me know. Then, I pull in your change and push it to my
+published repo which in turn pushes it to the web site.
+
+Also - of note - web edits are not allowed, although that's technically
+possible with ikiwiki. 
+
+In general, I'm going with simplicity first - we can get more fancy later. 
+
+Oh... the files are written in the markdown language, which is ikiwiki default
+(http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax).
+