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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [f0720ef5f1] - "forward out" the "log in to see links" message in index.wiki by kejoki on 2008-11-24 16:20:42. Also file www/index.wiki part of check-in [7083eb1a1c] - Change the markup in the index.wiki page from HTML to wiki. Extend the wikitheory.wiki page. Other documentation tweaks. by drh on 2008-11-20 03:14:22. [view]

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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [927da3300f] - Added some text to index.wiki pointing new users at anonymous login to see links. by kejoki on 2008-11-22 10:12:55. [view]

@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
      unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.
   *  Ridiculously easy to [./build.wiki | install] and
      [./quickstart.wiki | operate].
 
-User Links:
+User Links: <sup><a href="#nolinks">?</a>
 
   *  The [./concepts.wiki | concepts] behind fossil
   *  [./build.wiki | Building And Installing]
   *  [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start] guide to using fossil
@@ -89,4 +89,13 @@
      [http://www.monotone.ca/ | monotone].
   *  [http://www.monotone.ca/ | Monotone] - distributed
      SCM in a single-file executable with a single-file SQLite
      database repository.
+
+<a name="nolinks">?</a> If you don't see the links, you aren't logged
+in.  Please [./login | log in] as "anonymous" to see the links.
+
+The fossil sites are so self hosting that what you're seeing is
+<b>fossil</b> in action.  Requiring a log in prevents <b>bots</b>
+which don't respect <code>robots.txt</code> from putting half-finished
+or incorrect versions of &lt;<i>your fossil-hosted project
+here</i>&gt; all over the net.