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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [67b5f41963] - Added the "selfhost.wiki" page that talks about the three self-hosting fossil repositories and how they are automatically synchronized. by drh on 2009-08-24 16:00:05. [view]
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File www/index.wiki part of check-in [b79994adcb] - Trying to improve the look of the homepage. It is not at all clear that this check-in is any improvement, but it is at least an attempt.... by drh on 2009-08-24 17:45:45. [view]
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 <title>Fossil Home Page</title>
-<h1>Fossil: Distributed Revision Control, Wiki, and Bug-Tracking</h1>
 
-Fossil is a
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control | distributed software version control system]
-that includes an integrated
-[./wikitheory.wiki | distributed wiki] and an integrated
-[./bugtheory.wiki | distributed bug-tracking system] all in a single,
-easy-to-use, stand-alone executable.
-Fossil has been [./selfhost.wiki | self-hosting]
-since 2007-07-21.
-You can download the [/timeline?y=ci | latest sources] and
-[./build.wiki | compile it yourself].
-Or you can grab
-[http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html | pre-compiled binaries].
+<table border="1" align="right" cellpadding="10">
+<tr><td>
+<h2>Quick Links</h2>
+<ul>
+<li> [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start]
+<li> [http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html | Download]
+<li> [./build.wiki | Install]
+<li> [/timeline | Recent changes]
+<li> [./faq.wiki | FAQ]
+</ul>
+<center><img src="fossil.gif"></center>
+</td></tr>
+</table>
 
 
-<b>Feature Summary:</b>
-<img src="fossil.gif" align="right">
+<center>
+<font size=5><b>Fossil:</b><i>
+Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management
+</i></font>
+</center>
 
+<h3>Feature Summary:</h3>
+  *  [./concepts.wiki | Distributed version control]
+  *  Integrated, [./bugtheory.wiki | distributed bug tracking] and
+     [./wikitheory.wiki | distributed wiki].
+  *  Built-in [./webui.wiki | web interface] that supports deep
+     archaeological digs through the project history.
+  *  All network communication via HTTP with
+     [./quickstart.wiki#proxy | proxy support]
+     so that everything works from behind restrictive firewalls.
+     Communication is [./stats.wiki | bandwidth-efficient].
+  *  Everything (client, server, and utilities) is included in a
+     single self-contained executable - [./build.wiki | trivial to install].
+  *  Server runs as [./quickstart.wiki#cgiserver | CGI], using
+     [./quickstart.wiki#inetdserver | inetd/xinetd]
+     or using its own
+     [./quickstart.wiki#serversetup | built-in, stand alone web server].
   *  Flexible workflow:<ul>
     <li>Disconnected, distributed development like
       <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982">git</a>,
       <a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>,
@@ -28,22 +47,9 @@
       <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a> and
       <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>,
     <li>Or, operations on local repositories,
     <li>Or, all of the above at the same time</ul>
-  *  Integrated, [./bugtheory.wiki | distributed bug tracking] and
-     [./wikitheory.wiki | distributed wiki].
-  *  Built-in [./webui.wiki | web interface] that supports deep
-     archaeological digs through the project history.
-  *  All network communication via HTTP with
-     [./quickstart.wiki#proxy | proxy support]
-     so that everything works from behind restrictive firewalls.
-     Communication is [./stats.wiki | bandwidth-efficient].
-  *  Everything (client, server, and utilities) is included in a
-     single self-contained executable - trivial to install
-  *  Server runs as [./quickstart.wiki#cgiserver | CGI], using
-     [./quickstart.wiki#inetdserver | inetd/xinetd]
-     or using its own
-     [./quickstart.wiki#serversetup | built-in, stand alone web server].
+  *  [./selfhost.wiki | Self-hosting] since 2007-07-21.
   *  An entire project contained in single
      [./stats.wiki | compact] disk file
      (an [http://www.sqlite.org/ | SQLite] database.)
   *  Uses an [./fileformat.wiki | enduring file format] that is
@@ -51,13 +57,11 @@
      not yet born.
   *  Automatic [./selfcheck.wiki | self-check]
      on repository changes makes it exceedingly
      unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.
-  *  Ridiculously easy to [./build.wiki | install] and
-     [./quickstart.wiki | operate].
   *  License: [../COPYRIGHT-GPL2.txt | GPL]
 
-<b>User Links:</b>
+<h3>User Links:</h3>
 
   *  [./faq.wiki | FAQ]
   *  The [./concepts.wiki | concepts] behind fossil
   *  [./quickstart.wiki | Quick Start] guide to using fossil
@@ -78,9 +82,9 @@
      hosted on fossil.
   *  Some (unfinished but expanding) extended
       [./reference.wiki | reference documentation] for the fossil command line.
 
-<b>Developer Links:</b>
+<h3>Developer Links:</h3>
 
   *  [./pop.wiki | Principles Of Operation]
   *  The [./fileformat.wiki | file format] used by every content
      file stored in the repository.
@@ -88,14 +92,4 @@
      efficiently store changes between file revisions.
   *  The [./delta_encoder_algorithm.wiki | encoder algorithm] used to
      efficiently generate deltas.
   *  The [./sync.wiki | synchronization protocol].
-
-<b>Competing Projects:</b>
-
-  *  [http://www.ditrack.org/ | DITrace] - A Distributed Issue Tracker
-  *  [http://www.distract.wellquite.org/ | DisTract]
-     - Another distributed issue tracker based on
-     [http://www.monotone.ca/ | monotone].
-  *  [http://www.monotone.ca/ | Monotone] - distributed
-     SCM in a single-file executable with a single-file SQLite
-     database repository.