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MkDocs is a static site generator geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML file. * http://www.mkdocs.org/ * http://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/ Ref. #312 * remove pandoc-generated HTML documentation * move markdown doc to doc/md/, * mkdocs.yml: * generate HTML doc in doc/html * add pages TOC/ordering * use index.md as index page * Makefile: remove execute permissions from generated files * Makefile: rewrite htmlpages GFM to markdown conversion using sed: awk expression aslo matched '][' which causes invalid output on complex links with images or code blocks * Add mkdocs.yml to .gitattributes, exclude this file from release archives * Makefile: rename: htmldoc -> doc_html target * run make doc: pull latest markdown documentation from wiki * run make htmlpages: update html documentation
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### Why did you create Shaarli ?
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I was a StumbleUpon user. Then I got fed up with they big toolbar. I switched to delicious, which was lighter, faster and more beautiful. Until Yahoo bought it. Then the export API broke all the time, delicious became slow and was ditched by Yahoo. I switched to Diigo, which is not bad, but does too much. And Diigo is sslllooooowww and their Firefox extension a bit buggy. And… oh… **their Firefox addon sends to Diigo every single URL you visit** (Don't believe me ? Use [Tamper Data](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tamper-data/) and open any page).
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Enough is enough. Saving simple links should not be a complicated heavy thing. I ditched them all and wrote my own: Shaarli. It's simple, but it does the job and does it well. And my data is not hosted on a foreign server, but on my server.
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### Why use Shaarli and not Delicious/Diigo ?
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With Shaarli:
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* The data is yours: It's hosted on your server.
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* Never fear of having your data locked-in.
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* Never fear to have your data sold to third party.
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* Your private links are not hosted on a third party server.
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* You are not tracked by browser addons (like Diigo does)
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* You can change the look and feel of the pages if you want.
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* You can change the behaviour of the program.
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* It's magnitude faster than most bookmarking services.
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### What does Shaarli mean?
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Shaarli is for shaaring your links.
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### My Shaarli is broken!
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First of all, ensure that both the [web server](Server-configuration) and [Shaarli](Shaarli-configuration) are correctly configured, and that your installation is [supported](Server-requirements).
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If everything looks right but the issue(s) remain(s), please:
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- take a look at the [troubleshooting](Troubleshooting) section
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- come [chat with us](https://gitter.im/shaarli/Shaarli) on Gitter, we'll be happy to help ;-)
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- browse active [issues](https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/issues) and [Pull Requests](https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/pulls)
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- if you find one that is related to the issue, feel free to comment and provide additional details (host/Shaarli setup)
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- else, [open a new issue](https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/issues/new), and provide information about the problem:
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- _what happens?_ - display glitches, invalid data, security flaws...
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- _what is your configuration?_ - OS, server version, activated extensions, web browser...
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- _is it reproducible?_
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### Why not use a real database? Files are slow!
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Does browsing [this page](http://sebsauvage.net/links/) feel slow? Try browsing older pages, too.
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It's not slow at all, is it? And don't forget the database contains more than 16000 links, and it's on a shared host, with 32000 visitors/day for my website alone. And it's still damn fast. Why?
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The data file is only 3.7 Mb. It's read 99% of the time, and is probably already in the operation system disk cache. So generating a page involves no I/O at all most of the time.
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