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@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 ~log
 ====
 
-Use **squigglelog** to easily create a simple log for your tilde. [Create new posts](https://github.com/thebaer/squigglelog/tree/master/entries#squigglelog-entries) in the `entries/` folder, then run this:
+Use **squigglelog** to easily create a simple log for your tilde.
+
+1. Install squigglelog with `./install.sh`
+2. [Create new posts](https://github.com/thebaer/squigglelog/tree/master/entries#squigglelog-entries) in the `entries/` folder, or use the `squiggle.sh` utility.
+3. Generate your ~log:
 
 ```bash
-go build squigglelog.go
-./squigglelog -template mysquigglelog
+./squigglelog -t mysquigglelog -o mylog
 ```
 
-This will use any template in `templates/` defined with _mysquigglelog_ (see below) to generate your full squigglelog page.
+This will use any template in `templates/` defined with _mysquigglelog_ (see below) to generate your full squigglelog page in ~/public_html/ called mylog.html.
 
 #### templates
 
@@ -28,3 +31,13 @@ Your template should look like this.
 </html>
 {{end}}
 ```
+
+There are two important lines in this file
+
+`{{define "mysquigglelog"}}`
+
+This is what you will reference in the `-t` flag passed to the generator. The template file name does not matter.
+
+`{{template "log" .}}`
+
+This must be included verbatim in your template. It will include the `templates/log.html` template, which holds all the posts.