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/::'.::..::.:`::'                                                  /:::: 
/::=---------=:' Hello, and welcome to asciiweb.                    /:.:
/ ,-========-,                                                      /:.:
/|    NEWS    |  Asciiweb is a text-to-html formatting system that  /:.:
/| .________. |  uses the <pre> tag to create innovative            /:.:
/ :-========-:   ascii-art web pages.                               /:.:
/|    ABOUT   |                                                     /:.:
/| .________. |  The concept is simple -- hyperlinks and most       /:.:
/ :-========-:   other HTML formatting tags work within a pre-      /:.:
/|  DOWNLOAD  |  formatted text block -- this means that            /:.:
/| .________. |  elaborate web pages may be designed by             /:.:
/ :-========-:   combining old-school ascii art techniques with     /:.:
/|  DOCUMENTS |  a little HTML knowhow.                             /:.:
/| .________. |                                                     /:.:
/ :-========-:   Unfortunately, keeping all the HTML and            /:.:
/|    LISTS   |  formatting and whitespace and everything           /:.:
/| .________. |  inside the <pre> tag straight by hand is           /:.:
/ :-========-:   an incredible headache -- one wrong space means    /:.:
/|    SITES   |  messed up (and possibly unintelligible)            /:.:
/| .________. |  ascii art. Who wants that? Nobody.                 /:.:
/ :-========-:                                                      /:.:
/|  DIRECTORY |  FORTUNATELY, asciiweb does all the difficult       /:.:
/| .________. |  work for you -- keeping spaces and tags in line    /:.:
/ :-========-:   so that you can sit back and worry about being     /:.:
/|  COMMENTS  |  creative.                                          /:.:
/| .________. |                                                     /:.:
/ :-========-:   Additionally, asciiweb allows you to either        /:.:
/|   CONTACT  |  generate your pages on demand, on command, or via  /:.:
/| .________. |  a scheduling agent like cron. Nobody knows how to  /:.:
/ '-========-'   run your server like you do, and asciiweb isn't    /:.:
/::=---------=:: about to make you change.                          /:.:
/::.    .    .::                                                    /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: Furthermore, those running asciiweb in an          /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: on-demand configuration will find all kinds of     /:.:
/::   . . .   :: neat tricks and hacks available to them. For       /:.:
/::. . . . . .:: example, asciiweb is able to load files from       /:.:
/::   . . .   :: the filesystem or via http -- including            /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: offsite html and "rfk"(asciiweb's custom           /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: format) files.                                     /:.:
/::.    .    .::                                                    /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: Additionally, asciiweb can be configured to        /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: embed the output from custom scripts for cool      /:.:
/::   . . .   :: dynamic text widgets, data visualization or        /:.:
/::. . . . . .:: statistical information -- anything you code       /:.:
/::   . . .   :: yourself that outputs text -- in whatever          /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: language you prefer -- Perl, Python,               /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: bash, you name it!                                 /:.:
/::.    .    .::                                                    /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: AND, asciiweb implements optional per-page         /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: configuration -- allowing you to set custom        /:.:
/::   . . .   :: ascii-art surroundings to load with your           /:.:
/::. . . . . .:: content files. Make asciiweb change and            /:.:
/::   . . .   :: contextualize for each page in your website!       /:.:
/::  .  .  .  ::                                                    /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: If that wasn't enough, asciiweb also               /:.:
/::.    .    .:: understands standard "Apache-style"                /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: directory listings -- so your users can browse     /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: the filesystem and still remain inside the         /:.:
/::   . . .   :: asciiweb interface!                                /:.:
/::. . . . . .::                                                    /:.:
/::   . . .   :: Finally, asciiweb is Free Software, released       /:.:
/::  .  .  .  :: under the terms of the GPL. What could be better   /:.:
/:: .   .   . :: than that?                                         /:.:
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