more explanation in README.md

README.md

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 mostly filebased Content Presentation System
 
+this software evolves as it is being used. There might go some time before new features are added or bugs are fixed. If you find a bug or trouble getting things working, don't hestitate to get in contact or file a bug report (Issues tab).
 
 ## installation
 
+these instructions are tested on GNU/Linux operating system, but should be general enough to work on any UNIX-like computer on a bash terminal. Linux and Mac users should be fine, I have never tried out a installation workflow on Windows. It most certainly works. If you try, let me know how it goes.
+
+
 ### download 
 
 get the source code
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     git clone https://git.freakaria.com/dom/freaCMS.git
     cd freaCMS
     
+If you don't have git installed, just download the archive as zip archive, unzip and chang into directory. Or simply get git, than you have version control :)
+
+
 install dependencies
 
     composer install
 
+composer is a packagemanager for PHP. freaCMS uses the microframework FatFreeFramework for some basic app-logic and parsedown-extra as Markdown parser.
+
 install example content
 
     tar zxf rsc/example_content.tar.gz
     
+have a look inside the newly created content folder to see how content is stored.
+    
     
 ### configure
 
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     DEV_DIR = relative path to development site (so you can try out without breaking stuff)
 
 
+the deploy script automates synchronisation between your local copy and a directory on the server using *rsync*. You need to have *ssh* installed for this to work. It is very basic and might be adapted to your particular needs if you know what you are doing.
+
+If SSH is foreign to you, just ignore it and use your preferred way to transfer files to a server, like e.g. FTP.
+
 
 ### test
 
+if you have PHP installed locally, you can test whether all i working as it should by launching the builtin webserver:
+
     php -S localhost:12345
 
 point browser to localhost:12345
 
 ### upload
 
+using the deploy shell script
+
     ./deploy dev go
     ./deploy dev content up go