Introduction
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Welcome to the Cheetah project's Wiki site. This Wiki was created in
November 2001.  Its purpose is to facilitate discussion about Cheetah:
its design, its use and its future.  This Wiki is intended to
supplement, *not* replace, the Cheetah `homepage`_ , `email discussion
lists`_ and `docs`_ . If you have questions, rather than comments,
please use the lists. If you are contributing code patches or notes
that are worthy of inclusion in the Cheetah docs, please post to the
lists as well.

.. _homepage: http://cheetahtemplate.sf.net
.. _email discussion lists: cheetahlists.html
.. _docs: http://cheetahtemplate.org/learn.html


[A Wiki is a shared website where anyone can edit or create any page
they choose. It's a website where each page is alive, and everyone can
contribute to evolving the content. It's a meme-pool, an idea
fermenting tank, a conversation lounge, and a whole bunch of other
weird things. For more information, visit the first and largest Wiki at
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors.]

Starting Points
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* WhatIsCheetah_?

  * `Introductory paper`_ for the Python10 conference in Feb, 2002.

* WhoIsUsingCheetah_?

* `Why Use Cheetah`_?

.. _Introductory paper: http://cheetahtemplate.org/Py10.html
.. _Why Use Cheetah: cheetahpropaganda.html

* *Tips for Using Cheetah*:

  * ApplicationDesign_: How to design your Cheetah/Webware application. 

  * CheetahRecipes_: Detailed explanations on how to accomplish common tasks.

  * WebwareIntegration_: Making Webware servlets with Cheetah.

  * TroubleshootingFAQ_: Things that have tripped people up.

  * MiscTips_: A catch-all for items that don't fit anywhere else. Installation and usage are here.

* *Discussion on Improving Cheetah*:

  * WishList_: An informal wishlist of things people would like to see 
    improved in Cheetah.  *Wishes* that become *planned features* are 
    moved from this list to the ToDo_ list.

  * ToDo_: A more formal list of improvements that are planned for specific releases (e.g. 1.0). 

  * SubProjects_: An index of the development sub-projects that are 
    focussed on discussing 
    and implementing  specific items on the ToDo_ list.

  * AppIdeas_: An index of ideas for open source apps to build with, or for Cheetah.