cleaned up the walkthrough a bit

netguy204 · Nov 17, 2010 · eea4200 · eea4200
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diff --git a/hosted-server/index.html b/hosted-server/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <body>
     <div class="container">
-      <div class="title">Complete your MyMedia Registration</div>
+      <div class="title">Begin your MyMedia Registration</div>
 
       <form action="/register" method="post">
 	<input type="hidden" name="type" value="device" />

diff --git a/hosted-server/stylesheets/main.css b/hosted-server/stylesheets/main.css
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .container {
-    width: 40em;
+    width: 50em;
     margin:0px auto;
 }
 

diff --git a/hosted-server/walkthrough.html b/hosted-server/walkthrough.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <body>
     <div class="container">
-      <div class="title">Next Steps</div>
+      <div class="title">You're not done yet! Next...</div>
 
       <div class="item">
 	<a href="http://www.python.org/download">
@@ -16,23 +16,50 @@
 	  The software that runs on your computer is written in a
 	  language called python and must be run by another program
 	  called an interpreter. There is a version of the python
-	  interpreter for most operating systems.
+	  interpreter for most operating systems. This software is
+	  designed to work with the 2.6 series of the python
+	  interpreter (though other versions may work as well.) You
+	  will also need a python library called PIL that is used by
+	  the MyMedia server to resize your photos before sending them
+	  to your box.
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="content">
 	  <b>Linux Users:</b> You probably already have python
 	  installed. It's pretty standard. Type python and if it
-	  starts up press Ctrl+D to quit and skip this section.
+	  starts up press Ctrl+D to quit. You probably will need to
+	  install PIL. Debian and Ubuntu users can do this by typing:
+	  <pre>sudo aptitude install python-imaging</pre>
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="content">
-	  <b>Windows Users:</b> Go to http://www.python.org/download
-	  and select the Windows installer that suits your platform
-	  (32 or 64 bit.) Run it, accept all the defaults.
+	  <b>Windows Users:</b> Go to
+	  <a href="http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/">
+	    the python 2.6 release page</a> and download and run the
+	  32 bit Windows installer. Accept all of the defaults. You'll
+	  want to pick the 32 bit installer even if you're running 64
+	  bit windows because there isn't an official version of PIL
+	  for 64 bit windows. After python is installed,
+	  <a href="http://effbot.org/downloads/PIL-1.1.7.win32-py2.6.exe">
+	    download and install PIL.</a>
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="content">
-	  <b>Mac Users:</b> You already have it!
+	  <b>Mac Users:</b> You already have the right version of
+	  python but you still need to install PIL.
+	  <a href="http://ethan.tira-thompson.org/Mac_OS_X_Ports.html">
+	    Download and install the base image conversion
+	    libraries</a>. Select the combo installer. Next install
+	    PIL by opening the Terminal and typing:
+
+	  <pre>sudo easy_install --find-links http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ Imaging</pre>
+
+	  Use the same password that you normally use for OS X
+	  software installs. It may look like nothing is happening for
+	  a couple of seconds so be patient. When the installation
+	  completes you should see text on the terminal saying that
+	  jpeg support is available. You can now close the terminal
+	  window.
 	</div>
       </div>
 
@@ -65,6 +92,8 @@
 	</div>
       </div>
 
+      <div class="title">Finally...</div>
+
       <div class="item">
 	#4: <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8001/">Configure Your Server</a>