diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# zodiac - a static site generator
+# zodiac
 
 ZODIAC is a static website generator powered by sh and awk. The core features of zodiac are:
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ZODIAC is a static website generator powered by sh and awk. The core features of
 * a simple, easy to use templating system
 * supports custom helpers written in awk
 * configuration, meta, helpers, etc. can be added as you need them
-* convert your markup using any external command that accepts a unix pipe (smu, asciidoc, discount, rst2html, etc)
+* convert your markup using any external command that accepts a UNIX-style pipe (smu, asciidoc, discount, rst2html, etc)
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Page metadata will always override global metadata of the same key.
 
 Templates come in two forms, page templates and layout templates. Metadata can be bound to templates by using the `{{key}}` notation in your pages and layout files.
 
-Page templates can have any extension that zodiac can convert. Out of the box, page templates can have `md`, `htm`, or an `html` extension. Other extensions can be supported if they are configured in the `.zod/config` file in the project directory.
+Page templates can have any extension that zodiac can convert. Out of the box, page templates can have an `md`, `htm`, or `html` extension. Other extensions and markup types can be supported if they are configured in the `.zod/config` file in the project directory.
 
 The `main.layout` file wraps HTML content around a page template.  A `main.layout` file could look something like this:
 
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ Just be sure to set the data array in the `load_helpers()` function at the top o
 For more control over the parsing and conversion process, a `.zod/config` file can be created within your project directory. Here is a sample config:
 
     [parse]
-    htm
-    html
+    htm,html
 
     [parse_convert]
     md      smu
diff --git a/example/site/.zod/config b/example/site/.zod/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5e6fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/site/.zod/config
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+; This is an example zodiac configuration file
+; A line starting with a `;` is a comment and is ignored.
+
+; The `parse` section is for page templates that will not be converted to
+; HTML via an external utility.
+;
+;   [parse]
+;   extension,extension
+;   extension
+;   ...
+;
+
+
+; [parse]
+; htm
+; html
+
+
+; The `parse_convert` section is for page templates that will be converted
+; to HTML via an external utility.
+; 
+; By default, page templates with the `md` extension are piped through the
+; built-in awk implementation of Markdown.
+;
+;   [parse_convert]
+;   extension,extension   command
+;   extension             command
+;   ...
+
+
+; [parse_convert]
+; md,markdown   discount
+; txt           asciidoc -s -
+
+
+; The `ignore` section is for patterns that zodiac will ignore when
+; searching the project directory. Ignored files will not be parsed or
+; copied to the target directory.
+;
+;   [ignore]
+;   pattern
+;   pattern
+;   ...
+
+
+; [ignore]
+; Makefile