NAME
    README - Rehash ("Revised and Enhanced Homebrewed Automatic Storytelling
    Homepage")

DESCRIPTION
    Rehash is a fork of the last open-source release of Slash, which was
    the basis of slashdot.org. Rehash is a partial rewrite of
    Slash to increase functionality, improve usability, and an incremental
    port to modern versions of Apache, perl, and mod_perl. It is designed
    for high reliability and scalability, with integrated support for MySQL
    cluster, multi-frontend support, and a strong adherence to the MVC
    development methodology, clearly abstracting user-facing code from
    backend management.

    In addition, rehash is designed to be fast, flexible, and highly
    scalable and should scale to almost any load put to it. Furthermore,
    with support for AppArmor, parameter filtering, and query hardening,
    rehash is resistant to both SQL exploitation, and server compromise
    through the frontend. As always, efforts continue to improve this
    wherever possible. As for proof of its robustness, rehash powers
    soylentnews.org, and its ancestor powered slashdot.org (which is one
    heck of a torture test).

    See INSTALL for information about installing Rehash, including hardware
    and software requirements. Read that document carefully, and follow the
    instructions as precisely as possible.

    Also see INSTALL for information on upgrading from previous versions of
    Rehash, Slash or slashcode.

    As noted in the FAQ, please send any bug reports, and subscribe to
    mailing lists, at Rehash's github page.

        https://github.com/soylentnews/rehash

DOCUMENTATION
    The .pod documentation included with Rehash can be read with the
    "perldoc" program, included with perl, or translated using one of the
    many "pod2*" translators.

    Template Toolkit (version 2)
        For more information on how to write templates, see the Template
        Toolkit site.

        http://www.template-toolkit.org/

    RSS For more information on RSS 1.0, and the RSS Rehash module.

        http://purl.org/rss/1.0/

        http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/

    Installation
        The details on how to install, and upgrade, Rehash.

        INSTALL

    API The details of the API available in Rehash.

                perldoc Slash
                perldoc Slash::Utility
                perldoc Slash::Display
                perldoc Slash::DB

        The modules represent the bulk of the public API of Rehash. The
        other Rehash modules have embedded POD to be read with perldoc, too.
        Some of the documentation here is woefully incomplete.

                use Source 'Luke';

    HOWTOs
        There are currently the beginnings of HOWTO documents for templates,
        plugins, and themes.

        docs/HOWTO-Plugins.pod

        docs/HOWTO-Templates.pod

        docs/HOWTO-Themes.pod

    Other
        The rehashguide document helps you get your feet wet and gives vital
        information for how to run a Rehash site.

        docs/slashguide.pod

    Authors
        The authors and contributors of Rehash.

        AUTHORS

LINKS
    Rehash
        Primary user of rehash, and home of its developers.

        https://soylentnews.org

    Slashdot
        The site that started it all.

        http://slashdot.org/

    GitHub (rehash repo)
        Home of the rehash git repo.

        https://github.com/soylentnews/rehash

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    The information below applies to everything in this distribution, except
    where noted.

    Copyright 2014-2015 by the Rehash Developers and the SoylentNews Team.

        https://soylentnews.org
        https://github.com/soylentnews/rehash

    Copyright 1997-2005 by Open Source Technology Group.

            http://www.ostg.com/

    Rehash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
    Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
    option) any later version.

    Rehash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
    more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with Rehash (COPYING); if not, go to http://www.fsf.org/ or write to the
    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
    02111-1307, USA.

VERSION
    $Id$