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diff --git a/httemplate/docs/install.html b/httemplate/docs/install.html
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@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ Before installing, you need:
   <li><a href="http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a> (if compiling your own mod_perl, make sure you set the <a href="http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html#EVERYTHING">EVERYTHING</a>=1 compile-time option)
   <li><a href="http://www.openssh.com/">SSH</a> (<a href="http://www.openssh.com//">OpenSSH</a> is recommended.  SSH Communications Security <a href="http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/download.cfm">commercial SSH version 3</a> has been reported incompatible with Freeside.)
   <li><a href="http://rsync.samba.org/">rsync</a>
-  <li>A <b>transactional</b> database engine supported by Perl's <a href="http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/">DBI</a>.
+  <li>A <b>transactional</b> database engine <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=DBD%3A%3A">supported</a> by Perl's <a href="http://dbi.perl.org">DBI</a>.
     <ul>
       <li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> (v7 or higher) is recommended.
-      <li><b>MySQL does not work at this time.</b>
-        <i>The following information is provided for developers who wish to contribute MySQL support:</i> See ticket <a href="http://pouncequick.420.am/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=300">#300</a> in the bug-tracking system.
-      <!-- <li>MySQL has been reported to work.  -->
-        <b>MySQL's default <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/y/MyISAM.html">MyISAM</a> and <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/S/ISAM.html">ISAM</a> table types are not supported</b>.  If you really want to use MySQL, you need to use one of the new <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/a/Table_types.html">transaction-safe table types</a> such as <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/D/BDB.html">BDB</a>, and set it as the default table type using the <code>--default-table-type=BDB</code> <a href="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html#Command-line_options">mysqld command-line option</a> or by setting <code>default-table-type=BDB</code> in the <a href="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html#Option_files">my.cnf option file</a>.
+       <li>MySQL has been reported to work.
+         <b>MySQL's default <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/y/MyISAM.html">MyISAM</a> and <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/S/ISAM.html">ISAM</a> table types are not supported</b>.  If you want to use MySQL, you <b>must</b> use one of the new <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/a/Table_types.html">transaction-safe table types</a> such as <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/D/BDB.html">BDB</a> or <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/n/InnoDB.html">InnoDB</a>, and set it as the default table type <!-- when running fs-setup --> using the <code>--default-table-type=BDB</code> or <code>--default-table-type=InnoDB</code> <a href="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html#Command-line_options">mysqld command-line option</a> or by setting <code>default-table-type=BDB</code> or <code>default-table-type=InnoDB</code> in the <a href="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html#Option_files">my.cnf option file</a>.
     </ul>
   <li>Perl modules (<a href="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/CPAN.html">CPAN</a> will query, download and build perl modules automatically)
     <ul>
@@ -53,11 +51,12 @@ Before installing, you need:
       <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Time-Duration">Time-Duration</a>
       <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=HTML-Widgets-SelectLayers">HTML-Widgets-SelectLayers</a>
       <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Storable">Storable</a>
+      <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=ApacheDBI">Apache::DBI</a> <i>(optional but recommended for better webinterface performance)</i>
     </ul>
 </ul>
 Install the Freeside distribution:
 <ul>
-  <li>Add the user `freeside' to your system.
+  <li>Add the user and group `freeside' to your system.
   <li>Allow the freeside user full access to the freeside database.
     <ul>
       <li> with <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/user-manag.html#DATABASE-USERS">PostgreSQL</a>:
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX,ALTER,CREATE,DROP on freeside.* T
 <!--  <li>Unpack the tarball: <pre>gunzip -c fs-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xvf -</pre>-->
   <li>Edit the top-level Makefile:
     <ul>
-      <li>Set <tt>DATASOURCE</tt> to your <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.20/DBI.pm">DBI data source</a>, for example, <tt>DBI:Pg:host=localhost;dbname=freeside</tt> for PostgresSQL or <tt>DBI:mysql:freeside</tt> for MySQL.  See the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.20/DBI.pm">DBI manpage</a> and the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=DBD">manpage for your DBD</a> for the exact syntax of a DBI data source.
+      <li>Set <tt>DATASOURCE</tt> to your <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.28/DBI.pm">DBI data source</a>, for example, <tt>DBI:Pg:host=localhost;dbname=freeside</tt> for PostgresSQL or <tt>DBI:mysql:freeside</tt> for MySQL.  See the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.28/DBI.pm">DBI manpage</a> and the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=DBD%3A%3A">manpage for your DBD</a> for the exact syntax of your DBI data source.
       <li>Set <tt>DB_PASSWORD</tt> to the freeside database user's password.
     </ul>
   <li>Add the freeside database to your database engine:
@@ -176,17 +175,19 @@ $ <a href="man/bin/freeside-adduser.html">freeside-adduser</a> -c -h /usr/local/
 $ <a href="man/bin/freeside-adduser.html">freeside-adduser</a> -h /usr/local/etc/freeside/htpasswd <i>username</i></pre></font>
     </ul>
   <i>(using other auth types, add each user to your <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#user-authentication">Apache authentication</a> and then run: <tt>freeside-adduser <b>username</b></tt></i>
-  <li>As the freeside UNIX user, run <tt>bin/fs-setup <b>username</b></tt> to create the database tables, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above:
+  <li>As the freeside UNIX user, run <tt>bin/fs-setup <b>username</b></tt> (in the untar'ed freeside directory) to create the database tables, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above:
 <pre>
 $ su freeside
+$ cd <b>/path/to/freeside-1.4.0/</b>
 $ bin/fs-setup <b>username</b>
 </pre>
-  <li>As the freeside UNIX user, run <tt>bin/populate-msgcat <b>username</b></tt> to populate the message catalog, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above:
+  <li>As the freeside UNIX user, run <tt>bin/populate-msgcat <b>username</b></tt> (in the untar'ed freeside directory) to populate the message catalog, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above:
 <pre>
 $ su freeside
+$ cd <b>/path/to/freeside-1.4.0/</b>
 $ bin/populate-msgcat <b>username</b>
 </pre>
-  <li><tt>freeside-queued</tt> was installed with the Perl modules.  Start it now and ensure that is run upon system startup.
+  <li><tt>freeside-queued</tt> was installed with the Perl modules.  Start it now and ensure that is run upon system startup (Do this manually, or edit the top-level Makefile, replacing INIT_FILE with the appropriate location on your systemand QUEUED_USER with the username of a Freeside user you created above, and run <tt>make install-init</tt>)
   <li>Now proceed to the initial <a href="admin.html">administration</a> of your installation.
 </ul>
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