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@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ShareLaTeX
 ==========
 
-ShareLaTeX is a web based collaborative LaTeX editor. There are two versions of it,
-the online version that anyone can sign up to at www.sharelatex.com, and this open source
-version which allows anyone to run a local installation of ShareLaTeX.
+ShareLaTeX is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. We run a hosted service at
+https://www.sharelatex.com and this repository contains the open source code that
+powers it and allows you to run a local installation.
 
-This repository pulls together all of the different services in ShareLaTeX's service
-orientied architecture (SOA).
+ShareLaTeX uses a service orientied architecture (SOA) where we have lots of small
+APIs that talk to each other over HTTP and Redis pub-sub channels. This repository
+pulls together all of the different services and allows you to set up and run
+them quickly.
 
 Installation
 ------------
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ First, check out a local copy of this repository:
 	$ git clone git@github.com:sharelatex/sharelatex.git
 	$ cd sharelatex
 
-Next install all the Node modules and ShareLaTeX services:
+Next install all the node modules and ShareLaTeX services:
 
 	$ npm install
 	$ grunt install
@@ -33,29 +35,45 @@ Dependencies
 You need:
 
 * Node.js 0.10 or greater
-* Grunt command line tools (Run `npm install -g grunt-cli` to install them)
+* The grunt command line tools (Run `npm install -g grunt-cli` to install them)
 * A local instance of Redis and Mongodb running on their standard ports.
 
+Config
+------
+
+ShareLaTeX should mostly run out of the box, although it uses Amazon S3 for storing binary
+files like images. You will need to configure ShareLaTeX to use your own S3 access key
+which can be done by editing the file at `config/settings.development.coffee`
+
 Other repositories
 ------------------
 
 ShareLaTeX consists of many separate services, each with their own Node.js process
-and source code repository. These are all downloaded when you run `npm install` and 
-they are run when you run `grunt run`.
+and source code repository. These are all downloaded and set upwhen you run
+`grunt install`
 
 The different services are:
 
-### web-sharelatex
+### [web](http://github.com/sharelatex/web-sharelatex)
 
 The front facing web server that serves all the HTML pages, CSS and javascript
 to the client. Also contains a lot of logic around creating and editing
 projects, and account management.
 
-### document-updater-sharelatex
+### [document-updater](http://github.com/sharelatex/document-updater-sharelatex)
 
 Process updates that come in from the editor when users modify documents. Ensures that
 the updates are applied in the right order, and that only one operation is modifying
 the document at a time. Also caches the documents in redis for very fast but persistent
 modifications.
 
+### [CLSI](http://github.com/sharelatex/clsi-sharelatex)
+
+The Common LaTeX Service Interface (CLSI) which provides an API for compiling LaTeX 
+documents.
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Please see the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for information on contributing to the development of ShareLaTeX.