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-Introduction:
+# Introduction:
 This website serves as a grad/undergrad agnostic homepage to the UNL Bulletins
 
-Authors:
+## Authors:
 Brett Bieber brett.bieber@gmail.com
 
-Web Address(es):
+## Web Address(es):
 http://bulletin.unl.edu/
 alias - http://catalog.unl.edu/
 
-Server Information:
+## Server Information:
 Web Server:
     Host - ucommsrv.unl.edu:/var/www/html/bulletin.unl.edu/graduate [IS virtual server]
     Server Admin - Jim Liebgott [IS]
     Location - Basement WSEC
 
-Database:
+## Database:
     SQLite Database from the Course XML data retrieved from creq.unl.edu
 
-Source Code:
+## Source Code:
     Git - http://git.unl.edu/iim/UNL_GraduateBulletin [IS]
 
-Software:
+## Software:
     PHP
     Apache Web Server
-    MySQL
 
-Maintenance Tasks:
+## Maintenance Tasks:
 
 Update course snapshot:
-    php scripts/update_course_data.php
 
-Setup:
+`php scripts/update_course_data.php`
 
-copy config.sample.php to config.inc.php
+## Setup:
+
+copy `config.sample.php` to `config.inc.php`
+
+copy `www/sample.htaccess` to `www/.htaccess`
 
-copy www/sample.htaccess to www/.htaccess
 correct paths as necessary