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 Edit the HTML files by hand.
 
+## Deploying the website
+
+The server osamc.de updates a local copy of this repository and will rsync changes to the web
+directory. Additional sanity checking and security measures are done in this step to prevent
+(accidental) harmful files on the public webserver.
+
 ## Archive
 
 https://osamc.de/archiv/