Refresh the front page.

Remove outdated information, and update other tone of voice to better
reflect the current state of the project.
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@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ Conservancy welcomes the help of anyone who is interested in this issue to
design and develop this software. If you want to get involved right now, design and develop this software. If you want to get involved right now,
look below for [[information about how to get involved with this project|index#howtohelp]]. look below for [[information about how to get involved with this project|index#howtohelp]].
BTW, we're [[hoping to participate in GSoC 2014|GSoC2014Ideas]]. We think
there are enough ideas for probably only one, maybe two, students.
## Phase 0 ## Phase 0
Initially, during Phase 0 of this project, Conservancy has done the following:
Conservancy is doing the following things:
- [Writing a tutorial on a Ledger-CLI setup for fiscal sponsor 501(c)3 organizations](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/). - [Writing a tutorial on a Ledger-CLI setup for fiscal sponsor 501(c)3 organizations](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/).
- [[Finding and evaluating existing Free Software accounting systems|ExistingProjects]]. - [[Finding and evaluating existing Free Software accounting systems|ExistingProjects]].
@ -24,7 +18,7 @@ Conservancy is doing the following things:
## Phase 1 ## Phase 1
Phase 0 is nearly complete, and in Phase 1, we plan to: Phase 1 calls for the project to:
- [Create an REST API for basic double-entry accounting, currently using Ledger-CLI as a backend](http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/accounting-api/) - [Create an REST API for basic double-entry accounting, currently using Ledger-CLI as a backend](http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/accounting-api/)
- Add functionality to that API that already exists in the [documented Ledger-CLI setup for NPO's](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/). - Add functionality to that API that already exists in the [documented Ledger-CLI setup for NPO's](https://gitorious.org/ledger/npo-ledger-cli/).
@ -39,9 +33,9 @@ You can learn more about what we done so far on this project by:
- Reading the [mailing list archives for this project](http://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/npo-accounting/). - Reading the [mailing list archives for this project](http://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/npo-accounting/).
- Reading the [the IRC logs of the #npoacct channel](/irclogs/). - Reading the [the IRC logs of the #npoacct channel](/irclogs/).
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Helping and Collaborating on this Project Helping and Collaborating on this Project
======================== ========================
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You can help us and/or collaborate with us on this project by: You can help us and/or collaborate with us on this project by:
* Editing this Wiki! * Editing this Wiki!
@ -56,17 +50,4 @@ You can help us and/or collaborate with us on this project by:
About This Wiki About This Wiki
=============== ===============
This wiki is powered by [[ikiwiki]], which allows for the Wiki contents to be stored in Git. This wiki is powered by [[ikiwiki]], which allows for the Wiki contents to be stored in Git. You can use the [[SandBox]] to experiment with ikiwiki's features and learn how to edit wiki pages.
There is a
[mirror on Gitorious as well](https://gitorious.org/conservancy/npo-acct-wiki/),
but [due to a bug in Gitorious](https://issues.gitorious.org/issues/333),
this mirror isn't up to date. We push to that repository on a regular basis,
though.
In the meantime, if you'd like write access via Git to this wiki, please just
[ask for it on the mailing list](https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/npo-accounting)
or ping joar or bkuhn on
[#npoaccount on irc.freenode.net](irc:irc.freenode.net/npoacct). You should
however be able to edit this Wiki using the web interface, too.
This Wiki also has a [[SandBox]].