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+# FSFE Website
+
+This repository contains the source files of [fsfe.org](https://fsfe.org), pdfreaders.org, freeyourandroid.org, ilovefs.org, drm.info, and test.fsfe.org.
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+* Technical information
+* Structure
+* Contribute
+* Translate
+* Build
+
+
+## Technical information
+
+Our web team has compiled some information about technology used for this website on the [Information for Webmasters](https://fsfe.org/contribute/web/) page.
+
+## Structure
+
+Most files are XHTML files organised in a rather logical folder structure. 
+
+### Important folders
+
+Notable directories are:
+
+* `about`: Information about the FSFE itself, its team members etc
+* `at`, `de`, `ee` etc: Folders used for the FSFE country teams
+* `build`: Mostly custom Bash and XSL scripts to build the website
+* `cgi-bin`: Our very few CGI scripts
+* `error`: Custom 4xx and 5xx error pages
+* `events`: Files for our events, ordered by year
+* `graphics`: Icons, pictures and logos
+* `internal`: Forms used mostly by FSFE staff for internal processes
+* `look`: CSS and other style files
+* `news`: Files for news articles, press releases, and newsletters ordered by year
+* `order`: Our web shop
+* `picturebase`: Central directory for pictures we use
+* `scripts`: JavaScript files used on our pages
+* `tags`: Files necessary to display used tags throughout the website. Mostly automatically generated
+* `tools`: Contains miscellaneous XML, XSL, and SH files. Most notably it contains the static translated texts (strings).
+
+### Other domains
+
+This repository also contains the source files of other websites the FSFE hosts:
+
+* `campaigns/android` for [freeyourandroid.org](http://freeyourandroid.org)
+* `campaigns/ilovefs` for [ilovefs.org](http://ilovefs.org)
+* `drm.info` for [drm.info](http://drm.info)
+* `pdfreaders` for [pdfreaders.org](http://pdfreaders.org)
+* [test.fsfe.org](http://test.fsfe.org) is build from the test branch of this repository
+
+## Contribute
+
+Become member of our awesome [webmaster team](https://fsfe.org/contribute/web/) and help improving our online information platform! The [web teams wiki page](https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Web) contains info how to join the mailing list, where a issue tracker can be found, and how to edit the website's source code.
+
+## Translate
+
+We adore our voluntary translators who make information about Free Software available over 30 languages, from Arabic to Turkish!
+
+Join them to spread the message of our community in all over Europe and beyond. The [translators team page](https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/) will introduce you to its work.
+
+## Build
+
+You can build the fsfe.org website on your own computer to make previews of single pages possible offline and without having to wait for an online website build. A [dedicated wiki page](https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Mainpage/BuildLocally) tells you how to do it.