diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f59e889..27c0727 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dst
 tmp
+config.mk
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ed35f6..718dfc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ The rest of the heavy lifting is done by a modified version of
 [ssg](https://www.romanzolotarev.com/ssg.html) which is included
 in this source code. ssg requires a POSIX /bin/sh, and awk.
 
+## Deployment
+
+Configure a webserver to serve static content (HTML, CSS, etc) from a
+directory. You will define that directory as `DST` in the next step.
+
+Clone this repository. Copy config.sample.mk to config.mk and edit it:
+
+    cp config.sample.mk config.mk
+    micro config.mk
+
+Run make:
+
+    make
+
 ## TODOs
 
 * [ ] TODO discuss and decide on sections
diff --git a/config.sample.mk b/config.sample.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0db4be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.sample.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+TITLE = "Anarchy Planet"
+BASE_URL = "anarchyplanet.org"
+CONTACT_EMAIL = "contact@anarchyplanet.org"
+
+# static site generator
+SSG = ./ssg6
+
+# source and destination directories
+SRC = src
+DST = /var/www/htdocs