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@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ You'll probably want to tweak the script to create appropriate header
 or footer code for your particular site.  Perhaps I'll convert the
 script to use [jinja2][] in the future.
 
+The original script generated static HTML inside the image direcories.
+This worked fine, but I don't run a high-traffic site, so keeping the
+gallery up to date was more trouble than it was worth.  I've upgraded
+my script (versions >0.4) to run via [[CGI]].  Versions >0.5 can
+optionally run via [[SCGI]].  Now the gallery updates itself on the
+fly when I add new pictures.
+
 [ImageMagick]: http://www.imagemagick.org/
 [mogrify]: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/mogrify.php
 [jinja2]: http://jinja.pocoo.org/