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 ## Configuration
 
-Create a file: `~/forkalsrud.org/photo.properties` and point the `base` property 
-to your photo folder:
+Create a file: `~/forkalsrud.org/photo.properties` and for each named "root"
+(`photo` in the example below), point the `base` property and `dbdir` properties
+to the direcory holding the photos, and the diractory to be populated with
+BerkelyDB files to your photo folder:
+
+    root.photo.base=/home/photo
+    root.photo.dbdir=/home/resin/web/db
+
+Additionally, you may add a path to the ffmpeg program binary if needed.
 
-    base=/home/photo
-    dbdir=/home/resin/web/db
     ffmpeg.path=/home/resin/bin/ffmpeg