Here's how to edit and publish the website. Note that this assumes you have a working implementation of Java and Ant installed. 1) Checkout a working copy of the site svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/harmony/standard/site/trunk cd trunk 2) Edit the docs in xdocs/ 3) Type "ant" in the root (trunk/) 4) Look at the changes in the docs/ directory using a web browser. 5) Commit all changes, both docs/ and xdocs/ svn commit 6) Review your changes on the staging server http://harmony.staging.apache.org 7) Repeat steps 1-6 until happiness and joy achieved. 8) Merge changes into the live website svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/harmony/standard/site/branches/live cd live svn merge https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/harmony/standard/site/trunk # review changes svn ci -m "Merging from trunk." 9) Verify that all went as planned by browsing the live site http://harmony.apache.org and look for the changes you made.