+How to use django-pagination
+----------------------------
+``django-pagination`` allows for easy Digg-style pagination without modifying
+your views.
+
+There are really 5 steps to setting it up with your projects (not including
+installation, which is covered in INSTALL.txt in this same directory.)
+
+1. List this application in the ``INSTALLED_APPS`` portion of your settings
+ file. Your settings file might look something like::
+
+ INSTALLED_APPS = (
+ # ...
+ 'pagination',
+ )
+
+
+2. Install the pagination middleware. Your settings file might look something
+ like::
+
+ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+ # ...
+ 'pagination.middleware.PaginationMiddleware',
+ )
+
+
+3. Add this line at the top of your template to load the pagination tags:
+
+ {% load pagination_tags %}
+
+
+4. Decide on a variable that you would like to paginate, and use the
+ autopaginate tag on that variable before iterating over it. This could
+ take one of two forms (using the canonical ``object_list`` as an example
+ variable):
+
+ {% autopaginate object_list %}
+
+ This assumes that you would like to have the default 20 results per page.
+ If you would like to specify your own amount of results per page, you can
+ specify that like so:
+
+ {% autopaginate object_list 10 %}
+
+ Note that this replaces ``object_list`` with the list for the current page, so
+ you can iterate over the ``object_list`` like you normally would.
+
+
+5. Now you want to display the current page and the available pages, so
+ somewhere after having used autopaginate, use the paginate inclusion tag:
+
+ {% paginate %}
+
+ This does not take any arguments, but does assume that you have already
+ called autopaginate, so make sure to do so first.
+
+
+That's it! You have now paginated ``object_list`` and given users of the site
+a way to navigate between the different pages--all without touching your views.
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