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@@ -22,7 +22,19 @@ Please note the /status endpoint will be broken with the original servers as COR
    ```bash
    ./manage setup
    ```
-3. Start the server
+3. Copy template files and edit them
+   ```bash
+   cp docker-compose.yml.example docker-compose.yml # Copy Docker Compose file
+   cp .env.example .env # Copy env file
+   
+   nano docker-compose.yml # Edit Docker Compose (database server)
+   nano .env # Edit env (database config)
+   ```
+   
+   When editing .env, use server details from docker-compose.yml so they are linked together. Ensure you double-check the IP or hostname of the Docker container, and link that with the .env file. This is crucial, or your database will not be connected.
+
+   Database features are only for analytics, at this time.
+4. Start the server
    ```bash
    ./manage up
    ```
@@ -32,14 +44,59 @@ Please note the /status endpoint will be broken with the original servers as COR
 Windows is currently not supported by aidxnFUN yet. I suggest you use WSL, and follow the Linux instructions, or purchase a server.
 
 # How it works
-This website uses NodeJS, ExpressJS for a server, EJS for templating, and Tailwind CSS for the frontend CSS.
+This website uses NodeJS, ExpressJS for a server, EJS for templating, and Tailwind CSS for the frontend CSS. It additionally uses Docker (w/ MariaDB and optionally PhpMyAdmin) for managing the database, which is used in the analytics system.
 The `manage` script uses all of those tools to manage the server for you executes the repetitive tasks for you automatically.
-The views contain both regular page shards (full HTML documents) and generic shards. I define a "shard" as an EJS template, and are put together into a pretty little website at the end.
+The views contain both regular page shards (full-ish pages) and generic shards (fragments of pages, widgets, etc). I define a "shard" as an EJS template, which are pieced together into a pretty little website. The shards hold individual elements like music widgets, while a regular page shard is the page that contains the music widget, which the end user sees. This is helpful for understanding the code.
 
 Thus far, shards are included for a music widget, the header, and the footer of the pages.
 
 Music (as featured on the home page) is fetched from an API (hosted on https://biancarosa.com.br), which I am in the process of setting up for myself. It works with a LastFM account (I linked this to my Spotify) and can track your live listening with amazing accuracy. The repo can be found at [biancarosa/lastfm-last-played](https://github.com/biancarosa/lastfm-last-played).
 
+# Sample docker-compose.yml - (suggested)
+```dockerfile
+services:
+  aidxnfun-db:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    networks:
+      aidxnfun-n:
+        ipv4_address: 10.5.0.5
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: iloveaidxnfun123
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: aidxnfun
+      MYSQL_USER: aidxnfun
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: iloveaidxnfun
+    restart: unless-stopped
+  phpmyadmin:
+    image: phpmyadmin
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      aidxnfun-n:
+        ipv4_address: 10.5.0.6
+    ports:
+      - 80:80
+    environment:
+      - PMA_ARBITRARY=1
+
+networks:
+  aidxnfun-n:
+    external: true
+    ipam:
+      config:
+        - subnet: 10.5.0.0/16
+          gateway: 10.5.0.1
+```
+
+This can be used in conjunction with the example .env file compatible with this file:
+
+```dotenv
+DB_HOST="10.5.0.5"
+DB_USER="root"
+DB_PASSWORD="iloveaidxnfun123"
+DB_NAME="aidxnfun"
+```
+
+This config will create a MariaDB instance, with a pre-created database, as long well as supplied user credentials. A PhpMyAdmin instance will additionally be spun up for easy management and inspection of the database. You may plug in `10.5.0.5` as the host on [your ip]:80 in your web browser (on the computer running Docker).
+
 # Using the `manage` script
 You may have noticed you have a `manage` file after cloning.
 `manage` is a command-line tool to manage the server. It can automatically start, stop, and restart your instance.
@@ -51,9 +108,14 @@ chmod +x manage
 ```
 After doing that, you are now ready to use the script.
 
-# Common `manage` commands
-+ **Start Server:** `./manage up`
-+ **Stop Server:** `./manage down`
-+ **Restart Server:** `./manage restart`
-+ **Server Status:** `./manage --status`
-+ **Help:** `./manage help`
+Usage: `./manage [command] [options]`
+
+## `manage` commands
++ `./manage up` - Builds the project and starts the server.
++ `./manage down` - Stops the server.
++ `./manage restart` - Restarts the server.
++ `./manage status, -s, --status` - Checks if the server is running.
++ `./manage help, -h, --help` - Shows the help message.
+
+## `manage` options
++ `--db-alive` - Do not restart Docker services (database).
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