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@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ You can preview the production build with `npm run preview`.
 
 ### Content
 
-To insert custom content, replace
-- `src/content/metadata.json`: This file controls the display format for titles, front cover, etc.
-- `src/content/**/*.md`: These contain the blog posts and bio
+To insert custom content, create a directory with a similar structure to
+`src/content`, and set the environment variable `CHRYSOBLOG_CONTENT` to that
+directory. The website will be built statically in `build/`. Note that changing
+`favicon.svg` will require modifying the `static/` folder.
 
 ## Developing