diff --git a/docs/content/_index.md b/docs/content/_index.md
index 29c3ca7e0..129561e13 100644
--- a/docs/content/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/_index.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interfaces. [Over 40 cloud storage products](#providers) are supported
by rclone including S3 object stores, business & consumer file storage
services, as well as standard transfer protocols.
-Rclone is a powerful tool being the cloud storage equivalent to the
+Rclone is a powerful tool the cloud storage equivalent to the
unix commands rsync, cp, mv, mount, ls, ncdu, tree, rm, and
cat. Rclone's familiar syntax includes shell pipeline support, and
`--dry-run` protection. It can be used at the command line, in scripts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ or via its [API](/rc).
Users have called it "The Swiss army knife of cloud storage" and
"Technology indistinguishable from magic".
-Rclone really cares about your data. It preserves your timestamps and
+Rclone really looks after your data. It preserves timestamps and
verifies your data at all times. Transfers over limited bandwidth;
intermittent connections, or subject to quota can be restarted, from
the last good file transferred. You can
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Rclone is mature, open source software originally inspired by
rsync. It is written in [Go](https://golang.org) and is energetically
maintained, and supported by a welcoming community with a wide
experience of varied use cases. Official repos such as Ubuntu, Debian,
-Brew, Chocolatey include rclone. For the latest version [downloading from
+Brew and Chocolatey include rclone. For the latest version [downloading from
rclone.org](/downloads/) is recommended.
Rclone is widely used on Linux, Windows and Mac. Third party
@@ -82,20 +82,20 @@ Rclone can help you:
- Migrate data to cloud, or between cloud storage vendors
- Mount multiple, encrypted, cached or diverse cloud storage as a disk
- Analyse and account for data held on cloud storage using [lsf](/commands/rclone_lsf/), [ljson](/commands/rclone_lsjson/), [size](/commands/rclone_size/), [ncdu](/commands/rclone_ncdu/)
-- Union file systems together to present multiple local and/or cloud file systems as one
+- [Union](/union/) file systems together to present multiple local and/or cloud file systems as one
## Features {#features}
-- On all transfers
- - MD5, SHA1 hashes checked at all times for file integrity
- - Timestamps preserved on files
+- Transfers
+ - MD5, SHA1 hashes are checked at all times for file integrity
+ - Timestamps are preserved on files
- Operations can be restarted at any time
- - Can sync to and from network, eg two different cloud accounts
- - multi-threaded downloads to local disk
+ - Can be to and from network, eg two different cloud providers
+ - Can use multi-threaded downloads to local disk
- [Copy](/commands/rclone_copy/) new or changed files to cloud storage
- [Sync](/commands/rclone_sync/) (one way) to make a directory identical
-- [Move](/commands/rclone_move/) move files to cloud storage deleting the local after verification
-- [Check](/commands/rclone_check/) check hashes and for missing/extra files
+- [Move](/commands/rclone_move/) files to cloud storage deleting the local after verification
+- [Check](/commands/rclone_check/) hashes and for missing/extra files
- [Mount](/commands/rclone_mount/) your cloud storage as a network disk
- [Serve](/commands/rclone_serve/) local or remote files over [HTTP](/commands/rclone_serve_http/)/[WebDav](/commands/rclone_serve_webdav/)/[FTP](/commands/rclone_serve_ftp/)/[SFTP](/commands/rclone_serve_sftp/)/[dlna](/commands/rclone_serve_dlna/)
- Experimental [Web based GUI](/gui/)
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ Rclone can help you:
## Supported providers {#providers}
Here is a list of providers that rclone supports. This isn't an
-exhaustive list as there are many more that support standard protocols
-such as WebDAV or S3 that work out of the box.
+exhaustive list as there are other providers which support a standard
+protocol (such as WebDav or S3) which work out of the box.
{{< provider_list >}}
{{< provider name="1Fichier" home="https://1fichier.com/" config="/fichier/" start="true">}}
diff --git a/docs/content/donate.md b/docs/content/donate.md
index fdd3e37eb..28712f7d9 100644
--- a/docs/content/donate.md
+++ b/docs/content/donate.md
@@ -7,19 +7,25 @@ date: "2020-05-15"
# {{< icon "fa fa-heart heart" >}} Donations to the rclone project
-Donations help keep the rclone project running as free open source
-software.
+Rclone is a free open source project with thousands of contributions
+from volunteers all round the world and I would like to thank all of
+you for donating your time to the project.
-Maintaining rclone is a lot of work - easily a **full time job** for
-me. Nothing stands still in the world of cloud storage so rclone needs
-constant attention to stay in good working order.
+However, maintaining rclone is a lot of work - easily the equivalent
+of a **full time job** - for me. Nothing stands still in the world of
+cloud storage. Rclone needs constant attention adapting to changes by
+cloud providers, adding new providers, adding new features, keeping
+the integration tests working, fixing bugs and many more things!
-I and my other contributors love doing the work and we'd like to spend
-more time doing it - your support helps make that possible.
+I love doing the work and I'd like to spend more time doing it - your
+support helps make that possible.
Thank you :-)
--- Nick Craig-Wood
+{{< nick >}}
+
+PS I'm available for rclone and object storage related consultancy -
+[email me](mailto:nick@craig-wood.com) for more info.
{{< monthly_donations >}}
@@ -40,15 +46,15 @@ If you run one of the cloud storage providers that rclone supports and
rclone is driving revenue your way then you know it makes sense to
sponsor the project. {{< icon "far fa-smile" >}}
-Note that GitHub sponsors will provide proper tax invoices appropriate
-for your country.
+Note that if you choose the "GitHub Sponsors" option they will provide
+proper tax invoices appropriate for your country.
## Monthly donations
Monthly donations help keep rclone development sustainable in the long
-run so this is our preferred option. A small amount every month is
-much better for us than a one off donation as it allows us to plan for
-the future.
+run so this is the preferred option. A small amount every month is
+much better than a one off donation as it allows planning for the
+future.
{{< monthly_donations >}}
diff --git a/docs/layouts/shortcodes/monthly_donations.html b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/monthly_donations.html
index 12297db48..4e5481f28 100644
--- a/docs/layouts/shortcodes/monthly_donations.html
+++ b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/monthly_donations.html
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
Donate in € EUR
- Patreon
+ PatreonLiberapay
diff --git a/docs/layouts/shortcodes/nick.html b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/nick.html
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+++ b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/nick.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
Nick Craig-Wood
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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+
