add introduction chapter

diff --git a/en/manual.xml b/en/manual.xml
index ac57090..f3666f8 100644 (file)
--- a/en/manual.xml
+++ b/en/manual.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@
 
     <pubdate id="manualpubdate">Published: 2012</pubdate>
   </bookinfo>
+  <chapter id="introchapter">
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+    <section>
+      <title id="introbasics">Basics</title>
+      <para>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS).
+        Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support
+        companies from around the world.</para>
+      <para>Learn more about Koha by visiting the official Koha website: <ulink
+          url="http://koha-community.org">http://koha-community.org</ulink></para>
+    </section>
+    <section id="introrecommend">
+      <title>Recommendations</title>
+      <para>Full system recommendations can be found on the official Koha wiki along with the
+        developer documentation: <ulink url="http://wiki.kohacommunity.org"
+          >http://wiki.kohacommunity.org</ulink></para>
+      <para>When working in the Koha staff client it is strongly recommended that you use the
+        Firefox browser.  Koha's staff client is not supported in Internet Explorer and has not yet
+        been fully optimized for Google Chrome.</para>
+    </section>
+  </chapter>
 
   <chapter id="administration">
     <title>Administration</title>