## Sources of host data unified here
-Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are unified:
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and included:
* The [Adaway hosts file](http://adaway.org/hosts.txt), updated regularly.
* MVPs.org Hosts file at [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm](http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm), updated
* Peter Lowe at [http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/](http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/), updated regularly.
* My own small list in raw form [here](https://raw.github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
-In addition, the hosts amalgamater is extensible. You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
-See the `social` and `porn` extension which are included, for example.
+## Extensions
+The unified hosts file is extensible . You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
+See the `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension which are included in this repo, for example.
## Generate your own unified hosts file
## How do I control which sources are unified?
-Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in `update.info` file.
+Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in
+`update.info` file.
-Add one or more *optional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `extensions/` folder, and specify the update url in `update.info`.
+Add one or more *optional* extensions, which originate from subfolders of the `extensions/` folder. Again the url in
+`update.info` controls where this extension finds its updates.
## How do I incorporate my own hosts?
## Sources of host data unified here
-Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are unified:
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and included:
* The [Adaway hosts file](http://adaway.org/hosts.txt), updated regularly.
* MVPs.org Hosts file at [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm](http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm), updated
* Peter Lowe at [http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/](http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/), updated regularly.
* My own small list in raw form [here](https://raw.github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
-In addition, the hosts amalgamater is extensible. You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
-See the `social` and `porn` extension which are included, for example.
+## Extensions
+The unified hosts file is extensible . You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
+See the `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension which are included in this repo, for example.
## Generate your own unified hosts file
## How do I control which sources are unified?
-Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in `update.info` file.
+Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in
+`update.info` file.
-Add one or more *optional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `extensions/` folder, and specify the update url in `update.info`.
+Add one or more *optional* extensions, which originate from subfolders of the `extensions/` folder. Again the url in
+`update.info` controls where this extension finds its updates.
## How do I incorporate my own hosts?