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 # Mirador
-![mirador banner](http://projectmirador.github.io/mirador/img/banner.jpg)
+![mirador banner](https://projectmirador.github.io/mirador/img/banner.jpg)
 **Mirador is a multi-repository, configurable, extensible, and easy-to-integrate viewer and annotation creation and comparison environment for IIIF resources, ranging from deep-zooming artwork, to complex manuscript objects. It provides a tiling windowed environment for comparing multiple image-based resources, synchronised structural and visual navigation of content using openSeadragon, Open Annotation compliant annotation creation and viewing on deep-zoomable canvases, metadata display, bookreading, and bookmarking.**
 
 ### [See a Demo](http://projectmirador.org/demo/)
 ### [Getting Started](http://projectmirador.org/docs/docs/getting-started.html)
 
 ### Run in Development
-Mirador uses [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and a build system to assemble, test, and manage the development resources. If you have never used these tools before, you may need to install them.
+Mirador uses [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and a build system to assemble, test, and manage the development resources. If you have never used these tools before, you may need to install them.
 
- 1. Install Node, if you haven't already (available at the link above)  
- 1. Clone the mirador repository (if you haven't already done so above)
- 1. On the command line, go into the mirador folder
- 1. Install all dependencies with `npm install`. Run `npm start'.
+ 1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
+ 2. Install the Grunt command line runner i.e. `npm install -g grunt-cli`
+ 3. Install the Bower command line utility i.e. `npm install -g bower`
+ 1. Clone the Mirador repository
+ 1. Change into the Mirador directory
+ 1. Install all dependencies with `npm install`. Run `npm start`.
  
 ### Run Tests
 `npm test`
 
-For more information, see the [Docs](http://projectmirador.org/docs/docs/getting-started.html), submit an [issue](https://github.com/projectmirador/mirador/issues), or ask on [slack](http://bit.ly/iiif-slack).
+For more information, see the [Docs](http://projectmirador.org/docs/docs/getting-started.html), submit an [issue](https://github.com/projectmirador/mirador/issues), or ask on [Slack](http://bit.ly/iiif-slack).
 
 ### Project Diagnostics
  [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/ProjectMirador/mirador/badge.svg?branch=master&upToDate=true)](https://coveralls.io/github/ProjectMirador/mirador?branch=master&upToDate=true)