remove jira link; fix warnings in site generation; fixes #130
diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 4f62ba8..6bcb287 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
   features:
     issues: true
   del_branch_on_merge: true
-  autolink_jira:
-    - LOG4JNET
   labels:
     - apache
     - dotnet
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd0bcef..087b289 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,16 +27,12 @@
   <url>http://logging.apache.org/log4net/</url>
   <inceptionYear>2004</inceptionYear>
   <issueManagement>
-    <system>JIRA</system>
-    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET</url>
+    <system>Github</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/issues</url>
   </issueManagement>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>Jenkins</system>
-    <url>https://builds.apache.org/job/log4net-trunk-build/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
   <mailingLists>
     <mailingList>
-      <name>log4net-user : log4net usage</name>
+      <name>log4net-user: log4net usage</name>
       <subscribe>log4net-user-subscribe@logging.apache.org</subscribe>
       <unsubscribe>log4net-user-unsubscribe@logging.apache.org</unsubscribe>
       <post>log4net-user@logging.apache.org</post>
@@ -47,19 +43,17 @@
       </otherArchives>
     </mailingList>
     <mailingList>
-      <name>dev : development of the logging projects including log4net</name>
+      <name>dev: development of the logging projects including log4net</name>
       <subscribe>dev-subscribe@logging.apache.org</subscribe>
       <unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@logging.apache.org</unsubscribe>
       <post>dev@logging.apache.org</post>
       <archive>https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@logging.apache.org</archive>
       <otherArchives>
         <otherArchive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-dev/</otherArchive>
-        <!--otherArchive>http://marc.info/?l=log4net-dev</otherArchive>
-        <otherArchive>http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.logging.log4net.devel</otherArchive-->
       </otherArchives>
     </mailingList>
     <mailingList>
-      <name>logging commits : all svn/git commits of the logging projects including log4net</name>
+      <name>logging commits: all git commits of the logging projects including log4net</name>
       <subscribe>commits-subscribe@logging.apache.org</subscribe>
       <unsubscribe>commits-unsubscribe@logging.apache.org</unsubscribe>
       <post>Read-Only List</post>
@@ -74,9 +68,9 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4net.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4net.git</developerConnection>
-    <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4net.git</url>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net</url>
   </scm>
   <organization>
     <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
@@ -140,30 +134,7 @@
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>0.12</version>
         <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <!-- generated files -->
-            <exclude>**/TestResult.xml</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.suo</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.user</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/obj/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>bin/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>build/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>doc/sdk/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/log4net.xml</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/GeneratedAssemblyInfo.cs</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/site/resources/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>tests/bin/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>netstandard/*/bin/**</exclude>
-
-            <!-- really README files -->
-            <exclude>*.snk*</exclude>
-            <exclude>tests/lib/prerequisites.txt</exclude>
-            <exclude>CONTRIBUTING.md</exclude>
-            <exclude>ReleaseInstructions.txt</exclude>
-
-	    <!-- can't have comments in JSON -->
-	    <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-	  </excludes>
+		  <excludesFile>${basedir}/rat.excludesFile</excludesFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/rat.excludesFile b/rat.excludesFile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffffc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rat.excludesFile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+rat.excludesFile
+**/*.suo
+**/*.user
+**/*.yml
+**/*.yaml
+**/.zarro-defaults
+**/*.md
+**/*.txt
+**/*.sh
+**/*.xml
+**/*.props
+**/*.csproj
+**/*.config
+**/*.log
+**/*.targets
+**/GeneratedAssemblyInfo.cs
+**/obj/**
+**/bin/**
+**/*.snk
+**/*.readme
+**/*.json
+src/.idea/**
+src/integration-testing/**
+build/**
+doc/**
+src/site/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index 2be04ee..be20bad 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -21,56 +21,54 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.4.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.4.0.xsd">
   <body>
     <links>
-      <item name="Logging Wiki" href="https://wiki.apache.org/logging"/>
       <item name="Apache" href="https://www.apache.org/"/>
       <item name="Logging Services" href="https://logging.apache.org/"/>
       <item name="GitHub" href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/"/>
     </links>
 
-        <menu name="Apache log4net" inherit="top" img="icon-home">
-            <item name="About" href="/index.html"/>
-            <item name="Download" href="/download_log4net.html"/>
-            <item name="Security Reports" href="/release/security-reports.html"/>
-            <item name="Release Notes" href="/release/release-notes.html"/>
-            <item name="License" href="/license.html"/>
-        </menu>
+    <menu name="Apache log4net" inherit="top" img="icon-home">
+      <item name="About" href="/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Download" href="/download_log4net.html"/>
+      <item name="Security Reports" href="/release/security-reports.html"/>
+      <item name="Release Notes" href="/release/release-notes.html"/>
+      <item name="License" href="/license.html"/>
+    </menu>
 
-        <menu name="Documentation" inherit="top" img="icon-file">
-            <item name="Features" href="/release/features.html"/>
-            <item name="Supported Frameworks" href="/release/framework-support.html"/>
-            <item name="Example Apps" href="/release/example-apps.html"/>
-            <item name="Config Examples" href="/release/config-examples.html"/>
-            <item name="Building" href="/release/building.html"/>
-            <item name="FAQ" href="/release/faq.html"/>
-        </menu>
+    <menu name="Documentation" inherit="top" img="icon-file">
+      <item name="Features" href="/release/features.html"/>
+      <item name="Supported Frameworks" href="/release/framework-support.html"/>
+      <item name="Example Apps" href="/release/example-apps.html"/>
+      <item name="Config Examples" href="/release/config-examples.html"/>
+      <item name="Building" href="/release/building.html"/>
+      <item name="FAQ" href="/release/faq.html"/>
+    </menu>
 
-        <menu name="Manual" inherit="top" img="icon-book">
-            <item name="Introduction" href="/release/manual/introduction.html"/>
-            <item name="Configuration" href="/release/manual/configuration.html"/>
-            <item name="Contexts" href="/release/manual/contexts.html"/>
-            <item name="Plugins" href="/release/manual/plugins.html"/>
-            <item name="Repositories" href="/release/manual/repositories.html"/>
-            <item name="Internals" href="/release/manual/internals.html"/>
-        </menu>
+    <menu name="Manual" inherit="top" img="icon-book">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="/release/manual/introduction.html"/>
+      <item name="Configuration" href="/release/manual/configuration.html"/>
+      <item name="Contexts" href="/release/manual/contexts.html"/>
+      <item name="Plugins" href="/release/manual/plugins.html"/>
+      <item name="Repositories" href="/release/manual/repositories.html"/>
+      <item name="Internals" href="/release/manual/internals.html"/>
+    </menu>
 
-        <menu name="For Contributors" inherit="top" img="icon-pencil">
-            <item name="Mailing Lists" href="/mail-lists.html"/>
-            <item name="Issue Tracking" href="/issue-tracking.html"/>
-            <item name="Repository" href="/source-repository.html"/>
-            <item name="Continuous Integration" href="/integration.html"/>
-        </menu>
+    <menu name="For Contributors" inherit="top" img="icon-pencil">
+      <item name="Mailing Lists" href="/mail-lists.html"/>
+      <item name="Issue Tracking" href="/issue-tracking.html"/>
+      <item name="Repository" href="/source-repository.html"/>
+    </menu>
 
-                <menu name="Project Reports" inherit="top" img="icon-cog">
-                  <item name="RAT Report" href="/rat-report.html" />
-                </menu>
+    <menu name="Project Reports" inherit="top" img="icon-cog">
+      <item name="RAT Report" href="/rat-report.html" />
+    </menu>
 
-        <menu name="Apache" inherit="top" img="icon-info-sign">
-            <item name="Home" href="http://www.apache.org/"/>
-            <item name="License" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"/>
-            <item name="Sponsorship" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html"/>
-            <item name="Thanks" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html"/>
-            <item name="Security" href="http://www.apache.org/security/"/>
-            <item name="Conferences" href="http://www.apachecon.com"/>
-        </menu>
-    </body>
+    <menu name="Apache" inherit="top" img="icon-info-sign">
+      <item name="Home" href="http://www.apache.org/"/>
+      <item name="License" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"/>
+      <item name="Sponsorship" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html"/>
+      <item name="Thanks" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html"/>
+      <item name="Security" href="http://www.apache.org/security/"/>
+      <item name="Conferences" href="http://www.apachecon.com"/>
+    </menu>
+</body>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release/example-apps.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release/example-apps.xml
index ca14888..73329a8 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release/example-apps.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release/example-apps.xml
@@ -16,456 +16,18 @@
 limitations under the License.
 -->
 <document>
+  <properties>
+    <author email="nicko at apache dot org">Nicko Cadell</author>
+    <title>Apache log4net: Examples</title>
+  </properties>
 
-    <properties>
-        <author email="nicko at apache dot org">Nicko Cadell</author>
-        <title>Apache log4net: Examples</title>
-    </properties>
-
-    <meta name="keywords" content="log4net examples, log4net" />
-    
-    <body>
-        <section id="main" name="Apache log4net&#x2122; Examples">
-        
-            <section id="overview" name="Overview">
-                <p>
-                    <strong>The following examples are only available in the log4net source download, not
-                    on-line. To obtain the examples <a href="../download_log4net.cgi">download</a> the log4net source release.
-                    </strong>
-                </p>
-            </section>
-            
-            <section id="building" name="Building Examples">
-                <section id="building-1" name="Building An Example">
-                    <p>
-                        A single example can be build by running <span class="code">nant</span> from
-                        the example directory.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        For example running <span class="code">nant</span> in the 
-                        <span class="code">examples\net\1.0\Tutorials\ConsoleApp\cs</span> directory
-                        will build the C# version of the Microsoft&#xae; .NET 1.0 ConsoleApp example.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        <span class="code">nant</span> can be run in any directory containing a
-                        <span class="code">nant.build</span> file. The typical behavior of the build file
-                        is to build all projects under the current directory.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        For example running <span class="code">nant</span> in the 
-                        <span class="code">examples\net\1.1</span> directory
-                        will build all the examples for the .NET 1.1 platform.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="building-all" name="Building All Examples">
-                    <p>
-                        To build all the examples either run <span class="code">nant</span> in the 
-                        <span class="code">examples</span> directory or you can specify the
-                        <span class="code">compile-examples</span> target to the main log4net nant build.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="building-vsnet" name="Visual Studio .NET">
-                    <p>
-                        There are Visual Studio .NET 2002 project files for the .NET 1.0 framework.
-                        The solution files for C# and VB are in the examples\net\1.0
-                        folder.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        For the Managed C++ project there is a Visual Studio .NET 2003 project file 
-                        in the examples\net\1.1 folder.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-            </section>
-            
-            <section id="examples" name="Examples">
-            
-                <section id="consoleapp" name="Tutorial - ConsoleApp">
-                    <p>
-                        ConsoleApp shows how to write a simple console application that initializes 
-                        logging and logs various events.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>MONO 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.1</b>: 
-                            C++, 
-                            JScript.NET
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET Compact Framework 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>SSCLI 1.0</b>: 
-                            JScript.NET
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">ConsoleApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="webapp" name="Tutorial - WebApp">
-                    <p>
-                        ConsoleApp shows how to write a simple ASP.NET web application that initializes 
-                        logging and logs various events.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example you need to have an ASP.NET container application to
-                        host the web application, for example IIS. In IIS create a new virtual
-                        directory pointing to the WebApp src directory. Configure IIS to recognize
-                        this virtual directory as an application. Open up a web browser, navigate to
-                        the virtual directory and to the <span class="code">WebForm1.aspx</span> page within it.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="remotingclient" name="Remoting - RemotingClient">
-                    <p>
-                        The RemotingClient application is a simple console application that configures
-                        log4net with the RemotingAppender. This appender will attempt to deliver the
-                        logging events to a remoting listener. This example should be run in conjunction 
-                        with the RemotingServer.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">RemotingClient.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="remotingserver" name="Remoting - RemotingServer">
-                    <p>
-                        The RemotingServer application is a simple console application that listens for
-                        logging events from a remote RemotingAppender and then logs them through the
-                        local log4net instance. This example should be run in conjunction 
-                        with the RemotingClient.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">RemotingServer.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                        While this process is running execute the <span class="code">RemotingClient.exe</span> program on
-                        the same machine. The logging events from the client are transferred to the server.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="rep-simple" name="Repository - SimpleModule">
-                    <p>
-                        The SimpleModule is a class library that is intended to be used as part of
-                        the SimpleApp example,
-                        This class library uses the <span class="code">log4net.Config.Repository</span>
-                        attribute to create a separate configuration space from other assemblies.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>MONO 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.1</b>: 
-                            JScript.NET
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>SSCLI 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        This library is intended to be used as part of the SimpleApp example.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="rep-shared" name="Repository - SharedModule">
-                    <p>
-                        The SharedModule is a class library that is intended to be used as part of
-                        the SimpleApp example,
-                        This class library uses log4net but does not attempt to configure logging.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>MONO 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.1</b>: 
-                            JScript.NET
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>SSCLI 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        This library is intended to be used as part of the SimpleApp example.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="rep-app" name="Repository - SimpleApp">
-                    <p>
-                        The SimpleApp example uses the SimpleModule and SharedModule to demonstrate
-                        the ways in which multiple assemblies within the same process may be 
-                        separately configured.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>MONO 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.1</b>: 
-                            JScript.NET
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>SSCLI 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">SimpleApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="eventidlogapp" name="Extensibility - EventIDLogApp">
-                    <p>
-                        The EventIDLogApp example demonstrates using the log4net.Ext.EventID extension.
-                        The extension needs to be built separately from the 
-                        <span class="code">extensions\net\1.0\log4net.Ext.EventID</span> directory.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">EventIDLogApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="tracelogapp" name="Extensibility - TraceLogApp">
-                    <p>
-                        The TraceLogApp example demonstrates using the log4net.Ext.Trace extension.
-                        The extension needs to be built separately from the 
-                        <span class="code">extensions\net\1.0\log4net.Ext.Trace</span> directory.
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">TraceLogApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="sampleappenders" name="SampleAppenders">
-                    <p>
-                        This project includes the following example appenders.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            AsyncAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            FastDbAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            FireEventAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            MessageBoxAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            MessageObjectExpanderAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            MsmqAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            PatternFileAppender
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            SimpleSmtpAppender
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">SampleAppendersApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="samplelayouts" name="SampleLayouts">
-                    <p>
-                        This project includes the following example layouts.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            ForwardingLayout
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            LineWrappingLayout
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                        To run this example execute <span class="code">SampleLayoutsApp.exe</span> from the build output directory.
-                    </p>
-                </section>                
-                
-                <section id="perf-notlogging" name="Performance - NotLogging">
-                    <p>
-                        The NotLogging example benchmarks the performance of log4net logging statements in
-                        user code in various scenarios including when logging is disabled. 
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>MONO 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#, 
-                            VB
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-                <section id="wmiappender" name="WmiAppender">
-                    <p>
-                        The WmiAppender sample shows an example appender that fires events through
-                        Windows Management Instrumentation. 
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                        This example is available for the following platforms and languages. If a version
-                        is not available for your chosen platform and language combination then select the
-                        nearest platform for the appropriate language.
-                    </p>
-                    <ul>
-                        <li>
-                            <b>.NET 1.0</b>: 
-                            C#
-                        </li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <p>
-                    </p>
-                </section>
-                
-            </section>
-            
-        </section>
-    </body>
-</document>
+  <meta name="keywords" content="log4net examples, log4net" />
+  
+  <body>
+    <section id="main" name="Apache log4net&#x2122; Examples">
+      <p>
+        The examples can be found at <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/tree/master/examples">examples</a>
+      </p>
+    </section>
+  </body>
+</document>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release/release-notes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release/release-notes.xml
index 5dc0dd8..1c4948c 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release/release-notes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release/release-notes.xml
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@
   <body>
 
     <section id="main" name="Apache log4net&#x2122; Release Notes">
-      <section id="2.0.17" name="2.0.17">
+      <section id="a2.0.17" name="2.0.17">
         Apache log4net 2.0.16 addresses reported issues:
-        <section id="2.0.17-bug" name="Bug fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.17-bug" name="Bug fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/issues/118">NullRefException from shutdown in 2.0.16</a> fixed in <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/120">Fast fix for NullRefException from FileAppender"</a> by (by @erikmav)"</li>
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.16" name="2.0.16">
+      <section id="a2.0.16" name="2.0.16">
         Apache log4net 2.0.16 addresses reported issues:
-        <section id="2.0.16-bug" name="Bug fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.16-bug" name="Bug fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/103">Support converting '.NET TP Worker' to the numeric thread ID on .NET 8+</a> (by @erikmav)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
             </li>
           </ul>
         </section>
-        <section id="2.0.16-enhancements" name="Enhancements">
+        <section id="a2.0.16-enhancements" name="Enhancements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/89">adding extension points for revising logged content</a> (by @freeandnil)
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.15" name="2.0.15">
+      <section id="a2.0.15" name="2.0.15">
         Attention: .NET 3.5 Client Profile is <i>no longer supported</i>. I'm really sorry, I've tried
         to keep as many of the legacy targets available as possible, but after spending another 4 or so
         hours trying to get net35-client to build on any machine, I've given up - as far as I'm aware,
         this should only affect Windows XP clients. I'm afraid 2.0.14 was the end of the road for you.
 
         Apache log4net 2.0.15 addresses reported issues:
-        <section id="2.0.15-bug" name="Bug fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.15-bug" name="Bug fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               Improper usage of xml namespacing for netfx targets after a netstandard update (
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
             </li>
           </ul>
         </section>
-        <section id="2.0.15-enhancements" name="Enhancements">
+        <section id="a2.0.15-enhancements" name="Enhancements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/81">Enforce TLS1.2 in the ps1 scripts provided for dev use</a>
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.14" name="2.0.14">
+      <section id="a2.0.14" name="2.0.14">
         Apache log4net 2.0.14 is a minor release to address some reported issues
         and accept a pull request provided by a community member:
-        <section id="2.0.14-bug" name="Bug fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.14-bug" name="Bug fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               <a href="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/pull/77">Pull request</a> by @NicholasNoise to address issues with logging via ado appender to PostgreSQL
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.13" name="2.0.13">
+      <section id="a2.0.13" name="2.0.13">
         Apache log4net 2.0.13 is a minor release to address some reported issues
         and accept some pull requests provided by community members:
-        <section id="2.0.13-bug" name="Bug fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.13-bug" name="Bug fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               Addresses issue [<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-583">LOG4NET-583</a>] with proposed solution by Emmo Emminghaus,
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.12" name="2.0.12">
+      <section id="a2.0.12" name="2.0.12">
         <p>
           Apache log4net 2.0.12 is a minor fix release to address reported issues on
           non-windows platforms.
         </p>
-        <section id="2.0.12-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.12-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               Addresses the issues reported in
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.11" name="2.0.11">
+      <section id="a2.0.11" name="2.0.11">
         Apache log4net 2.0.11 fixes incorrect version strings within the released
         binaries and contains some minor fixes to correctly dispose of StreamWriters
         used during log flushing, thanks to community member @NicholasNoise
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.10" name="2.0.10">
+      <section id="a2.0.10" name="2.0.10">
         <p>
           Apache log4net 2.0.10 improves <code>netstandard2.0</code> support
           thanks to community member @NicholasNoise.
         </p>
-        <section id="2.0.10-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.10-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-575">LOG4NET-575</a>]
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="2.0.9" name="2.0.9">
+      <section id="a2.0.9" name="2.0.9">
         <p>
           Apache log4net 2.0.9 adds <code>netstandard2.0</code> support
           and restructures the project to enable easier build as well as build
           at AppVeyer. Project files have been updated to the modern Sdk format.
         </p>
-        <section id="2.0.9-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.9-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-559">LOG4NET-559</a>] Add null
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
       </section>
-      <section id="2.0.8" name="2.0.8">
+      <section id="a2.0.8" name="2.0.8">
         <p>
           Apache log4net 2.0.8 fixes a
           <code>LockRecursionException</code>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
           <code>CallContext</code>.
         </p>
 
-        <section id="2.0.8-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.8-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-466'>LOG4NET-466</a>] - &quot;LockRecursionException:
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="2.0.8-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a2.0.8-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-553'>LOG4NET-553</a>] -
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="2.0.7" name="2.0.7">
+      <section id="a2.0.7" name="2.0.7">
         <p>
           Apache log4net 2.0.7 fixes a glitch in nuget packaging and
           is otherwise identical to 2.0.6 (apart from the copyright
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
           package there is no reason to upgrade.
         </p>
 
-        <section id="2.0.7-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.7-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-540'>LOG4NET-540</a>] - nuget
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="2.0.6" name="2.0.6">
+      <section id="a2.0.6" name="2.0.6">
 
         <p>
           The Apache log4net team is now responsible for the nuget
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
           </a> for details.
         </p>
 
-        <section id="2.0.6-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a2.0.6-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-508'>LOG4NET-508</a>] - NAnt release
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
             </li>
           </ul>
         </section>
-        <section id="2.0.6-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a2.0.6-enh" name="Improvements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-530'>LOG4NET-530</a>] - Use UTC
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="2.0.6-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a2.0.6-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-467'>LOG4NET-467</a>] - Is .NET
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.15" name="1.2.15">
-        <section id="1.2.15-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+      <section id="a1.2.15" name="1.2.15">
+        <section id="a1.2.15-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-462'>LOG4NET-462</a>] -
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.14" name="1.2.14">
-        <section id="1.2.14-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+      <section id="a1.2.14" name="1.2.14">
+        <section id="a1.2.14-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-408'>LOG4NET-408</a>] - Correction
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.14-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a1.2.14-enh" name="Improvements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-456'>LOG4NET-456</a>] - Include
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.14-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a1.2.14-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-473'>LOG4NET-473</a>] - Option for
@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.13" name="1.2.13">
+      <section id="a1.2.13" name="1.2.13">
 
-        <section id="1.2.13-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a1.2.13-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-132'>LOG4NET-132</a>] - Environment
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.13-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a1.2.13-enh" name="Improvements">
 
           <ul>
             <li>
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.12" name="1.2.12">
+      <section id="a1.2.12" name="1.2.12">
 
         <p>
           The binary distributions no longer contain assemblies
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
           those yourself using the source distribution.
         </p>
 
-        <section id="1.2.12-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a1.2.12-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-148'>LOG4NET-148</a>] -
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.12-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a1.2.12-enh" name="Improvements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-222'>LOG4NET-222</a>] - [PATCH]
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.12-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a1.2.12-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-290'>LOG4NET-290</a>] - Add
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
         </section>
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.11" name="1.2.11">
+      <section id="a1.2.11" name="1.2.11">
         <p>
           log4net 1.2.11 is not only a bugfix release, it also
           adds support for Microsoft&#xae; .NET 4.0 as well as the client profiles
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
           distribution.
         </p>
 
-        <section id="1.2.11-breaking" name="Breaking Changes">
+        <section id="a1.2.11-breaking" name="Breaking Changes">
           <p>
             The signature of
             <code>ILoggerFactory.CreateLogger</code>
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
           </p>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.11-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a1.2.11-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-76'>LOG4NET-76</a>] -
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.11-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a1.2.11-enh" name="Improvements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-31'>LOG4NET-31</a>] - Allow user to
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
           </ul>
 
         </section>
-        <section id="1.2.11-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a1.2.11-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               The various static <code>Configure</code> methods of the <code>Configurator</code> classes
@@ -1098,9 +1098,9 @@
 
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.10" name="1.2.10">
+      <section id="a1.2.10" name="1.2.10">
 
-        <section id="1.2.10-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
+        <section id="a1.2.10-bug" name="Bug Fixes">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-21'>LOG4NET-21</a>] -
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.10-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a1.2.10-new" name="New Features">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-11'>LOG4NET-11</a>] - Add Flush
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@
           </ul>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.10-enh" name="Improvements">
+        <section id="a1.2.10-enh" name="Improvements">
           <ul>
             <li>
               [<a href='http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-3'>LOG4NET-3</a>] - Support per event
@@ -1301,9 +1301,9 @@
 
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.9" name="1.2.9 Beta">
+      <section id="a1.2.9" name="1.2.9 Beta">
 
-        <section id="1.2.9-breaking" name="Breaking Changes">
+        <section id="a1.2.9-breaking" name="Breaking Changes">
           <h3>Renamed namespaces</h3>
           <p>
             Renamed namespace <span class="code">log4net.spi</span> to <span class="code">
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@
           </p>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.9-new" name="New Features">
+        <section id="a1.2.9-new" name="New Features">
           <h3>New CLI build</h3>
           <p>
             A new log4net assembly is built that targets all CLI 1.0 compatible runtimes.
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
           </p>
         </section>
 
-        <section id="1.2.9-other" name="Other Changes">
+        <section id="a1.2.9-other" name="Other Changes">
           <h3>FxCop compliance</h3>
           <p>
             Updates to bring the internal code in line with the current FxCop rules.
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@
 
       </section>
 
-      <section id="1.2.0b8" name="1.2.0 Beta 8">
+      <section id="a1.2.0" name="1.2.0">
         <h3>
           Changed assembly name to
           <span class="code">log4net</span>
@@ -1770,9 +1770,6 @@
           check that only logs the first 32000 characters from the rendered
           message.
         </p>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b7" name="1.2.0 Beta 7">
         <h3>Updated to support the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Final</h3>
         <p>
           Updated to support the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Final Beta (1.1.4322).
@@ -1820,9 +1817,6 @@
           <a href="config-examples.html">Example Appender Configuration</a>
           document for more information.
         </p>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b6" name="1.2.0 Beta 6">
         <h3>Added support for multiple frameworks</h3>
         <p>
           log4net 1.2.0 beta 6 adds support for the the following frameworks:
@@ -1997,9 +1991,6 @@
         <h3>Removed obsolete methods</h3>
         <h3>Lots of updates to improve our compliance with FxCop</h3>
         <h3>Improved SDK documentation</h3>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b5" name="1.2.0 Beta 5">
         <h3>
           Fixed Exception thrown when DOM Configurator called with a null XML
           Element.
@@ -2007,9 +1998,6 @@
         <p>This occurred if the configuration file did not have a log4net section defined.</p>
         <h3>Made level lookup case insensitive</h3>
         <h3>Prevented the Hierarchy's Threshold level from being set to a null reference</h3>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b4" name="1.2.0 Beta 4">
         <h3>Added event specific properties to the logging event object</h3>
         <p>
           Appenders can add additional information to the events they are logging. The
@@ -2065,9 +2053,6 @@
         <h3>Upgraded to use NUnit 2.0</h3>
         <h3>File appenders can specify the encoding to use for the file</h3>
         <h3>Added strong named configuration</h3>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b3" name="1.2.0 Beta 3">
         <h3>Added log4net.Ext.Trace extension</h3>
         <p>This is a separate assembly that adds a trace level to log4net.</p>
         <h3>
@@ -2099,16 +2084,10 @@
           especially when developing web applications (ASP.NET).
         </p>
         <h3>A few good bug fixes!</h3>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b2" name="1.2.0 Beta 2">
         <h3>Added ADONetAppender</h3>
         <p>Thanks to TechnologyOneCorp.com.</p>
         <h3>Added TraceLogAssembly extensibility example</h3>
         <h3>Lots of bug fixes</h3>
-      </section>
-
-      <section id="1.2.0b1" name="1.2.0 Beta 1">
         <h3>Added 6 new examples</h3>
         <h3>Split Category class into Logger and LogManager classes</h3>
         <p>