diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..903b4536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# downstream content
+_core
+_browser
+_android
+_ios
+_gaia
+
+
+# OS or Editor folders
+.DS_Store
+node_modules
+
+# Jekyllg
+_site
+.sass-cache
+.jekyll-metadata
diff --git a/collections.json b/collections.json
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index 00000000..fa0e2e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collections.json
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+{
+  "version": "THEVERSION",
+  "collections": [
+    {
+      "name": "core",
+      "repo": "https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "android",
+      "repo": "https://github.com/moxiegirl/blockstack-android"
+    },
+     {
+      "name": "browser",
+      "repo": "https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-browser"
+    }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/get-content.sh b/get-content.sh
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index 00000000..a8db13c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get-content.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# get the content from the downstream repos
+# needs jq "brew install jq"
+
+collectionList=$(<collections.json)
+
+
+for collection in $(echo "$collectionList" | jq -r '.collections[] | @base64'); do
+
+    # Get the collection structure
+
+    _jq() {
+          echo ${collection} | base64 --decode | jq -r ${1}
+    }
+
+    theName=$(echo $(_jq '.name'))
+    theRepo=$(echo $(_jq '.repo'))
+
+
+    echo "Getting the _$theName"
+
+    rm -rf _$theName
+    svn checkout $theRepo/trunk/docs _$theName
+
+
+    #
+    # sed -i "" "s/THETITLE/${theTitle}/g" ${DIR}/pdfconfigs/config_mydoc_pdf.yml
+    #
+    # for code in $(echo $(_jq '.codes') | jq -r '.[]'); do
+    #   theCode=${code}
+    #   sed -i "" "s/${code}/pdf/g" ${DIR}/_data/sidebars/mydoc_sidebar.yml
+    # done
+    #
+    # echo 'Killing all Jekyll instances'
+    # kill -9 $(ps aux | grep '[j]ekyll' | awk '{print $2}')
+    # clear
+    #
+    # echo "Building PDF-friendly HTML site for Mydoc ...";
+    # bundle exec jekyll serve --detach --config _config.yml,pdfconfigs/config_mydoc_pdf.yml;
+    # echo "done";
+    #
+    # echo "Building the PDF ...";
+    # prince --javascript --pdf-keywords=prince-no-fallback --input-list=_site/pdfconfigs/prince-list.txt -o pdf/${theName}_${theVersion}.pdf;
+    #
+    #
+    # ## Reset everything for the next collection
+    # git checkout -- ${DIR}/collection-list.json
+    # git checkout -- ${DIR}/pdfconfigs/config_mydoc_pdf.yml
+    # git checkout -- ${DIR}/_data/sidebars/mydoc_sidebar.yml
+done