+our $VERSION = '2.11';
+
+__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( qw/cgi/ );
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+CGI::Maypole - CGI-based front-end to Maypole
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ package BeerDB;
+ use Maypole::Application;
+
+ ## example beer.cgi:
+
+ #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+ use strict;
+ use BeerDB;
+ BeerDB->run();
+
+Now to access the beer database, type this URL into your browser:
+http://your.site/cgi-bin/beer.cgi/frontpage
+
+NOTE: this Maypole frontend requires additional modules that won't be installed
+or included with Maypole. Please see below.
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a CGI platform driver for Maypole. Your application can inherit from
+CGI::Maypole directly, but it is recommended that you use
+L<Maypole::Application>.
+
+This module requires CGI::Simple which you will have to install yourself via
+CPAN or manually.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=over
+
+=item run
+
+Call this from your CGI script to start the Maypole application.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub run
+{