A vain attempt to get people to read the manual.

docs/docs/compile.xml

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
         </p>
 
 <br/>
-        <h2>Installing dlib as a system wide library</h2>
+        <h2>Installing dlib as a precompiled library</h2>
         <p>
            Dlib's cmake scripts contain the standard install target.  So you
            can use CMake to install dlib system wide as a precompiled static or

docs/docs/faq.xml

@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@
             <a href="dlib/test_for_odr_violations.h.html">dlib/test_for_odr_violations.h</a> and 
             <a href="dlib/test_for_odr_violations.cpp.html">dlib/test_for_odr_violations.cpp</a>.
          </p>
+
+         <p> 
+            Finally, most users who get this error are using Visual Studio.
+            You probably compiled dlib and then went into Visual Studio's
+            output folder, grabbed the .lib file, and then tried to
+            create a project using that .lib file and dlib's .h files from
+            github.  THIS IS WRONG, DO NOT DO THIS.  Instead, <a href="compile.html#Using%20dlib%20from%20C++">read the
+            instructions for using dlib and follow them</a>.  I promise they are
+            much simpler than any process that involves manually copying files
+            around in the file explorer.
+         </p>
       </question>
 
       <question text="It doesn't work?">

docs/docs/index.xml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       It is used in both industry and academia in a wide range of domains 
       including robotics, embedded devices, mobile phones, and large high
       performance computing environments. Dlib's <a href="license.html">open source licensing</a> 
-      allows you to use it in any application, free of charge.
+      allows you to use it in any application, free of charge.  
       </p>
 
       <p>
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
          submit code to the project.
       </p>
 
+      <p>
+         To quickly get started using dlib, <a href="compile.html">follow these instructions to build dlib</a>.
+      </p>
+
+
       <br/>
 
       <p>