update readme with obsidian directions

README.md

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+### Using Obsidian
+Quartz is created to serve a static site off of an [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) vault, and thus is the preferred way to manage content locally. In order for all it to function properly, a things need to be done properly.
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+First and foremost, Quartz uses links references with `content` as the root direction, so when opening in Obsidian, open the content folder, and _not_ the repo directory. 
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+Then the following vault settings need to be configured
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+- under `Options --> Files and Links`
+  - enable `Automatically update internal links`
+  - `Link format` should be set to `Absolute path in vault`
+  - enable `use Wikilinks`
+
+In order to use the templates in the `Templates` folder for auto populating commmon files,
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+- Install and enable `Templater` in the Community Plugins
+  - set the `Templates folder` to `templates`
+  - enable `automatic jump to cursor`
+  - enable `Trigger Templater on new file creation`
+  - enable `Folder templates`
+  - assign whichever templates you want to be triggered when a new file is created in a given folder. 
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+Refer the [Templater documentation](https://silentvoid13.github.io/Templater/) for how to create your own templates.