[Couchdb Wiki] Update of "Replication" by NathanVanderWilt

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The "Replication" page has been changed by NathanVanderWilt:
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Replication?action=diff&rev1=50&rev2=51

Comment:
Make new replication DB information slightly more prominent, e.g. https://getsatisfaction.com/iriscouch/topics/setting_up_replicaiton_is_utils_replicator_html_now_obsolete#reply_10483241

  
  Changes on the master will not automatically replicate to the slaves. See “Continuous Replication” below.
  
- === Run Replication ===
- Replication is triggered by sending a POST request to the `_replicate` URL. The body is JSON with the following allowed fields:
+ === Run Replication, using the old API ===
+ 
+ 
+ '''NOTE:''' Before CouchDB 1.1, replication was triggered by sending a POST request to the `_replicate` URL. Many of the concepts and parameters are similar, but '''you are encouraged to use the [[#Replicator_database|replicator database]] instead''' of the old API documented here.
+ 
+ The body is JSON with the following allowed fields:
  
  ||'''Field Name''' ||'''Description''' ||
  ||''source'' || ''Required.'' Identifies the database to copy revisions from. Can be a string containing a local database name or a remote database URL, or an object whose `url` property contains the database name or URL. ||