docs: improve docs in Admin guide (#1794)

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@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ This guide is for instance admins who may be having trouble with Pinafore compat
By default, [Mastodon allows cross-origin access to the `/api` endpoint](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/50529cbceb84e611bca497624a7a4c38113e5135/config/initializers/cors.rb#L15-L20). Thus Pinafore should "just work" for most Mastodon servers.
If the nginx/Apache settings have been changed, though, then Pinafore might not be able to connect to an instance. To check if the instance is supported, run this command:
If the nginx/Apache settings have been changed, though, then Pinafore might not be able to connect to an instance. To check if the instance is supported, run this command (replacing `myinstance.com` with your instance URL):
```bash
curl -sLv example.com/api/v1/instance -o /dev/null
curl -sLv -H 'Origin: https://pinafore.social' -o /dev/null \
myinstance.com/api/v1/instance
```
If you see this in the output:
@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Then Pinafore should work as expected!
Otherwise, if the instance admin would like to whitelist only certain websites (including Pinafore) to work with CORS, then they will need to make sure that the server echoes:
Otherwise, if the instance admin would like to whitelist only certain websites (including Pinafore) to work with CORS, then they will need to make sure that the server echoes:
```
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://pinafore.social