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+title: "Improvements to documentation for FAIRDOM-SEEK (navigation and design)"
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+We are delighted to announce that a phase of improvements to the FAIRDOM-SEEK documentation is ready. 
+
+[![FAIRDOM-SEEK documentation banner](/images/news/seek-docs-banner.svg)](https://docs.seek4science.org/)
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+* [View the improved FAIRDOM-SEEK documentation](https://docs.seek4science.org/)
+
+This update focuses on navigation, design and search. 
+We are using the [ELIXIR Toolkit Theme](https://elixir-belgium.github.io/elixir-toolkit-theme/) with custom styling for FAIRDOM-SEEK.
+All the old page paths still work. There is minimal change to the Markdown of all pages. The folder structure is the same.
+
+## Design, layout and search
+
+* There is a new **search box** at the top of all pages, with instant results.
+* There is a **table of contents** on the right-side to jump to headings within a page.
+* You can **scroll to the top** of the page with a button at the bottom-right.
+* The fonts and colours have been maintained. 
+
+## Navigation menus
+
+* There is a new **top navigation** linking to the main sections [User Guide](https://docs.seek4science.org/help/user-guide/) and [Technical References](https://docs.seek4science.org/tech/).
+* There is a **side navigation** left within each section, listing all pages.
+* There is a **footer navigation** including more links than the top navigation.
+* The navigation adapts to mobile/tablet devices. 
+
+## Your contributions are welcome
+
+We continue to welcome [contributions to the documentation](https://docs.seek4science.org/contributing-to-pages),
+particularly from people who manage their own FAIRDOM-SEEK instance.
+The contribution guide has been updated to reflect the minor differences required for new pages, 
+for example, we no longer include the `.html` part of the path when linking to other pages on the site.