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- move slack stuff from the wiki to this file
- move the member page how-to to the wiki

Author: fmeyenhofer

README.md

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-# SwissBIAS.github.io
-Website for the SwissBIAS network: Swiss BioImage Analysts' network
-See also the associated [wiki](https://github.com/SwissBIAS/SwissBIAS.github.io/wiki)
+# [swissbias.org](https://www.swissbias.ch)
+Website for the SwissBIAS network: Swiss BioImage Analysts' network.   
 
-## How to contribute
-We decided to keep some control over what’s published by merging Pull Requests. So ***please fork, modify, PR*** and then we’ll merge your changes. Please see this [guide to create a Pull Request](https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request). \
-If you would prefer to generate a dummy website to make sure it looks exactly as you want before pushing it, you can create your locally served website. To do so, follow the instructions provided for the _imagej.github.io_ pages about [Jekyll and Git](https://github.com/imagej/imagej.github.io/blob/main/_pages/editing/advanced.md).
-
-## Quickstart: Adding and editing member information
-Each member have their own markdown file, stored in the `/_members` directory.
-It consists of a YAML [frontmatter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-matter/) (between the triple-dashed lines) and document body written in Github flavored [markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/). Bellow is an example, for the file `simon.noerrelykke.md`:
-
-```markdown
----
-first_name: Simon F.
-last_name: Noerrelykke
-short_name: simon
-city: Zurich
-affiliation: ETH Zurich
-position: Image Analyst
-tags: [matlab, fiji]
----
-
-Simon works at ETH Zurich.\\
-He heads [IDA](http://let-your-data-speak.com/) - the Image and Data Analysis group inside of ScopeM.
-```
+> To keep this document compact, the bulk of the documentation is on our [wiki](https://github.com/SwissBIAS/SwissBIAS.github.io/wiki).
 
-To create a new member file, copy an existing file, rename as `firstName.lastName.md`, change all text that needs changing, and save it in `/_members` (commit it).
+## Connect with the community
+The community uses [slack](https://app.slack.com) for the day-to-day chat. To join, please send us an [email](mailto:[email protected]?subject=Request%20to%20join). Instructions will follow in the reply to your request. 
 
-> Front Matter conventions:
-> * The `city` attribute should only be used for Swiss cities and left empty otherwise. To add a new city not yet present on [the map](https://swissbias.github.io/members/), check out [detailed documentation](https://github.com/SwissBIAS/SwissBIAS.github.io/wiki/How-to-add-yourself-to-the-webpage#the-city-attribute)
-> * The `affiliation` attribute can hold only one institution/company. Use its main name and put the detailed description in the document body.
+If you're not familiar with Slack we recommend you to have a look at this [quick start guide](https://slack.com/help/articles/360059928654-How-to-use-Slack--your-quick-start-guide).
 
-**Small edits** can be done directly in your browser in GitHub.   
-**Larger changes** to structure must be done locally, then pushed to GitHub (see the [above section](#how-to-contribute). 
+### Recommendations:
+- Use the desktop version (instead of the web browser version).
+- You can join the channels of interest using the `+` icon in front of **Channels**. 
+- If you create a channel, please announce it on `#general` using the template message:
+> Dear @channel, a new channel has been created to discuss #channel-name
 
-That is it!
-The new member will automatically be added to the list of all members and have their own page with the text they provided, e.g. `https://www.swissbias.ch/members/simon.noerrelykke`.
-
-## Adding pages
-To add a webpage, create it as markdown or html and place it in `_pages` (become and editor or create a pull request for this).
-You can link to it from another page or add it to the navigation menu (be conservative -- navigation bars quickly become crowded).
-
-## Navigation bars
-There are several possible navigation bars, read the documentation for whatever Jekyll theme we are using, e.g. [minimal-mistakes](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes).
-Pages are added to the top bar by editing the file `navigation.yml` in the `/_data` folder.
-
-# The configuration file
-Most configuration takes place in the `_config.yml` file at root level.
-Be careful if editing this!
+## How to contribute
+The documentation about the architecture of the webpage and a number of how-to's can be found on [this page](https://github.com/SwissBIAS/SwissBIAS.github.io/wiki/How-to-contribute).
 
-# Layouts
-Instead of specifying and formatting the looks of each individual page, templates are applied:
-In the `/_layouts` folder, many are available, often inheriting features from each other, and you can add more if you want.
-The layout applied to a given file/page is either specified in the YAML frontmatter or applies to all files in a given folder as specified in the configuration file `_config.yml`.
-For example, all files in the folders `/_pages` and `/_members` have the `single` layout applied to them.
+SwissBIAS members, that want to create/edit their `_member/[first.last].md` page, can jump to [this section](https://github.com/SwissBIAS/SwissBIAS.github.io/wiki/How-to-contribute#adding-a-member-page).