add general info to welcome and use as index

4 files changed, 40 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
-# Documentation for the Dat ecosystem
+## Dat Project Documentation
+
+Repository for the documentation of the Dat Project ecosystem. View the docs at [docs.dat-data.com](http://docs.dat-data.com).
+
+[![#dat IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc%20channel-%23dat%20on%20freenode-blue.svg)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=dat)
+[![datproject/discussions](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/datproject/discussions?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+[![docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dat%20Project-Docs-green.svg)](http://docs.dat-data.com)
+
+## Writing & Editing Docs
+
+This documentation uses [minidocs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/minidocs).
+
+The table of contents is in `content.json`.
+
+### Installation & Usage
+
+1. Clone Repository
+2. `npm install`
+3. `npm run build` to build the docs.
+4. `npm run deploy` to deploy docs to GitHub pages.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/contents.json b/contents.json
index 07441c6..3238dfe 100644
--- a/contents.json
+++ b/contents.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Welcome to Dat": "welcome.md",
-    "How Dat works": "how-dat-works.md"
+    "How Dat Works": "how-dat-works.md"
   },
   "Ecosystem": {
     "Overview": "ecosystem.md"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3efa4aa..53f033b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "update": "curl -Ssl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clkao/awesome-dat/master/readme.md | grep '📔' | egrep -o 'github.com/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+' | cut -f 2- -d / | uniq > repos.txt",
-    "build": "minidocs . -c contents.json -p -o dist -l dat-data.png -t 'The Dat Project' -s styles.css",
+    "build": "minidocs . -c contents.json -p -i welcome -o dist -l dat-data.png -t 'The Dat Project' -s styles.css",
     "deploy": "echo docs.dat-data.com > dist/CNAME && gh-pages -d dist",
     "paper": "pandoc --variable author=\"Maxwell Ogden, Karissa McKelvey, Mathias Buus\" --variable title=\"Dat - Distributed Dataset Synchronization And Versioning\" --variable date=\"Version 1.0.0, May 2016\" --variable classoption=twocolumn --variable papersize=a4paper -s dat-paper.md -o dat-paper.pdf"
   },
diff --git a/welcome.md b/welcome.md
index 656e83c..51d7e5e 100644
--- a/welcome.md
+++ b/welcome.md
@@ -1,61 +1,27 @@
-# Dat 1.0 docs
+# dat
 
-Documentation resources for [dat](https://github.com/maxogden/dat) 1.0 release candidate 1 and the surrounding ecosystem.
+Dat is a decentralized data tool for distributing data small and large.
 
-## Installation
+[![#dat IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc%20channel-%23dat%20on%20freenode-blue.svg)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=dat)
+[![datproject/discussions](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/datproject/discussions?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+[![docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dat%20Project-Docs-green.svg)](http://docs.dat-data.com)
 
-```
-npm install -g dat
-```
+## About Dat
 
-## Sharing data
+Documentation for the Dat project is available at [docs.dat-data.com](http://docs.dat-data.com).
 
-Dat is a peer to peer file sharing tool. To share data, first `cd` into a directory you want to share, and type:
+### Key features:
 
-```
-$ dat link
-```
+  * **Live sync** folders by sharing files as they are added to the folder.
+  * **Distribute large files** without copying data to a central server by connecting directly to peers.
+  * **Intelligently sync** by deduplicating data between versions.
+  * **Verify data integrity** using strong cryptographic hashes.
+  * **Work everywhere**, including in the [browser](https://github.com/datproject/dat.land) and on the [desktop](https://github.com/juliangruber/dat-desktop).
 
-This will create a link, that looks like `dat://...`. This is a unique hash, generated by the contents of the files (including those in subdirectories) inside the current directory. Dat ignores hidden files.
+Dat embraces the Unix philosophy: a modular design with composable parts. All of the pieces can be replaced with alternative implementations as long as they implement the abstract API.
 
-Your output might look something like this:
+### Ways to Use Dat
 
-```
-$ dat link
-Scanning folder, found 98 files in 5 directories. 47.12 MB total.
-dat://a9933c3d00e1134e5814a0fe2b0f1166885f523dfe0d135a39a2ca4b43840d83
-Serving data (1 connection(s))
-```
-
-On another computer, I can type:
-
-```
-dat dat://a9933c3d00e1134e5814a0fe2b0f1166885f523dfe0d135a39a2ca4b43840d83
-```
-
-And the files will be downloaded inside of the current directory. The process will stay open, re-hosting the data to ensure redundancy of the data.
-
-## Versioning
-
-If you change any file inside the directory, you will get a different link. Each link is unique to the file list and data contents inside each file.
-
-Everything about the filesystem is replicated between two dat hosts, including directory structure, file modes, among other filesystem metadata. For example, changing the file mode of a single file will create an entirely different link.
-
-## Peer Discovery
-
-Dat uses a variety of different methods to discover peers that have the data it's looking for, including DNS, Multicast DNS, UDP, and TCP. See [discovery-swarm](https://github.com/mafintosh/discovery-swarm) for more information.
-
-## Local storage
-
-Dat stores its data in a hidden folder that is stored by default in the user's home directory.
-
-```
-~/.dat
-```
-The global `.dat` folder has the following contents:
-
-```
-$ ls ~/.dat
-db
-config.json
-```
+  * [Dat CLI](https://github.com/maxogden/dat): command line tool
+  * [Dat Desktop](https://github.com/juliangruber/dat-desktop/): desktop application
+  * [dat.land](https://github.com/datproject/dat.land): website application
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