From 737eea904cda2d929ac1bd2a7aab23033f0d2eef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Bliven <spencer.bliven@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 15:05:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Getting Started page

---
 README.md              |  2 +-
 docs/gettingStarted.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 mkdocs.yml             |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/gettingStarted.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b520379..6017b36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Documentation](https://data-catalog-services.pages.psi.ch/)
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
-to spin up a local environment. Preview available on `localhost:8000`.
+to spin up a local environment. Preview available on <http://localhost:8000>.
 
 ## Style Guide
 
diff --git a/docs/gettingStarted.md b/docs/gettingStarted.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed1192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/gettingStarted.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+title: Getting Started
+description: Resources to quickly get started using the PSI Data Catalog
+---
+
+Please see the following resources to get started using the PSI Data Catalog:
+
+- The comprehensive **[Ingestor Manual]({{relative_url ingestorManual.md}})**.
+- A 2019 presentation [Data Catalog for Scientific Data: How to get
+  started](/assets/presentation/SciCatGettingStartedSLSSummary.pdf), targeted towards
+  SLS users (_note: some commands are now outdated._)
+- [CLS Data Catalog
+  Documentation](https://intranet.psi.ch/en/cls/data-catalog-and-archive) targeted
+  towards life science users
+- The [OpenEM](https://www.openem.ch/documentation) project documentation, which uses
+  the catalog for electron microscopy data.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 38505bc..441a0db 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ theme:
     #- navigation.tabs
     - toc.follow
     # - toc.integrate
+    - navigation.footer
   palette:
     - media: "(prefers-color-scheme)"
       toggle:
@@ -44,3 +45,8 @@ theme:
       toggle:
         icon: material/toggle-switch-off
         name: Switch to system preference
+
+nav:
+  - index.md
+  - gettingStarted.md
+  - ingestorManual.md
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