From b135aa16e73368d2b6815b3346d8c2c6709b3962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Lass <lass.jakob@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:29:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move badges Add contribution Add contact Move tutorials
 higher up

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 source/index.rst | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/index.rst b/source/index.rst
index 97833c4..0ec2d49 100644
--- a/source/index.rst
+++ b/source/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@
 
 AMBER documentation
 ===================
+.. image:: https://gitea.psi.ch/lass_j/AMBER/actions/workflows/test.yaml/badge.svg
+  :height: 20  
+  :alt: Test Status
+
+.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/AMBER-ds4ms/badge/?style=plastic
+  :height: 20
+  :alt: Read the Docs
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/AMBER-ds4ms
+   :height: 20
+   :alt: PyPI - Version
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/AMBER-ds4ms
+   :height: 20
+   :alt: PyPI - Python Version
 
 This is the documentation for the **A** lgorithm for **M** ultiplexing spectrometer
 **B** ackground **E** stimation with **R** otation-independence **AMBER** which is a method to estimate and background within 3D data sets. 
@@ -14,16 +29,6 @@ This software is the result of the collaboration between the instrument responsi
 the fifth call for Collaborative Research Data Science Projects. 
 
 
-Badges
-------
-
-.. image:: https://gitea.psi.ch/lass_j/AMBER/actions/workflows/test.yaml/badge.svg
-  :width: 50
-  :alt: Test Status
-
-
-
-
 
 
 Installation
@@ -40,6 +45,19 @@ Alternatively, the newest version can be installed directly from the source repo
 
    python -m pip install git+https://gitea.psi.ch/lass_j/AMBER.git@main
 
+Documentation & Tutorials
+-------------------------
+
+For **AMBER** the following tutorials have been created
+
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :caption: Contents:
+
+
+   tutorials/index.rst
+
 
 General Introduction
 --------------------
@@ -66,29 +84,19 @@ the radial :math:`b` to the full space. These three parameters constitute the fi
 For further details, see the the paper. 
 
 
-
-
-
-Documentation & Tutorials
--------------------------
-
-For **AMBER** the following tutorials have been created
-
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-   :caption: Contents:
-
-
-   tutorials/index.rst
-
-
 Contribute
 ----------
 
+This project is more than happy for contribution to the code base. However, it is recommended that before a large commitment and/pull request is made, 
+please do contact the `maintainers`_ or open an `issue`_. 
 
 
 Contact
 -------
 
+Contact to the maintainers is recommended through either an `issue`_ or by sending an email to the `maintainers`_.
 
+
+.. _maintainers: mailto:jakob.lass@psi.ch
+
+.. _issue: https://gitea.psi.ch/lass_j/AMBER/issues
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