Merge pull request qiita-spots#1859 from antgonza/update-main-page

updating main intro text

Author: ElDeveloper

qiita_pet/support_files/config_portal.cfg

@@ -8,35 +8,31 @@ TITLE = Qiita
 
 # ---------- Welcome text on index page ----------
 [index]
-HEADER = <i>Qiita</i>: Spot Patterns
+HEADER = Qiita Spots Patterns
 TEXT = <p align="justify">
   Qiita (<i>canonically pronounced cheetah</i>) is an entirely
-  <strong>open-source</strong> microbiome storage and analysis resource that
-  can run on everything from your laptop to a supercomputer. It is built on top
-  of the widely used <a target=_blank href="http://qiime.org">QIIME</a>
-  package, and enables the exploration of -omics data.
+  <strong>open-source</strong> microbial study management platform. It allows
+  users to keep track of multiple studies with multiple ‘omics data.
+  Additionally, Qiita is capable of supporting multiple analytical pipelines
+  through a 3rd-party plugin system, allowing the user to have a single entry
+  point for all their analyses.
   </p>
-  <br />
-  <p align="left">This resource powers the
-  <a target=_blank href="http://www.earthmicrobiome.org">
-  Earth Microbiome Project</a> and the
-  <a target=_blank href="https://ibdmdb.org/">
-  Inflammatory Bowel Disease Multi'omics Database</a>.</p>
-  <br />
-  <p align="left">
-    Qiita is built on top of the following open-source technologies:
-    <ul>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://qiime.org">QIIME</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://scikit-bio.org">scikit-bio</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://emperor.microbio.me">EMPeror</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://biom-format.org">BIOM-Format</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://ipython.org">IPython</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://numpy.org">NumPy</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://scipy.org">SciPy</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://tornadoweb.org">Tornado</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://redis.io">Redis</a></li>
-      <li><a target=_blank href="http://www.postgresql.org">PostgreSQL</a></li>
-    </ul>
+  <p align="justify">
+  Qiita’s <a href=”qiita.microbio.me”>main site</a> provides database and
+  compute resources to the global community, alleviating the technical
+  burdens, such as familiarity with the command line or access to compute
+  power, that are typically limiting for researchers studying microbial
+  ecology.
+  </p>
+  <p align="justify">
+  Qiita’s platform allows for quick reanalysis of the datasets that have been
+  deposited using the latests analytical technologies. This means that Qiita’s
+  internal datasets are living data that is periodically re-annotated
+  according to current best practices.
+  </p>
+  <p align="justify">
+  For more information about how to use Qiita visit the
+  <a href=”static/doc/html/index.html”>documentation</a>
   </p>
 
 # ---------- Study listing page ----------