diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index df32994f..a84eefa7 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
     'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
     'sphinx_copybutton',
     'sphinxcontrib.bibtex',
-    'sphinxcontrib.srclinks']
+    'sphinxcontrib.srclinks',
+    'sphinx.ext.graphviz']
+
+# -- GraphViz configuration ----------------------------------
+graphviz_output_format = 'svg'
 
 copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. |\$ |In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.\.\.: | {5,8}: "
 copybutton_prompt_is_regexp = True
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'Pangeo'
-copyright = '2018-2021, Pangeo Team'
+copyright = '2018-2022, Pangeo Team'
 author = 'Pangeo Team'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
     # an arbitrary url.
     'navbar_links': [
         ("Blog", "https://medium.com/pangeo", True),
-        ("Forum", "https://discourse.pangeo.io", True),
+        ("Discourse Forum", "https://discourse.pangeo.io", True),
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 31361db7..14600c70 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,53 @@ Pangeo
 .. image:: _static/pangeo_simple_logo.svg
    :width: 175 px
 
-A community platform for Big Data geoscience
-============================================
+A community promoting open, reproducible, and scalable geoscience
+=================================================================
+
+.. list-table:: 
+   :widths: 10 10 10 10 10 
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :align: left
+
+   * - ❓ Have questions about Python software?
+     - 🤩 Want to hear about new updates to Pangeo software or infrastructure?
+     - 😃 Wondering how you can get involved in the Pangeo community?
+     - ☁️ Interested in getting access to Pangeo Cloud?
+     - 🧐 Just curious to learn more about Pangeo?
+   * - Search for answers or ask your own question on the `Pangeo Discourse Forum <https://discourse.pangeo.io/>`_!
+     - Check out our `Medium blog <https://medium.com/pangeo>`_ and our `Twitter feed <https://twitter.com/pangeo_data>`_!
+     - Post or answer questions in the `Pangeo Discourse Forum <https://discourse.pangeo.io/>`_, attend a `community meeting <https://pangeo.io/meeting-notes.html>`_, or start issues/create pull requests on our `GitHub repos <https://github.com/pangeo-data/>`_!
+     - Fill out the application form available on the `Pangeo Cloud site <https://pangeo.io/cloud.html>`_.
+     - Read about us on the `About Pangeo page <https://pangeo.io/about.html>`_.
+
+..
+   This portion is currently commented out rather than deleted, because it appears that the "toctree" here may be 
+   necessary for the website (currently generates many errors). See note at top.
+
+.. Contents
+.. ^^^^^^^^
+
+.. 
+.. 
+   .. toctree::
+..    :maxdepth: 1
+
+..    about
+..    faq
+..    quickstart
+..    packages
+..    gallery
+..    architecture
+..    setup_guides/index
+..    cloud
+..    data
+..    catalog
+..    collaborators
+..    publications
+..    pangeo-showcase
+..    meeting-notes
+..    meetings/index
+..    contact
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/pangeo-data/pangeo?logo=github&style=flat-square
    :target: https://github.com/pangeo-data/pangeo
@@ -24,88 +69,3 @@ A community platform for Big Data geoscience
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/pangeo_data?logo=twitter&style=flat-square
    :target: https://twitter.com/pangeo_data
    :alt: Twitter
-
-This website contains general information about the Pangeo project.
-For news and updates about Pangeo, check out our
-`Medium blog <https://medium.com/pangeo>`_ and our
-`Twitter feed <https://twitter.com/pangeo_data>`_.
-To engage with the Pangeo community, head over to our
-`Discourse forum <https://discourse.pangeo.io/>`_
-or browse our `GitHub repos <https://github.com/pangeo-data/>`_.
-
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-    <div class="row">
-     <div class="col-md-6 center-block">
-        <h2><a href="https://twitter.com/pangeo_data">Twitter Feed</a></h2>
-        <p class="text-center font-italic">We use twitter to share announcements and retweet content of interest to our community.</p>
-        <a class="twitter-timeline" data-width="100%" data-height="500" data-theme="light" data-link-color="#5eb130" href="https://twitter.com/pangeo_data?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by pangeo_data</a> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
-     </div>
-     <div class="col-md-6 center-blockr">
-         <h2><a href="https://discourse.pangeo.io/">Discourse Forum</a></h2>
-         <p class="text-center font-italic">Discourse is a message board where we discuss all aspects of the project in a friendly, inclusive way.</p>
-         <div class="feedgrabbr_widget" id="fgid_d0649815dd692ed59cba2d8d0"></div>
-         <script>if (typeof (fg_widgets) === "undefined") fg_widgets = new Array(); fg_widgets.push("fgid_d0649815dd692ed59cba2d8d0");</script>
-         <script async src="https://www.feedgrabbr.com/widget/fgwidget.js"></script>
-     </div>
-    </div>
-
-What is Pangeo?
-===============
-
-Pangeo is first and foremost a community promoting open, reproducible, and scalable science.
-This community provides documentation, develops and maintains software, and deploys
-computing infrastructure to make scientific research and programming easier.
-The Pangeo software ecosystem involves
-open source tools such as xarray, iris, dask, jupyter, and many other packages.
-There is no single software package called "pangeo"; rather, the Pangeo project serves
-as a coordination point between scientists, software, and computing infrastructure.
-On this website, scientists can find guides for accessing data and performing analysis
-using these tools (read the :ref:`quickstart`, browse the :ref:`use-cases`, and
-learn about the :ref:`packages`).
-Those interested in building infrastructure can find
-instructions for deploying Pangeo environments on HPC or cloud clusters
-(learn about the :ref:`architecture` or read the :ref:`setup-guides`).
-For more general information, read :ref:`about`, see the :ref:`collaborators`,
-or read the :ref:`FAQ`.
-Welcome to the Pangeo community!
-
-Our Goals
-^^^^^^^^^
-
-#. Foster collaboration around the open source scientific python ecosystem for
-   ocean / atmosphere / land / climate science.
-#. Support the development with domain-specific geoscience packages.
-#. Improve scalability of these tools to handle petabyte-scale datasets on
-   HPC and cloud platforms.
-
-Pangeo Gallery
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Science applications and detailed tutorial for using Pangeo can be found in
-`Pangeo Gallery <http://gallery.pangeo.io>`_.
-
-
-Contents
-^^^^^^^^
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 1
-
-   about
-   faq
-   quickstart
-   packages
-   gallery
-   architecture
-   setup_guides/index
-   cloud
-   data
-   catalog
-   collaborators
-   publications
-   pangeo-showcase
-   meeting-notes
-   meetings/index
-   contact