Add introductory front page

Give the user a friendly introduction instead of plunging them straight
into the layers list. (Of course if people want to link directly to the
layers list they still can.)

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>

4 files changed, 63 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/templates/404.html b/templates/404.html
index 90ee64cea7..843d5bc42e 100644
--- a/templates/404.html
+++ b/templates/404.html
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 {% block content %}
 {% autoescape on %}
 
+<h1>Page not found</h1>
+
 <p>The page you requested was not found.</p>
 
-<p><a href="{% url layer_list %}">Return to the index</a></p>
+<p><a href="{% url frontpage %}">Return to the front page</a></p>
 
 {% endautoescape %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 846a5c84fc..8954b43615 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
         <div class="navbar-inner">
             <div class="container">
-                <a class="brand" href="{% url layer_list %}">OpenEmbedded metadata index</a>
+                <a class="brand" href="{% url frontpage %}">OpenEmbedded metadata index</a>
 
                 <ul class="nav">
                     {% block branch_selector %}
diff --git a/templates/layerindex/frontpage.html b/templates/layerindex/frontpage.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2911abcbc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/layerindex/frontpage.html
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% comment %}
+
+  layerindex-web - front page template
+
+  Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+  Licensed under the MIT license, see COPYING.MIT for details
+
+{% endcomment %}
+
+
+<!--
+{% block title_append %}{% endblock %}
+-->
+
+{% block content %}
+{% autoescape on %}
+
+<div class="hero-unit hero-evenlyspaced">
+    <h1>Welcome!</h1>
+    <p>Welcome to the OpenEmbedded metadata index. Here you can find metadata (layers, recipes and machines)
+       provided by members of the OpenEmbedded / Yocto Project community for use on top of OpenEmbedded-Core
+       and compatible systems.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="row">
+    <div class="span8">
+        <div class="well well-frontpage">
+            <h2>Finding what you need</h2>
+            <p>You can browse or search by layer, by recipe or by machine.</p>
+            <div class="frontpage-button-group">
+                <a href="{% url layer_list %}" class="btn btn-large btn-primary">Layers</a>
+                <a href="{% url recipe_search %}" class="btn btn-large btn-primary">Recipes</a>
+                <a href="{% url machine_search %}" class="btn btn-large btn-primary">Machines</a>
+            </div>
+            <p><small>Note that you are currently viewing
+            {% if current_branch = 'master' %}
+            the <span class="branch">master</span> branch - the latest development version of the code.
+            {% else %}
+            the <span class="branch">{{ current_branch }}</span> branch.
+            {% endif %}
+            You can change between master and release branches at any time using the branch selector on the bar at the top of the page.</small></p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="span4">
+        <div class="well well-frontpage">
+            <h2>Questions?</h2>
+            <p>Got some questions about layers or this website? See the <a href="http://www.openembedded.org/Layers_FAQ">FAQ</a>.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+{% endautoescape %}
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
diff --git a/templates/layerindex/index.html b/templates/layerindex/layers.html
index a593a6d4fa..a593a6d4fa 100644
--- a/templates/layerindex/index.html
+++ b/templates/layerindex/layers.html