Add white-paper doi, use :header: for cards, testing banner

assets/styles/style.css

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ main, article, .prose {
     font-size: 1.1rem;
 }
 
+
 .welcome-section-layout {
     display: grid;
     place-items: center;
@@ -37,3 +38,81 @@ main, article, .prose {
     left: 50%;
     transform: translateX(-50%);
 }
+
+/* /\* Testing for `hero-content` */
+/* /\* The root container *\/ */
+/* .hero-container { */
+/*   position: relative !important; */
+/*   width: 100% !important; */
+/*   height: 350px !important; */
+/*   overflow: hidden !important; */
+/*   border-radius: 8px !important; */
+/*   margin-bottom: 2rem !important; */
+/*   display: block !important; /\* Forces block context instead of grid/flex alignment *\/ */
+/*   background-color: #1a1a1a !important; */
+/* } */
+
+/* /\* Force MyST image wrappers into the absolute background layer *\/ */
+/* .hero-container > span, */
+/* .hero-container > figure, */
+/* .hero-container div[class*="image"], */
+/* .hero-container img { */
+/*   position: absolute !important; */
+/*   inset: 0 !important; */
+/*   width: 100% !important; */
+/*   height: 100% !important; */
+/*   margin: 0 !important; */
+/*   padding: 0 !important; */
+/*   z-index: 1 !important; */
+/*   object-fit: cover !important; */
+/* } */
+
+/* /\* Create the dark visual contrast mask layer *\/ */
+/* .hero-container::after { */
+/*   content: ''; */
+/*   position: absolute !important; */
+/*   inset: 0 !important; */
+/*   background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important; */
+/*   z-index: 2 !important; */
+/*   pointer-events: none !important; */
+/* } */
+
+/* /\* Force the Text Container to stretch over the image layer *\/ */
+/* .hero-content { */
+/*   position: absolute !important; */
+/*   inset: 0 !important; /\* Spans top to bottom, left to right *\/ */
+/*   z-index: 3 !important; */
+
+/*   /\* Flexbox positioning inside the text layer for centering text blocks *\/ */
+/*   display: flex !important; */
+/*   flex-direction: column !important; */
+/*   align-items: center !important; */
+/*   justify-content: center !important; */
+
+/*   text-align: left !important; */
+/*   padding: 2.5rem !important; */
+/*   background: transparent !important; /\* Strips the default black block background color *\/ */
+/*   box-sizing: border-box !important; */
+/* } */
+
+
+/* /\* Enforce high-visibility formatting on text nodes inside the book-theme grid *\/ */
+/* .hero-content h2 { */
+/*   color: #ffffff !important; */
+/*   font-size: 2.6rem !important; /\* Slightly smaller than H1, clean and impactful *\/ */
+/*   font-weight: 700 !important; */
+/*   margin-top: 0 !important; */
+/*   margin-bottom: 0.5rem !important; */
+/*   line-height: 1.2 !important; */
+/*   border-bottom: none !important; /\* Strips out any book-theme accent lines *\/ */
+
+/*   /\* Deep text shadow for solid readability against any background graphic *\/ */
+/*   text-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) !important; */
+/* } */
+
+/* .hero-content p { */
+/*     color: #ffffff !important; */
+/*     font-size: 1.3rem; */
+/*     margin: 0.4rem 0 !important; */
+/*     text-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) !important; */
+/* } */

index.md

@@ -5,36 +5,46 @@
 
 ::::{div}
 :class: welcome-section-layout
-<!-- ![banner](/assets/images/continous_dems_banner.png) -->
-**Welcome to the Continuous DEMs Landing!**
+
+![banner](/assets/images/continous_dems_banner.png)
+
 ::::
+<!-- **Continuous DEMs Landing!** -->
 
 Continuous DEMs provides open-source tools for fetching, transforming, processing and validating Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). We are building a collaborative community dedicated to high-accuracy elevation workflows. Whether you need a drop-in solution for your data pipeline or want to contribute to the future of elevation modeling, you are in the right place. Here you can start your journey in building high-accuracy, vertically consistent elevation models with open-source tools that automate fetching, transforming, and validating DEMs across global datasets.
 
-The following projects are the Continuous DEMs core libraries and tools, choose a project below to learn more about it.
+The following projects are the Continuous DEMs core libraries and tools, choose a project below to learn more.
+
+:::{note} Read Our White Paper
+Learn about the scientific foundation, architecture, and NSF POSE Phase I transition behind our ecosystem in our newly published white paper: **[From CUDEM to Continuous DEMs](https://zenodo.org/records/22132728)**.
+:::
 
 ---
 
 ## 🛠️ Projects:
 
 ::::{grid} 1 2 3 4
 
-:::{grid-item-card} 📥 Fetchez
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 📥 Fetchez
 :link: projects/fetchez.md
 Fetch, download and process geospatial datasets.
 :::
 
-:::{grid-item-card} 🔄 Transformez
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 🔄 Transformez
 :link: projects/transformez.md
 Vertically transform and reproject DEMs.
 :::
 
-:::{grid-item-card} 🌍 Globato
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 🌍 Globato
 :link: projects/globato.md
 Generate seamless, multi-source, multi-resolution DEMs.
 :::
 
-:::{grid-item-card} 🏔️ Ivert
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 🛰️ Ivert
 :link: projects/ivert.md
 Validate DEM vertical accuracy against IceSat2 measurements and detect artifacts.
 :::
@@ -46,17 +56,25 @@ Validate DEM vertical accuracy against IceSat2 measurements and detect artifacts
 ## 🌐 Community:
 
 ::::{grid} 2
-:::{grid-item-card} 🧭 Community Compass
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 🧭 Community Compass
 :link: https://continuous-dems-community-compass.readthedocs.io
 A deeper dive into our community guidelines and roadmap. This compass serves as the central hub for how our team operates. Explore the sections in the compass and get involved!
 :::
 
 
-:::{grid-item-card} 💬 Zulip Chatspace
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:header: 💬 Zulip Chatspace
 :link: https://cudem.zulipchat.com
 Join our Zulip community chat space to participate in the discussions about DEMs and the tools we use to make them!
 :::
 
+<!-- :::{grid-item-card} -->
+<!-- :header: 📄 Ecosystem White Paper -->
+<!-- :link: https://zenodo.org/records/22132728 -->
+<!-- Read our official white paper detailing the scientific framework, reproducibility standards, and architectural transition from CUDEM to Continuous DEMs. -->
+<!-- ::: -->
+
 <!-- :::{grid-item-card} 🖼️ Project Showcase -->
 <!-- :link: examples/index.md -->
 <!-- Explore the capabilities of our ecosystem through practical examples, visual galleries, and real-world products derived from Continuous DEMs tools. -->

myst.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ site:
   options:
     folders: true
     style: "assets/styles/style.css"
+    static_files:
+      - assets
+      - images
     # favicon: assets/images/continuous_dems_favicon.ico
     # logo: assets/images/continuous_dems_logo_mini.svg
     logo_text: "Continuous-DEMs"