Merge pull request MaterializeInc#3389 from sploiselle/slack-promo

docs: marketingize the install page

Author: Sean Loiselle

doc/user/assets/sass/_content.scss

@@ -207,4 +207,27 @@ a {
     margin: 16px 0;
     padding: 16px;
   }
+
+  .promo {
+    background-color: #d12fa7;
+    color: #fff;
+    margin: 16px 0;
+    padding: 16px;
+    text-align: center;
+    a {
+      color: #fff;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .cta-green {
+    background-color: $purple;
+    color: #fff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin: 16px 0 0 0;
+    padding: 16px;
+    a {
+      color: #fff;
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+  }
 }

doc/user/content/_index.md

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Materialize is a streaming database for real-time applications. Materialize
 accepts input data from a variety of streaming sources (e.g. Kafka) and files
 (e.g. CSVs), and lets you query them using SQL.
 
+{{< cta >}}
+
+[Install Materialize →](./install)
+
+{{</ cta >}}
+
 ## What does Materialize do?
 
 Materialize lets you ask questions about your data, and then get low-latency,
@@ -42,6 +48,6 @@ and instead provide sub-second or single-digit second answers.
 
 ## Learn more
 
+- [**Install Materialize**](./install) to try it out.
 - [**What is Materialize?**](./overview/what-is-materialize) to learn more about what Materialize does and how it works.
 - [**Architecture documentation**](./overview/architecture) for a deeper dive into the `materialized` binary's components and deployment.
-- [**Getting started guide**](./get-started) to get hands-on experience with Materialize.

doc/user/content/get-started.md

@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ Wikipedia.
 
 Once you're done, don't forget to stop `curl` and `rm wikirecent`.
 
-## Up next
+{{< cta >}}
 
-Check out our [architecture overview](/overview/architecture).
+[Next, see how Materialize can work as an entire microservices →](/docs/demos/microservice)
+
+{{</ cta >}}

doc/user/content/install.md

@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ menu: "main"
 weight: 2
 ---
 
+{{< promo >}}
+
+[Want to connect with Materialize? Join our growing community on Slack! →](https://materializecommunity.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-f0qdaz1v-NgGIuxK7Rm1H4AjvJEO8bQ#/)
+
+{{< /promo >}}
+
 You can access Materialize through the `materialized` binary, which you can
-install on macOS and Linux. These instructions install the latest release of
-Materialize, **{{< version >}}**. For prior releases, see the [Versions
-page](/versions).
+install on macOS and Linux, or [build](#build-from-source) on most OSes (e.g. FreeBSD). These
+instructions install the latest release of Materialize, **{{< version >}}**. For
+prior releases, see the [Versions page](/versions).
 
-**Note**: We have unofficial support for other operating systems, e.g. FreeBSD, if you [build from source](#build-from-source).
+**Have any questions?** [Contact us](https://materialize.io/contact/)
 
 ## macOS installation
 
@@ -89,6 +95,8 @@ Detail | Info
 
 For more information, see [CLI Connections](/connect/cli/).
 
-## Up next
+{{< cta >}}
+
+[Next, let's get started with Materialize →](/docs/get-started)
 
-With `materialized` installed, let's [get started](/get-started).
+{{</ cta >}}

doc/user/layouts/shortcodes/cta.html

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div class="cta">
+    <p class="cta-green">
+        {{ .Inner | markdownify }}
+    </p>
+</div>

doc/user/layouts/shortcodes/promo.html

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div class="promo">
+    {{ .Inner | markdownify }}
+</div>