Front page and contributing page updates (#44)

* Update the contributing page

This is a simple update to add a tiny bit of text and to address
formatting errors shown in my editor.

* Front page updates

Author: genebean

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+# Contributing
+
+This site is built wtih [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org). Pull requests are welcome!
+
 ## Install requirements
+
 ```sh
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 ## Edit interactively
-```
+
+```sh
 mkdocs serve
 ```
-changes made in `docs/` will be reflected in the browser session.
 
+changes made in `docs/` will be reflected in the browser session.
 
 See also: https://www.mkdocs.org/getting-started/

docs/index.md

@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # MtnMe.sh
 
-Mountain Mesh: Serving Meshtastic to the Appalachian Mountains.
+Mountain Mesh is a community group building a mesh network in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We are a group of makers, tech enthusiasts, and amateur radio operators who are passionate about building a resilient, decentralized, and community-owned communications network. You can learn more about us on our [About page](/about/).
 
-[Join us on Discord!](https://discord.gg/4WN32RHGSs)
+## Discord
 
-[![Discord Widget](https://discord.com/api/guilds/1280880869296570368/widget.png?style=banner3)](https://discord.gg/4WN32RHGSs)
+Come chat with us! We are active on [Discord](https://discord.gg/4WN32RHGSs). This is also where we post events such as meetups.
 
-## MeshInfo
+[![A widget from Discord showing how many people are curretly online should be showing here...](https://discord.com/api/guilds/1280880869296570368/widget.png?style=banner3)](https://discord.gg/4WN32RHGSs)
 
-Checkout the mesh in real time on [our MeshView](https://view.mtnme.sh/map) -- Best viewed on Desktop.
+## Map
 
-![MtnMe.sh MeshInfo Map](static/2025-06-04_mesh_map.png)
+There are two ways to check out our mesh in real time:
 
-## Map
+- [our MeshView instance](https://view.mtnme.sh/map)
+- [our instance of the `LiamCottle Meshtastic Map`](https://map.MtnMe.sh/)
+
+Here's what it looked like as of June 4th, 2025:
+
+![MtnMe.sh MeshView Map](static/2025-06-04_mesh_map.png)
 
-Also check out [map.MtnMe.sh](https://map.MtnMe.sh/), our instance of the `LiamCottle Meshtastic Map`.
+Both will let you get some information about what all those little dots represent, and will let you see new nodes that have come online since we last grapped a screenshot.