Getting started: Layout on index pages

Author: amotl

docs/start/applications.md

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-(sample-applications)=
+(example-applications)=
 # Sample Applications
 
 ::::{grid}

docs/start/index.md

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 (getting-started)=
 # Getting Started
 
+:::{rubric} Warm up
+:::
+
+:::::{grid} 2 2 2 4
+:padding: 0
+:class-container: installation-grid
+
+::::{grid-item-card} First steps with CrateDB
+:link: first-steps
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: First steps with CrateDB
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`play`
+::::
+
+::::{grid-item-card} Connect to CrateDB
+:link: connect
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Connect to CrateDB
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`link`
+::::
+
+::::{grid-item-card} Query Capabilities
+:link: query-capabilities
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Query Capabilities
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`magnifying-glass`
+::::
+
+::::{grid-item-card} Ingesting Data
+:link: ingest
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Ingesting Data
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`file-import`
+::::
+:::::
+
+:::{rubric} Learn more
+:::
+
+:::::{grid} 2 2 2 4
+:padding: 0
+:class-container: installation-grid
+
+::::{grid-item-card} Application Examples
+:link: example-applications
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Application Examples
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`handshake`
+::::
+
+::::{grid-item-card} Going Further
+:link: start-going-further
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Going Further
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+
+{fas}`box-open`
+::::
+
+:::::
+
+
 ```{toctree}
 :maxdepth: 1
+:hidden:
 
 first-steps
 connect

docs/start/query/ai-integration.md

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+(ai-integration)=
 # AI integration
 
 :::::{grid}

docs/start/query/index.md

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 (query-capabilities)=
 # Query capabilities
 
+SQL is the most widely used language for querying data and is the natural
+choice for people in many roles working with data in databases.
+
+CrateDB extends industry-standard SQL with functionalities to support its
+data types, data I/O procedures, and cluster management.
+
+
+::::{grid} 2
+:gutter: 2
+
+:::{grid-item-card} Aggregations
+:link: aggregations
+:link-type: ref
+CrateDB is designed to deliver high-performance aggregations on massive volumes of data—in real time and using familiar SQL syntax.
+:::
+
+:::{grid-item-card} Ad-hoc queries
+:link: ad-hoc-queries
+:link-type: ref
+CrateDB is built to support highly dynamic, ad-hoc querying, even on large-scale, real-time datasets.
+:::
+
+:::{grid-item-card} Search
+:link: search-overview
+:link-type: ref
+Based on Apache Lucene, CrateDB offers native BM25 term search and vector search, all using SQL. By combining it, also using SQL, you can implement powerful single-query hybrid search.
+:::
+
+:::{grid-item-card} AI integration
+:link: ai-integration
+:link-type: ref
+CrateDB is not just a real-time analytics database, it’s a powerful platform to feed and interact with machine learning models, thanks to its ability to store, query, and transform structured, unstructured, and vectorized data at scale using standard SQL.
+:::
+
+::::
+
 ```{toctree}
 :maxdepth: 1
+:hidden:
 
 aggregations
 ad-hoc
 ../../feature/search/index
 ai-integration
 ```
 
-:::{note}
-SQL is the most widely used language for querying data and is the natural
-choice for people in many roles working with data in databases.
-
-CrateDB extends industry-standard SQL with functionalities to support its
-data types, data I/O procedures, and cluster management.
-
-To learn more, check out the {ref}`SQL introduction <sql>`, {ref}`advanced-querying`,
-and the {ref}`SQL syntax reference manual <crate-reference:sql>`.
+:::{seealso}
+To learn more, check out the {ref}`SQL introduction <sql>`, {ref}`advanced-querying`
+tutorials, and the {ref}`SQL syntax reference manual <crate-reference:sql>`.
 :::