Merge pull request #729 from ACCESS-NRI/development

Merge to main to include getting started updates

docs/getting_started/are.md

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 # Australian Research Environment (ARE)
 
-[ARE](https://are.nci.org.au) is a web-based graphical interface for performing your computational research, provided by [NCI](https://nci.org.au/).<br>
-ARE can give you access to NCI’s _Gadi_ supercomputer and data collections.
+[ARE](https://are-auth.nci.org.au) is a web-based graphical interface for performing your computational research, provided by [NCI](https://nci.org.au).<br>
+ARE gives you access to NCI’s _Gadi_ supercomputer and data collections.
 
 There are multiple applications included in ARE, but the two most used for ACCESS-related activities are [Virtual Desktop (VDI)](#vdi) and [JupyterLab](#jupyterlab).
 
 ## Prerequisites
-To use ARE, you must have an NCI account and be a member of a project with computing resources (SU).<br>
-If you are new to ACCESS, follow the [First Steps](/getting_started/first_steps).
+To use ARE, you must have an NCI account and be a member of a project with computing resources (known as Service Units, or SU). For instructions on how to set up an account and join projects, see <a href="/getting_started/first_steps">Set Up and Customize your NCI Account</a>.
 
 ## Start an ARE session
 <!-- Tab labels -->
 <div class="tabLabels" label="are-apps" style="margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">
-    <button id="vdi">Virtual Desktop (VDI)</i></button>
+    <button id="vdi"><i>Virtual Desktop (VDI)</i></button>
     <button id="jupyterlab"><i>JupyterLab</i></button>
 </div>
 <!-- Tab contents -->

docs/getting_started/first_steps.md

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-# First Steps
+# Set Up your NCI Account
 
 The steps in this section are aimed at new users who would like to do any of the following tasks:
 

docs/getting_started/index.md

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 # Getting Started
 
+If you have never used NCI Gadi for ACCESS models, run through these two pages to get set up. If you already have an NCI account but have never used ARE, it is a web-based interface to Gadi that is useful for many ACCESS-related activities.
+
 <div class="card-container">
     <a href="/getting_started/first_steps" class="vertical-card aspect-ratio1to1">
         <div class="card-image-container">
             <img class="img-contain with-padding white-background" src="/assets/first_steps_logo.png" alt="First Steps">
         </div>
         <div class="card-text-container bold">   
-            First Steps
+            Set Up your NCI Account
         </div>
     </a>
     <a href="/getting_started/are" class="vertical-card aspect-ratio1to1">
@@ -17,4 +19,4 @@
             Australian Research Environment (ARE)
         </div>
     </a>
-</div>
+</div>

docs/index.md

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 <div class="card-container homepage-buttons">
     <a href="/getting_started" class="vertical-card">
-        <div class="bold">New to ACCESS-Hive?</div>
+        <div class="bold">New ACCESS user?</div>
         <div class="card-text-container">
-            <div class="bold">Get Started</div>
+            <div class="bold">Get Started on NCI</div>
         </div>
     </a>
     <a href="about/user_support/" class="vertical-card">

mkdocs.yml

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   - Getting Started: 
     - getting_started/index.md
-    - First Steps: getting_started/first_steps.md
+    - Set Up your NCI Account: getting_started/first_steps.md
     - Australian Research Environment (ARE): getting_started/are.md
 
   - Models: