Prepare v0.6 (#430)

* Add _version.py to gitignore

* Small rearragning to website front page, add AAStex instructions, link to CHANGES.rst

* v1.0 expected next year

* Update CHANGES for v0.6

Author: mkelley

.gitignore

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __pycache__
 
 # Other generated files
 sbpy/version.py
+sbpy/_version.py
 */cython_version.py
 htmlcov
 .coverage

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-0.6.0 (unreleased)
-==================
+v0.6.0 (2025-12-02)
+===================
 
 Update supported versions [#419]:
 - Python >= 3.9

docs/index.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ refer to the :doc:`about` page; the :doc:`status` page provides an overview on
 the implementation status of all modules and functions.
 
 The initial development of `sbpy` is expected to conclude with version 1.0 in
-2025.
+2026.
 
 
 **************

website/public/css/style.css

@@ -429,23 +429,19 @@ nav .pull-right {
 
 section#hero {
 	text-align: center;
-	position: absolute;
-	left: 0px;
-	top: 0;
+	font-size: 18px;
 	width: 100%;
-	border-bottom: 10px;
 	z-index: -1;
 }
 
 section#hero p {
 	max-width: 600px;
-	margin: 10px auto 20px auto;
-
+	margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
 section#hero img {
 	display: inline;
-	margin: 20px 0px;
+	margin: 10px 1px;
 	max-width: 90%;
 }
 
@@ -498,12 +494,12 @@ section#hero div#documentation ul li a {
 /*Front Page*/
 
 section.whatsnew {
-	margin-top: 350px;
 	border: 1px #E8E8E8 solid;
 	border-right-style: none;
 	border-left-style: none;
 	border-spacing: 1px;
-	padding-top: 15px;
+	margin: 0;
+	padding: 0;
 	padding-bottom: 15px;
 }
 

website/public/index.html

@@ -44,15 +44,10 @@
     </nav>
 
     <section id="hero">
-      <img src="images/sbpy_logo_full.png" width="524"
-        onerror="this.src='images/astropy_project_logo.png'; this.onerror=null;"
-        alt="sbpy - A Python Module for Small-Body Planetary Astronomy" />
-    </section>
-
-    <section class="whatsnew">
-      <p>sbpy is an <a href="https://astropy.org">Astropy</a> <a
-          href="https://www.astropy.org/affiliated/index.html">affiliated package</a> for asteroid and comet
-        researchers.</p>
+      <img src="images/sbpy_logo_full.png" width="500" alt="A stylized asteroid with a python spitting into space" />
+      <p>An <a href="https://astropy.org">Astropy</a> <a
+      href="https://www.astropy.org/affiliated/index.html">affiliated
+      package</a> for small-body planetary astronomy
       <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://github.com/NASA-Planetary-Science/sbpy/actions">
         <img alt="GitHub testing status"
           src="https://github.com/NASA-Planetary-Science/sbpy/actions/workflows/ci_tests.yml/badge.svg" /></a>
@@ -64,9 +59,11 @@
       <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://codecov.io/gh/NASA-Planetary-Science/sbpy">
         <img src="https://codecov.io/gh/NASA-Planetary-Science/sbpy/branch/main/graph/badge.svg">
       </a>
+      </p>
+    </section>
 
-      <p class="version">Current Version: 0.5</p>
-
+    <section class="whatsnew">
+      <p>What's new in sbpy <a href="https://github.com/NASA-Planetary-Science/sbpy/blob/v0.6.0/CHANGES.rst">v0.6</a></p>
     </section>
 
     <section class="install">
@@ -124,9 +121,17 @@ <h1>Report bugs and contribute</h1>
 
     <section class="whatsnext">
       <h1>Acknowledge sbpy</h1>
-      <p>If you use sbpy in your work, we would appreciate if you could acknowledge its use by citing</p>
+      <p>If you use sbpy in your work, we would appreciate if you could acknowledge its use by citing:</p>
       <p><code>Mommert, Kelley, de Val-Borro, Li et al. (2019), Journal of Open Source Software, 4(38), 1426</code></p>
       <a class="button" href="https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01426" target="_blank">sbpy JOSS Publication</a>
+      
+      <p>If you are using AASTeX to submit an article to one of the AAS
+      journals, we recommend adding a \software{...} tag to your manuscript that
+      cites sbpy (see the AASTeX guide for more information), e.g.:
+
+      <p class="citation">
+      <cite>\software{sbpy \citep{mommert2019}}</cite>
+      </p>
     </section>
 
 
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ <h1>Acknowledge sbpy</h1>
           <img src="images/NASA_logo.svg" height="40px">
           <figcaption>Partner</figcaption>
         </figure>
-        sbpy support provided by NASA PDART Grant Nos. 80NSSC18K0987, 80NSSC22K0143.</p>
+        Support for sbpy provided by NASA PDART Grant Nos. 80NSSC18K0987, 80NSSC22K0143.</p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>