make platform pages more accessible from index

Author: bcumming

docs/index.md

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 # CSCS Documentation
 
-<div class="grid cards" markdown>
--   <p style="text-align:center">Visit <a href="https://status.cscs.ch/">status.cscs.ch</a> for the status of Alps systems, and the latest announcements.</p>
-</div>
-
-The Alps Research infrastructure hosts multiple platforms and clusters targeting different communities
+The Alps Research infrastructure hosts multiple platforms and clusters targeting different communities.
+A good spot to get started is with the documentation for the platform that your project is running on.
 
 <div class="grid cards" markdown>
 
 -   :fontawesome-solid-layer-group: __Platforms__
 
     Projects at CSCS are granted access to [clusters][ref-alps-clusters], which are managed by platforms.
-    Start by finding the platform for the cluster that you want to use.
 
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Platforms overview][ref-alps-platforms]
+    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: HPC Platform (__Daint__, __Eiger__)][ref-platform-hpcp]
+
+    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Machine Learning Platform (__Clariden__)][ref-platform-mlp]
 
-    Go straight to the documentation for the platform that hosts your project:
+    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Climate and Weather Platform (__Santis__)][ref-platform-cwp]
 
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: HPC Platform (Daint, Eiger)][ref-platform-hpcp]
+    For an overview of the different platforms:
 
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Machine Learning Platform (Clariden)][ref-platform-mlp]
+    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Platforms overview][ref-alps-platforms]
+
+</div>
 
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Climate and Weather Platform (Santis)][ref-platform-cwp]
+Alps is a general-purpose compute and data Research Infrastructure (RI) open to the broad community of researchers in Switzerland and the rest of the world.
+Find out more about Alps...
+
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>
 
 -   :fontawesome-solid-mountain-sun: __Alps__
 
@@ -37,26 +40,13 @@ The Alps Research infrastructure hosts multiple platforms and clusters targeting
 
     [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Alps Storage](alps/storage.md)
 
--   :fontawesome-solid-layer-group: __Accounts and Projects__
-
-    The first step is to get an account and a project
-
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Accounts and Projects][ref-account-management]
-
--   :fontawesome-solid-key: __Logging In__
-
-    Once you have an account, you can set up multi factor authentication
-
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Setting up MFA][ref-mfa]
-
-    Then access CSCS services
-
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Accessing CSCS Web Services][ref-access-web]
-
-    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Using SSH][ref-ssh]
+</div>
 
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>
+-   <p style="text-align:center">Visit <a href="https://status.cscs.ch/">status.cscs.ch</a> for the status of Alps systems, and the latest announcements.</p>
 </div>
 
+
 ## Tutorials and Guides
 
 Learn by doing with our guides and tutorials.

docs/platforms/mlp/index.md

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 The Machine Learning Platform (MLP) provides compute, storage and expertise to the machine learning and AI community in Switzerland, with the main user being the [Swiss AI Initiative](https://www.swiss-ai.org/).
 
+## Getting started
+
 <div class="grid cards" markdown>
--   :fontawesome-solid-mountain: [__Tutorials__][ref-tutorials-ml]
+-   :fontawesome-solid-mountain: __ML Guides__
+
+    For an overview of how to use common machine learning software, tools and workflows, read our [machine learning documentation][ref-software-ml].
 
     Tutorials on how to set up and configure a machine learning environment in order to run LLM workloads such as inference, fine-tuning and multi-node training can be found in the [tutorials section][ref-tutorials-ml].
 
-    Also check out the [PyTorch documentation][ref-software-ml-pytorch] for information about how to run PyTorch.
+    Check out the [PyTorch documentation][ref-software-ml-pytorch] for information about how to run PyTorch.
 
 </div>
 
-## Getting started
-
 ### Getting access
 
 Project administrators (PIs and deputy PIs) of projects on the MLP can to invite users to join their project, before they can use the project's resources on Alps.