Improve components navigation UX by defaulting to catalog (#383)

- Show component catalog table immediately when clicking Components
- Update navigation and fix all cross-references
- Align with user expectations for catalog functionality

Author: JakeSCahill

modules/ROOT/nav.adoc

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 *** xref:develop:connect/configuration/unit_testing.adoc[]
 
 ** xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[]
-*** xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[]
 *** xref:develop:connect/components/inputs/about.adoc[]
 **** xref:develop:connect/components/inputs/amqp_0_9.adoc[]
 **** xref:develop:connect/components/inputs/aws_kinesis.adoc[]

modules/develop/pages/connect/about.adoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Redpanda Connect in Redpanda Cloud lets you quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines on your clusters from a fully-integrated UI or using the pass:a,m[xref:{tag-pipeline-service}[Data Plane API\]]. 
 
-Choose from a xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[wide range of connectors] to suit your use case, including connectors to: 
+Choose from a xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[wide range of connectors] to suit your use case, including connectors to: 
 
 * Integrate data sources (xref:components:inputs/about.adoc[inputs])
 * Write to data sinks (xref:components:outputs/about.adoc[outputs])

modules/develop/pages/connect/components/about.adoc

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-= Components
-:page-aliases: components:about.adoc
+= Components Catalog
+:page-aliases: components:about.adoc, develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc, components:catalog.adoc
+
 include::redpanda-connect:components:about.adoc[tag=single-source]

modules/develop/pages/connect/components/catalog.adoc

@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ output:
 
 * Learn how to xref:develop:connect/configuration/secret-management.adoc[add secrets to your pipeline].
 * Try one of our xref:cookbooks:index.adoc[Redpanda Connect cookbooks].
-* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[connectors for your use case].
+* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[connectors for your use case].

modules/develop/pages/connect/configuration/contextual-variables.adoc

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ When you've finished experimenting with your data pipeline, you can delete the p
 == Suggested reading
 
 * Try one of our xref:cookbooks:index.adoc[Redpanda Connect cookbooks]. 
-* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[connectors for your use case].
+* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[connectors for your use case].
 * Learn how to xref:develop:connect/configuration/secret-management.adoc[add secrets to your pipeline].
 * Learn how to xref:develop:connect/configuration/monitor-connect.adoc[monitor a data pipeline on a BYOC or Dedicated cluster].
 * Learn how to xref:develop:connect/configuration/scale-pipelines.adoc[manually scale resources for a pipeline].

modules/develop/pages/connect/connect-quickstart.adoc

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ curl -v -X PATCH \
 
 == Next steps
 
-* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[connectors for your use case].
+* Choose xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[connectors for your use case].
 * Learn how to xref:redpanda-connect:guides:getting_started.adoc[configure, test, and run a data pipeline locally].
 * Try the xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[Redpanda Connect quickstart].
 * Try one of our xref:cookbooks:index.adoc[Redpanda Connect cookbooks].

modules/get-started/pages/cluster-types/byoc/gcp/enable-rpcn-byovpc-gcp.adoc

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Redpanda Cloud now offers greater flexibility to schedule upgrades to your clust
 
 === Redpanda Connect: LA for BYOC, beta for Serverless
 
-xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect] is now integrated into Redpanda Cloud and available as a fully-managed service. This is a limited availability (LA) release for BYOC and a beta release for Serverless. xref:develop:connect/components/catalog.adoc[Choose from a range of connectors, processors, and other components] to quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines or AI applications from the xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[Cloud UI] or using the pass:a,m[xref:{tag-pipeline-service}[Data Plane API\]]. Comprehensive metrics, monitoring, and per pipeline scaling are also available. To start using Redpanda Connect, xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[try this quickstart].
+xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect] is now integrated into Redpanda Cloud and available as a fully-managed service. This is a limited availability (LA) release for BYOC and a beta release for Serverless. xref:develop:connect/components/about.adoc[Choose from a range of connectors, processors, and other components] to quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines or AI applications from the xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[Cloud UI] or using the pass:a,m[xref:{tag-pipeline-service}[Data Plane API\]]. Comprehensive metrics, monitoring, and per pipeline scaling are also available. To start using Redpanda Connect, xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[try this quickstart].
 
 For more detailed information about recent component updates, see xref:redpanda-connect:ROOT:whats_new_rpcn.adoc[What's New in Redpanda Connect].