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README.rst

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-QCoDeS |Build Status|
-=====================
+QCoDeS |Build Status| |DOCS|
+============================
 
 QCoDeS is a Python-based data acquisition framework developed by the
 Copenhagen / Delft / Sydney / Microsoft quantum computing consortium.
 While it has been developed to serve the needs of nanoelectronic device
 experiments, it is not inherently limited to such experiments, and can
 be used anywhere a system with many degrees of freedom is controllable
-by computer.
+by computer. 
+To learn more about QCoDeS, browse our `homepage <http://qcodes.github.io/Qcodes>`_ .
 
 To get  a feeling of qcodes browse the Jupyter notebooks in `docs/examples
 <https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/tree/master/docs/examples>`__ .
 
-If you <3 and want to use it straight after, jump to `here <http://qcodes.github.io/Qcodes>`__  !
-
 
 QCoDeS is compatible with Python 3.5+. It is primarily intended for use
 from Jupyter notebooks, but can be used from traditional terminal-based
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 .. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/QCoDeS/Qcodes.svg?branch=master
     :target: https://travis-ci.org/QCoDeS/Qcodes
+.. |DOCS| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/read%20-thedocs-ff66b4.svg
+   :target: http://qcodes.github.io/Qcodes
+

docs/index.rst

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-Welcome to QCoDeS's documentation!
-==================================
+.. figure:: ./logos/qcodes_logo.png
+   :scale: 50 %
+   :alt: qcodes logo 
+
+
+.. image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/qcodes.svg
+    :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/qcodes
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/source-github-ff69b4.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes
+
+
 
-Release v\ |version| 
 
 Qcodes is a Python-based data acquisition framework developed by the Copenhagen / Delft / Sydney / Microsoft quantum computing consortium. 
 
+
 The goal is a common framework for physics experiments, so:
 
 - new students don't need to spend a long time learning software in order to
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 =======
 
 .. include:: ../LICENSE
+
+
+Contributions
+=============
+
+QCoDeS logo contributed by `Guenevere E D K Prawiroatmodjo <[email protected]>`_