Deploying the new website (#4)

* miaverse deployment

* Delete .DS_Store

* Delete assets/.DS_Store

* Delete assets/vendor/.DS_Store

* adding gitignore

.gitignore

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+.DS_Store

README.md

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-# microbiome.github.com <img src="mia_logo.png" align="right" width="120" />
-
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+# miaverse
+
+## Development and and updating
+
+1. Fork the project
+2. Clone your fork
+3. Modify the material
+4. Check locally that the changes render successfully
+5. Add and commit the changes to your fork
+6. Create a pull request (PR) from your fork back to the original repo
+7. Fix and discuss issues in the review process
+
+## Updating the html
+
+The project consists of HTML and asset files. The asset directory contains four subdirectories, which include the main CSS file and an images subdirectory.
+
+After cloning the repository, open the cloned project using an editor such as Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, or any other code editor of your choice.
+
+To edit the HTML, use only the `index.html` file. Each section of the website is clearly marked with comments indicating where it starts and ends.