From 859ace631961fbf17dc99d2873d850096f2b830c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Lawlor <primemod3@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 16:22:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] improve getting started documentation

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 app/views/docs/index.html.erb | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/views/docs/index.html.erb b/app/views/docs/index.html.erb
index 4d1459d..642b1ef 100644
--- a/app/views/docs/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/docs/index.html.erb
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@
 
     <h1 id="start">Getting Started</h1>
 
-    <ul>
-      <li>Sign Up for a New User Account -&nbsp;<a title="Create New ThingSpeak User Account" href="https://thingspeak.com/account/new">https://thingspeak.com/account/new</a></li>
-      <li>Create a New Channel by selecting <em>Channels</em> and then <em>Create New Channel</em></li>
+    <br>
+
+    <h4>Quick Start</h4>
+    <ul style="font-size: 1.1em;">
+      <li><a href="/users/sign_up">Sign Up</a> for a New User Account</li>
+      <li>Create a New Channel by going to your <a href="/channels">Channels page</a> and clicking <em>Create New Channel</em></li>
+      <li>Add some data by <a href="/docs/channels#update_feed">updating your Channel</a> via URL:<br><code><%= @ssl_api_domain %>update?api_key=<span class="customcode">YOUR_CHANNEL_API_KEY</span>&field1=<span class="customcode">7</span></code>
+      <li>Retrieve some data by <a href="/docs/channels#get_feed">viewing your Channel feed</a>:<br><code><%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/<span class="customcode">YOUR_CHANNEL_ID</span>/feeds.json</code></li>
       <li>Follow a <a title="ThingSpeak Tutorials" href="http://community.thingspeak.com/tutorials/">tutorial</a> for common devices and applications</li>
     </ul>