Merge pull request #3121 from jessica-mitchell/docs-installfree

Add a section in installation docs about running NEST with EBRAINS

doc/htmldoc/installation/cmake_options.rst

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Build documentation
 If either documentation build is toggled to `ON`, you can then run ``make docs`` if you only want to
 build the docs.
 
-See also the :ref:`documentation workflow <doc_workflow>` for user facing and technical docs.
+See also the :ref:`documentation workflow <doc_workflow>` for user-facing and technical docs.
 
 
 External libraries
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Generic build configuration
 | ``-Dwith-intel-compiler-flags=[OFF|<list;of;flags>]``| User defined flags for the Intel compiler                        |
 |                                                      | [default='-fp-model strict']. Separate multiple flags by ';'.    |
 +------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``-Dwith-cpp-std=[<C++ standard>]``                  | C++ standard to use for compilation [default='c++11'].           |
+| ``-Dwith-cpp-std=[<C++ standard>]``                  | C++ standard to use for compilation [default='c++17'].           |
 +------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``-Dwith-libraries=[OFF|<list;of;libraries>]``       | Link additional libraries [default=OFF]. Give full path. Separate|
 |                                                      | multiple libraries by ';'.                                       |

doc/htmldoc/installation/index.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Install NEST
       * :ref:`conda-forge (Linux/macOS) <conda_forge_install>`
       * :ref:`Ubuntu PPA (Linux) <ubuntu_install>`
       * :ref:`Homebrew (macOS) <macos_install>`
-      * :ref:`Options for Windows users <windows_install>`
+     * :ref:`Options for Windows users <windows_install>`
 
 
    .. grid-item-card:: |dev| Source install
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ Install NEST
 
       * :ref:`dev_install`
 
+   .. grid-item-card:: |launch| Try NEST installation-free
+      :class-title: sd-d-flex-row sd-align-minor-center
+      :columns: 4
+
+      With the JupyterHub service from EBRAINS, you can
+      try out NEST (and many other tools) directly in your browser.
+
+      .. rst-class:: imgbutton
+
+         .. image:: https://nest-simulator.org/TryItOnEBRAINS.png
+            :target: https://lab.ebrains.eu/hub/user-redirect/git-pull?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnest%2Fnest-simulator-examples&urlpath=lab%2Ftree%2Fnest-simulator-examples%2Fnotebooks%2Fnotebooks%2Fone_neuron.ipynb&branch=main
+
+
+      * For more info see :ref:`our guide to running Jupyter notebooks on EBRAINS <run_jupyter>`
+
 Install related tools
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -83,7 +98,7 @@ If installation didn't work, see the :ref:`troubleshooting section <troubleshoot
 
 .. |user| image:: ../static/img/020-user.svg
 .. |teacher| image:: ../static/img/014-teacher.svg
-.. |admin| image:: ../static/img/001-shuttle.svg
+.. |launch| image:: ../static/img/001-shuttle.svg
 .. |dev| image:: ../static/img/dev_orange.svg
 .. |desktop| image:: ../static/img/nestdesktop022023.svg
 .. |nestml| image:: ../static/img/nestml022023.svg

doc/htmldoc/static/css/custom.css

@@ -91,7 +91,28 @@ section#kernel-attributes-nest-nestmodule dd {
         border: none;
         border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
 }
-
+.imgbutton {
+
+  background-color: white;
+	outline-color: lightgray !important;
+	outline-style: solid !important;
+	outline-width: 1px !important;
+	padding-right: 1px !important;
+	padding-right: 1px !important;
+	padding-top: 20px !important;
+	padding-bottom: 20px !important;
+  box-shadow: 3px 3px lightgray !important;
+}
+.imgbutton:hover {
+
+  background-color: white;
+	outline-color: var(--nest-orange) !important;
+	outline-style: solid !important;
+	outline-width: 1px !important;
+	padding-top: 20px !important;
+	padding-bottom: 20px !important;
+  box-shadow: 3px 3px var(--nest-orange) !important;
+}
 /*************************************************************
  * Rules for  mermaid diagrams
  *************************************************************/