DOC: replace long table of contents on home page with main links (#31148)

Author: jorisvandenbossche

doc/source/_static/css/pandas.css

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* Getting started index page */
+
+.intro-card {
+  background: #fff;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  padding: 30px 10px 10px 10px;
+  margin: 10px 0px;
+}
+
+.intro-card .card-text {
+  margin: 20px 0px;
+  /*min-height: 150px; */
+}
+
+.intro-card .card-img-top {
+  margin: 10px;
+}
+
+.custom-button {
+  background-color: #dcdcdc;
+  border: none;
+  color: #484848;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  display: inline-block;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  border-radius: 0.5rem;
+  max-width: 220px;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0rem;
+}
+
+.custom-button a {
+  color: #484848;
+}
+
+.custom-button p {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0rem;
+  color: #484848;
+}

doc/source/_static/index_api.svg

@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 
+html_css_files = [
+    "css/pandas.css",
+]
+
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.