diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20fef5ab8..650f31962 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ node_modules
 !telegraf-build/templates
 !telegraf-build/scripts
 !telegraf-build/README.md
+/cypress/downloads
 /cypress/screenshots/*
 /cypress/videos/*
 test-results.xml
diff --git a/content/influxdb3/explorer/install.md b/content/influxdb3/explorer/install.md
index d5a594f2e..16c947635 100644
--- a/content/influxdb3/explorer/install.md
+++ b/content/influxdb3/explorer/install.md
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ Use [Docker](https://docker.com) to install and run **InfluxDB 3 Explorer**.
 - [Run the InfluxDB 3 Explorer Docker container](#run-the-influxdb-3-explorer-docker-container)
 - [Enable TLS/SSL (HTTPS)](#enable-tlsssl-https)
 - [Pre-configure InfluxDB connection settings](#pre-configure-influxdb-connection-settings)
-- [Run in admin or query mode](#run-in-admin-or-query-mode)
+- [Run in query or admin mode](#run-in-query-or-admin-mode)
+  - [Run in query mode](#run-in-query-mode)
+  - [Run in admin mode](#run-in-admin-mode)
 - [Environment Variables](#environment-variables)
 - [Volume Reference](#volume-reference)
 - [Exposed Ports](#exposed-ports)
+  - [Custom port mapping](#custom-port-mapping)
 <!-- END TOC -->
 
 ## Run the InfluxDB 3 Explorer Docker container
diff --git a/content/shared/influxdb3-get-started/_index.md b/content/shared/influxdb3-get-started/_index.md
index c0e5ea00f..b2d12227a 100644
--- a/content/shared/influxdb3-get-started/_index.md
+++ b/content/shared/influxdb3-get-started/_index.md
@@ -165,17 +165,6 @@ If your system doesn't locate `influxdb3`, then `source` the configuration file
 source ~/.zshrc
 ```
 
-> [!Tip]
-> #### Run the InfluxDB 3 Explorer query interface (beta)
-> 
-> InfluxDB 3 Explorer (currently in beta) is the user interface component of the InfluxDB 3 platform.
-> It provides visual management of databases and tokens and an easy way to query your time series data.
-> 
-> Use Docker to download and run InfluxDB 3 Explorer:
-> 
-> ```bash
-> docker pull quay.io/influxdb/influxdb3-explorer:latest
-> ```
 
 #### Start InfluxDB
 
@@ -374,6 +363,15 @@ For more information about server options, use the CLI help or view the [InfluxD
 influxdb3 serve --help
 ```
 
+> [!Tip]
+> #### Run the InfluxDB 3 Explorer query interface (beta)
+> 
+> InfluxDB 3 Explorer (currently in beta) is the web-based query and 
+> administrative interface for InfluxDB 3.
+> It provides visual management of databases and tokens and an easy way to query your time series data.
+> 
+> For more information, see the [InfluxDB 3 Explorer documentation](/influxdb3/explorer/).
+
 {{% show-in "enterprise" %}}
 #### Licensing
 
@@ -1012,32 +1010,12 @@ print(table.group_by('cpu').aggregate([('time_system', 'mean')]))
 
 For more information about the Python client library, see the [`influxdb3-python` repository](https://github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-python) in GitHub.
 
-
 ### Query using InfluxDB 3 Explorer (Beta)
 
-You can use the InfluxDB 3 Explorer query interface by downloading the Docker image.
-
-```bash
-docker pull quay.io/influxdb/influxdb3-explorer:latest
-```
-
-Run the interface using:
-
-{{% show-in "enterprise" %}}
-```bash
-docker run -p 8086:80 -p 8087:8888 quay.io/influxdb/influxdb3-explorer:latest --mode=normal
-```
-{{% /show-in %}}
-{{% show-in "core" %}}
-```bash
-docker run --name influxdb3-explorer -p 8086:8888 quay.io/influxdb/influxdb3-explorer:latest
-```
-{{% /show-in %}}
-
-With the default settings above, you can access the UI at http://localhost:8086.
-Set your expected database connection details on the Settings page.
-From there, you can query data, browser your database schema, and do basic
-visualization of your time series data.
+You can use the InfluxDB 3 Explorer web-based interface to query and visualize data,
+and administer your {{% product-name %}} instance.
+For more information, see how to [install InfluxDB 3 Explorer (Beta)](/influxdb3/explorer/install/) using Docker
+and get started querying your data.
 
 ### Last values cache
 
diff --git a/content/shared/influxdb3/_index.md b/content/shared/influxdb3/_index.md
index 48180263a..505e32a12 100644
--- a/content/shared/influxdb3/_index.md
+++ b/content/shared/influxdb3/_index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<!-- Allow leading shortcode -->
 {{% product-name %}} is a database built to collect, process, transform, and store event and time series data, and is ideal for use cases that require real-time ingest and fast query response times to build user interfaces, monitoring, and automation solutions.
 
 Common use cases include: