diff --git a/_data/concepts.yml b/_data/concepts.yml
index a69276201e..f9422daa98 100644
--- a/_data/concepts.yml
+++ b/_data/concepts.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bigheader: "Concepts"
+abstract: "Detailed explanations of Kubernetes system concepts and abstractions."
 toc:
 - title: Concepts
   path: /docs/concepts/
diff --git a/_data/docs-home.yml b/_data/docs-home.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cb8c9b05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/docs-home.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bigheader: "Kubernetes Documentation"
+abstract: "Documentation for using and learning about Kubernetes."
+toc:
+- title: Kubernetes Documentation
+  path: /docs/
diff --git a/_data/globals.yml b/_data/globals.yml
index 73978ea750..2994e8b519 100644
--- a/_data/globals.yml
+++ b/_data/globals.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tocs:
+- docs-home
 - guides
 - tutorials
 - tasks
diff --git a/_data/guides.yml b/_data/guides.yml
index e31411ea48..85c5dd4103 100644
--- a/_data/guides.yml
+++ b/_data/guides.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bigheader: "Guides"
-abstract: "How to get started, and achieve tasks, using Kubernetes"
+abstract: "How to get started, and accomplish tasks, using Kubernetes."
 toc:
 - title: Guides
-  path: /docs/
+  path: /docs/user-guide/
 
 - title: Getting Started
   section:
diff --git a/_data/tasks.yml b/_data/tasks.yml
index 38e1a89c68..4c6cd1b709 100644
--- a/_data/tasks.yml
+++ b/_data/tasks.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bigheader: "Tasks"
+abstract: "Step-by-step instructions for performing operations with Kuberentes."
 toc:
 - title: Tasks
   path: /docs/tasks/
diff --git a/_data/tools.yml b/_data/tools.yml
index 8993e091bb..cf2afca34c 100644
--- a/_data/tools.yml
+++ b/_data/tools.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bigheader: "Tools"
+abstract: "Tools to help you use and enhance Kubernetes."
 toc:
 - title: Tools
   path: /docs/tools/
diff --git a/_data/tutorials.yml b/_data/tutorials.yml
index 01440b09d7..ae9401c918 100644
--- a/_data/tutorials.yml
+++ b/_data/tutorials.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bigheader: "Tutorials"
+abstract: "Detailed walkthroughs of common Kubernetes operations and workflows."
 toc:
 - title: Tutorials
   path: /docs/tutorials/
diff --git a/_layouts/docwithnav.html b/_layouts/docwithnav.html
index c2f74c1bb4..877ccc4e63 100755
--- a/_layouts/docwithnav.html
+++ b/_layouts/docwithnav.html
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
   <h5>{{ site.data[foundTOC].abstract }}</h5>
   <div id="vendorStrip" class="light-text">
     <ul>
-      <li><a href="/docs/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Guides" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>GUIDES</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/docs/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Kubernetes Documentation" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>DOCS HOME</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/docs/user-guide/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Guides" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>GUIDES</a></li>
       <li><a href="/docs/tutorials/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Tutorials" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>TUTORIALS</a></li>
       <li><a href="/docs/tasks/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Tasks" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>TASKS</a></li>
       <li><a href="/docs/concepts/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Concepts" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>CONCEPTS</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/docs/reference" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Reference Documentation" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>REFERENCE</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/docs/tools" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Tools" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>TOOLS</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/docs/samples" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Samples" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>SAMPLES</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/docs/reference/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Reference Documentation" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>REFERENCE</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/docs/tools/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Tools" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>TOOLS</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/docs/samples/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Samples" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>SAMPLES</a></li>
       <li><a href="/docs/troubleshooting/" {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader == "Support" %}class="YAH"{% endif %}>SUPPORT</a></li>
     </ul>
     <div id="searchBox">
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@
 <section id="encyclopedia">
   <div id="docsToc">
         <div class="pi-accordion">
+        {% if site.data[foundTOC].bigheader != "Kubernetes Documentation" %}
         {% assign tree = site.data[foundTOC].toc %}{% include tree.html %}
+        {% endif %}
         </div> <!-- /pi-accordion -->
     <button class="push-menu-close-button" onclick="kub.toggleToc()"></button>
   </div> <!-- /docsToc -->
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 5501491e7a..0bdaa33b5c 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -4,130 +4,40 @@ assignees:
 - thockin
 
 ---
-<style>
-h2, h3, h4 {
-  border-bottom: 0px !important;
-}
-.colContainer {
-  padding-top:2px;
-  padding-left: 2px;
-  overflow: auto;
-}
-#samples a {
-  color: #000;
-}
-.col3rd {
-  display: block;
-  width: 250px;
-  float: left;
-  margin-right: 30px;
-  margin-bottom: 30px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-.col3rd h3, .col2nd h3 {
-  margin-bottom: 0px !important;
-}
-.col3rd .button, .col2nd .button {
-  margin-top: 20px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-}
-.col3rd p, .col2nd p {
-  margin-left: 2px;
-}
-.col2nd {
-  display: block;
-  width: 400px;
-  float: left;
-  margin-right: 30px;
-  margin-bottom: 30px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-.shadowbox {
-  display: inline;
-  float: left;
-  text-transform: none;
-  font-weight: bold;
-  text-align: center;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  line-height: 24px;
-  position: relative;
-  display: block;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.24),0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,.12);
-  border-radius: 10px;
-  background: #fff;
-  transition: all .3s;
-  padding: 16px;
-  margin: 0 16px 16px 0;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  letter-spacing: .01em;
-}
-.shadowbox img {
-    min-width: 150px;
-    max-width: 150px;
-    max-height: 50px;
-}
-</style>
-<div class="colContainer">
-  <div class="col3rd">
-    <h3>What is Kubernetes?</h3>
-    <p>Kubernetes is an open-source platform for automating deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts. Learn more about what this means for your app.</p>
-    <a href="/docs/whatisk8s/" class="button">Read the Overview</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="col3rd">
-    <h3>Kubernetes Basics Interactive Tutorial</h3>
-    <p>The Kubernetes Basics interactive tutorials let you try out Kubernetes features using Minikube right out of your web browser in a virtual terminal. Learn about the Kubernetes system and deploy, expose, scale, and upgrade a containerized application in just a few minutes.</p>
-    <a href="/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/" class="button">Try the Interactive Tutorials</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="col3rd">
-    <h3>Installing Kubernetes on Linux with kubeadm</h3>
-    <p>This quickstart will show you how to install a secure Kubernetes cluster on any computers running Linux, using a tool called <code>kubeadm</code>. It'll work with local VMs, physical servers and/or cloud servers, either manually or as a part of your own automation. It is currently in alpha but please try it out and give us feedback!</p>
-    <p>If you are looking for a fully automated solution, note that kubeadm is intended as a building block.  Tools such as GKE and kops build on kubeadm to provision a complete cluster.</p>
-    <a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/" class="button">Install Kubernetes with kubeadm</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="col3rd">
-    <h3>Installing Kubernetes on AWS with kops</h3>
-    <p>This quickstart will show you how to bring up a complete Kubernetes cluster on AWS, using a tool called <code>kops</code>.</p>
-    <a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kops/" class="button">Install Kubernetes with kops</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="col3rd">
-    <h3>Guided Tutorial</h3>
-    <p>If you’ve completed one of the quickstarts, a great next step is Kubernetes 101. You will follow a path through the various features of Kubernetes, with code examples along the way, learning all of the core concepts. There's also a <a href="/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/k8s201">Kubernetes 201</a>!</p>
-    <a href="/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/" class="button">Kubernetes 101</a>
-  </div>
-</div>
 
-## Samples
+<p>The Kubernetes documentation can help you set up Kubernetes, learn about the system, or get your applications and workloads running on Kubernetes.</p>
 
-<div id="samples" class="colContainer">
-<a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/meanstack/" class="shadowbox">
-  <img src="/images/docs/meanstack/image_0.png"><br/>MEAN Stack
-</a>
-<a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/examples/guestbook" target="_blank" class="shadowbox">
-  <img src="/images/docs/redis.svg"><br/>Guestbook + Redis
-</a>
-<a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/examples/storage/cassandra" target="_blank" class="shadowbox">
-  <img src="/images/docs/cassandra.svg"><br/>Cloud Native Cassandra
-</a>
-<a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/examples/mysql-wordpress-pd/" target="_blank" class="shadowbox">
-  <img src="/images/docs/wordpress.svg"><br/>WordPress + MySQL
-</a>
-</div>
+<p><a href="/docs/whatisk8s/" class="button">Read the Kubernetes Overview</a></p>
 
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h2>Interactive Tutorial</h2>
 
-<div class="colContainer">
-  <div class="col2nd">
-  <h3>Contribute to Our Docs</h3>
-  <p>The docs for Kubernetes are open-source, just like the code for Kubernetes itself. The docs are on GitHub Pages, so you can fork it and it will auto-stage on username.github.io, previewing your changes!</p>
-  <a href="/docs/contribute/create-pull-request/" class="button">Write Docs for K8s</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="col2nd">
-  <h3>Need Help?</h3>
-  <p>Try consulting our <a href="/docs/troubleshooting/">troubleshooting guides</a>, or <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/wiki/User-FAQ">our FAQ</a>. Kubernetes is also supported by a great community of contributors and experts who hang out in <a href="http://slack.kubernetes.io/">our Slack channel</a>, <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-users">our Google Group</a> and <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/kubernetes">Stack Overflow</a>.</p>
-  <a href="/docs/troubleshooting/" class="button">Get Support</a>
-  </div>
-</div>
+<p>The <a href="/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/">Kubernetes Basics interactive tutorial</a> lets you try out Kubernetes right out of your web browser, using a virtual terminal. Learn about the Kubernetes system and deploy, expose, scale, and upgrade a containerized application in just a few minutes.</p>
+
+<h2>Installing/Setting Up Kubernetes</h2>
+
+<p><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/">Picking the Right Solution</a> can help you get a Kubernetes cluster up and running, either for local development, or on your cloud provider of choice.</p>
+
+<p>Other/newer ways to set up a Kubernetes cluster include:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/">Minikube</a>: Install a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your local machine for development and testing.</li>
+<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kops/">Installing Kubernetes on AWS with kops</a>: Bring up a complete Kubernetes cluster on Amazon Web Services, using a tool called <code>kops</code>.</li>
+<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/">Installing Kubernetes on Linux with kubeadm</a> (Alpha): Install a secure Kubernetes cluster on any pre-existing machines running Linux, using the built-in <code>kubeadm</code> tool.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Guides, Tutorials, Tasks, and Concepts</h2>
+
+<p>The Kubernetes documentation contains a number of resources to help you understand and work with Kubernetes.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><b><a href="/docs/user-guide/">Guides</a></b> provides documentation for Kubernetes features as well as administering and spinning up clusters, including usage examples.</li>
+<li><b><a href="/docs/tutorials/">Tutorials</a></b> contain detailed walkthroughs of the Kubernetes workflow.</li>
+<li><b><a href="/docs/tasks/">Tasks</a></b> contain step-by-step instructions for common Kubernetes tasks.</li>
+<li><b><a href="/docs/concepts/">Concepts</a></b> provide a deep understanding of how Kubernetes works.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>API and Command References</h2>
+
+<p>The <a href="/docs/reference/">reference</a> documentation provides complete information on the Kubernetes APIs and the <code>kubectl</code> command-line interface.</p>
+
+<h2>Tools</h2>
+
+<p>The <a href="/docs/tools/">tools</a> page contains a list of native and third-party tools for Kubernetes.</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/index.md b/docs/user-guide/index.md
index 70bcb5be6d..027d9c879a 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/index.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/index.md
@@ -4,22 +4,15 @@ assignees:
 
 ---
 
-* TOC
-{:toc}
+The Kubernetes **Guides** can help you work with various aspects of the Kubernetes system.
 
+* The Kubernetes [User Guide](#user-guide-internal) can help you run programs and services on an existing Kubernetes cluster.
+* The [Cluster Admin Guide](/docs/admin/) can help you set up and administrate your own Kubernetes cluster. 
+* The [Developer Guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/devel) can help you either write code to directly access the Kubernetes API, or to contribute directly to the Kubernetes project.
 
-The user guide is intended for anyone who wants to run programs and services on an existing Kubernetes cluster.  Setup and administration of a Kubernetes cluster is described in the [Cluster Admin Guide](/docs/admin/). The [Developer Guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/devel) is for anyone wanting to either write code which directly accesses the Kubernetes API, or to contribute directly to the Kubernetes project.
+## <a name="user-guide-internal"></a>Kuberentes User Guide
 
-Please ensure you have completed the [prerequisites for running examples from the user guide](/docs/user-guide/prereqs/).
-
-## Quick walkthrough
-
-1. [Kubernetes 101](/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/)
-1. [Kubernetes 201](/docs/user-guide/walkthrough/k8s201/)
-
-## Thorough walkthrough
-
-If you don't have any familiarity with Kubernetes, we recommend you read the following sections in order:
+The following topics in the Kubernets User Guide can help you run applications and services on a Kubernetes cluster:
 
 1. [Quick start: launch and expose an application](/docs/user-guide/quick-start/)
 1. [Configuring and launching containers: configuring common container parameters](/docs/user-guide/configuring-containers/)
@@ -35,7 +28,9 @@ If you don't have any familiarity with Kubernetes, we recommend you read the fol
     1. [Connecting to containers via proxies](/docs/user-guide/connecting-to-applications-proxy/)
     1. [Connecting to containers via port forwarding](/docs/user-guide/connecting-to-applications-port-forward/)
 
-## Concept guide
+Before running examples in the user guides, please ensure you have completed the [prerequisites](/docs/user-guide/prereqs/).
+
+## Kubernetes Concepts
 
 [**Cluster**](/docs/admin/)
 : A cluster is a set of physical or virtual machines and other infrastructure resources used by Kubernetes to run your applications.