--- a/docs/index.rst	Thu Jul 04 18:15:31 2013 -0500
+++ b/docs/index.rst	Thu Jul 04 22:41:30 2013 -0500
@@ -6,6 +6,71 @@
 Welcome to m209's documentation!
 ================================
 
+:Author: Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
+:Version: |release|
+:Date: |today|
+:Home Page: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209/
+:License: MIT License (see LICENSE.txt)
+:Documentation: http://m209.readthedocs.org/
+:Support: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209/issues
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+``m209`` is a complete `M-209`_ simulation library and command-line application
+written in Python 3. ``m209`` is historically accurate, meaning that it can
+exchange messages with an actual M-209 cipher machine.
+
+It is hoped that this library will be useful to M-209 enthusiasts, historians,
+and students interested in cryptography.
+
+``m209`` strives to be Pythonic, easy to use, and comes with both unit tests
+and documentation. ``m209`` is a library for building applications for
+encrypting and decrypting M-209 messages. ``m209`` also ships with a simple
+command-line application that can encrypt & decrypt messages for scripting and
+experimentation.
+
+Command-line Example
+--------------------
+
+Library Example
+---------------
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+``m209`` is written in Python_, specifically Python 3.3. It has no other
+requirements or dependencies.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+``m209`` is available on the `Python Package Index`_ (PyPI). You can install it
+using pip_::
+
+   $ pip install m209                  # install
+   $ pip install --upgrade m209        # upgrade
+
+You may also download a tarball or .zip file of the latest code using the "get
+source" link on the `m209 Bitbucket page`_. Alternatively if you use
+Mercurial_, you can clone the repository with the following command::
+
+   $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209
+
+If you did not use pip, you can install with this command::
+
+   $ python setup.py install
+
+
+Support & Source
+----------------
+
+All support takes place at the `m209 Bitbucket page`_. Please enter any
+feature requests or bugs into the `issue tracker`_.
+
+Next Steps
+----------
+
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 * :ref:`modindex`
 * :ref:`search`
 
+
+.. _M-209: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-209
+.. _Python: http://www.python.org
+.. _Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/m209/
+.. _m209 Bitbucket page: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209
+.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org
+.. _Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
+.. _issue tracker: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209/issues