Made updates to event page, home page

- update content
- change image
- added registrationCode variable to events
- link to open in new tab on events
- commented out monthly office hour registration link

Author: Rjdesh

content/engage/events/10-06-2025-learning-to-talk-with-your-users.mdx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: 'Workshop: Learning to Talk with Your Users - User Experience Research for RSEs'
 slug: '10-06-2025-learning-to-talk-with-your-users'
-date: 'Oct 6, 2025'
+date: 'Oct 6, 2025 10:30 AM EST'
 speakers: ['Johanna Cohoon, Rajshree Deshmukh, and Mary Goldman']
 upcoming: true
 newsUrl: ' '
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ registrationLink: 'https://us-rse.org/usrse25/attend/registration/'
 image: '../../../content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-06-workshop1.png'
 shortDescription: 'Join us at US-RSE 2025 @ Philadelhia, to learn how to run semi-structured user interviews that can reveal unmet user needs, inspire intuitive designs, catch issues early, and reduce support demands - saving time, effort, and costs throughout your project lifecycle'
 ---
-The STRUDEL team is excited to host an in person community event at US-RSE 2025 on October 23, 2025.
+The STRUDEL team is excited to host an in person event at the US-RSE 2025 conference on October 23, 2025.
 
 This workshop will provide practical instruction on a common technique for user research: semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews are a flexible method for gathering rich information about experiences, perspectives, values, and challenges that can be used to improve research software products. 
 
 Workshop participants will learn about recruitment, protocol development, and analysis and will leave the workshop with reusable resources for future use. Through this training, research software engineers will gain confidence in identifying user requirements and experience issues, gathering actionable feedback, and prioritizing future development directions.
 
-<b>Learn more about the event at [US-RSE 2025 Conference Program](https://us-rse.org/usrse25/program/) happening on Oct 6th, 2025. <br/>We’re excited to see you there!</b>
+<b>Learn more about the event at <a href="https://us-rse.org/usrse25/program/" target="_blank">US-RSE 2025 Conference Program</a> happening on Oct 6th, 2025. <br/>We’re excited to see you there!</b>
 <br/><br/>

content/engage/events/10-23-2025-building-scientific-uis-with-strudel-and-ai-assistants.mdx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: 'Hackathon: Building Scientific UIs with STRUDEL and AI Assistants'
+title: 'Workshop: Building Scientific UIs with STRUDEL and AI Assistants'
 slug: '10-23-2025-building-scientific-uis-with-strudel-and-ai-assistants'
 date: 'Oct 23, 2025 9:00 AM PST'
 speakers: ['STRUDEL team']
@@ -8,32 +8,39 @@ newsUrl: ' '
 format: 'In person '
 location: 'Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory'
 registrationLink: 'https://forms.gle/9sWsFTSWp8zVzyLSA'
-image: '../../../content/images/news-and-events/strudel-hackathon.png'
-shortDescription: 'Join the STRUDEL team at Berkeley Lab on Oct 23, 2025, for an in-person hackathon to build scientific web UIs using STRUDEL Design System and generative AI coding tools. No expert web dev skills needed, just curiosity and familiarity with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Node.js.'
+image: '../../../content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-23-workshop2.png'
+shortDescription: 'Join the STRUDEL team at Berkeley Lab on Oct 23, 2025, for an in-person hackathon to build scientific web UIs using STRUDEL Design System and generative AI coding tools. Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Node.js will be useful but you do not need to be an expert web developer'
+registrationCode: 'strudelWeb25'
 ---
 
 The STRUDEL team is excited to host an in person community event at Berkeley Lab on October 23, 2025.
 
-Spend the day (anticipated 9am-5pm) prototyping a web app with STRUDEL Design System for your scientific software to address new user needs. You’ll join a community of user-focused research software engineers to address real user needs, explore how AI can accelerate the creation of usable scientific tools, and contribute to improving the open source STRUDEL Design System. By the end of the day, you’ll walk away with a working prototype, skills to rapidly build high-quality, user-friendly web interfaces and valuable connections.
-
+Spend the day (anticipated 9am-5pm) prototyping a web app with STRUDEL Design System for your scientific software to address new user needs. You’ll join a community of user-focused research software engineers to address real user needs, explore how AI can accelerate the creation of usable scientific tools, and contribute to improving the open source STRUDEL Design System. By the end of the day, you’ll walk away with skills to rapidly build high-quality, user-friendly web interfaces; a working prototype; and valuable professional connections.
 
 <b><i>We’ll keep you fueled with snacks and lunch, and may be able to help with travel — just let us know in your registration so we can plan for you.</i></b>
-<br/><br/>
-<b>Space is limited, so be sure to register now via the [registration form](https://forms.gle/9sWsFTSWp8zVzyLSA) by Oct 3rd, 2025. <br/>We’re excited to see you there!</b>
-<br/><br/>
-### Who Should Join
+<br/>
+Space is limited, so be sure to register now via the <b><a href="https://forms.gle/9sWsFTSWp8zVzyLSA" target="_blank">registration form</a></b> with <b>code 'strudelWeb25'</b> by Oct 3rd, 2025. <br/>We’re excited to see you there!
+##
+## Who Should Join
 
 This workshop is for research software engineers, scientists, and students who want to build or improve scientific web applications. 
 
 Whether you’re tackling usability challenges in an existing project, exploring generative AI for development, building your portfolio, or contributing to open source and open science, you’ll gain practical skills, a functional prototype, and a community of collaborators. 
 
-<b><i>You don’t need to be a web development expert — just bring your curiosity and a basic awareness of tools like GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Node.js.</i></b>
+You’ll get the most out of this workshop if you:
+
+- Are curious about building web applications.
+- Have basic familiarity with the command line, modular code, and programming concepts.
+- Have basic familiarity with at least one Integrated Development Environment, we will be using VSCode throughout the workshop
+- (Optional) Have some experience with web development — it is helpful, but not required.
+- Are eager to explore coding assistants and AI agents for UI design and development.
+- Want to create a functional app prototype
+
 
-<br/><br/>
-### Why Join?
+## Why Join?
 
 - Learn how to rapidly prototype a scientific web application using the STRUDEL Design System
-- Know practical ways to integrate generative AI tools into your development workflow
+- Learn practical ways to integrate generative AI tools into your development workflow
 - Learn techniques to improve usability and user experience in research software
 - Learn how to work with research-based templates to speed up development
 - Network and collaborate with research community working on different user problems

content/engage/index.mdx

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ You can also partner with us to co-host an event, reach out to <MuiLink href='ma
 <h2 id="sec-monthly-office-hrs">Join our Monthly Office Hours</h2>
 
 Are you looking for support on a current project utilizing STRUDEL, interested in getting started with the STRUDEL Kit, or exploring how to better incorporate UX in your product planning and roadmap? 
-<br/><br/>Get help directly from the STRUDEL team during our monthly office hours. 
+<br/><br/>Get help directly from the STRUDEL team during our monthly office hours. Reach out to  <MuiLink href='mailto:strudel@lbl.gov' target='_blank'>strudel@lbl.gov</MuiLink> to learn more. 
+
+{/*
 <br/>Sign up for a 15-30 minute timeslot during our next office hours via registration link below:
 
 <Box
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ Are you looking for support on a current project utilizing STRUDEL, interested i
         </Button>
     </Link>
   </Box>
+  */}
 
 <h2 id="sec-contribute-details">Contribute to STRUDEL</h2>
 

content/home.mdx

@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ import { Link } from '@mui/material';
           }}
         >
           <Box>
-            ## Hackathon: Build Scientific UIs with STRUDEL and AI Assistants
+            ## Workshop: Build Scientific UIs with STRUDEL and AI Assistants
 
-            Join the STRUDEL team at Berkeley Lab on Oct 23, 2025, for an in-person hackathon to build scientific web UIs using STRUDEL Design System and generative AI coding tools. No expert web dev skills needed, just curiosity and familiarity with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Node.js.<br/>
+            Join the STRUDEL team at Berkeley Lab on Oct 23, 2025, for an in-person hackathon to build scientific web UIs using STRUDEL Design System and generative AI coding tools. Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Node.js will be useful but you do not need to be an expert web developer<br/>
 
           </Box>
           <Box marginTop="16px">
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ import { Link } from '@mui/material';
           }}
         >
           <Box>
-            ## Join us for a Workshop on User Interviews at US-RSE '25
+            ## Learn to Conduct User Interviews at US-RSE '25
 
             Join us at US-RSE 2025 @ Philadelhia, to learn how to run semi-structured user interviews that can reveal unmet user needs, inspire intuitive designs, catch issues early, and reduce support demands - saving time, effort, and costs throughout your project lifecycle.
           </Box>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ import { Link } from '@mui/material';
           </Box>
           <Box marginTop="16px">
             <Button 
-              to="/engage/news"
+              to="/engage/get-involved"
               size="large"
               variant="contained"
             >

content/images/news-and-events/2025-10-23-workshop2.png

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ export const createPages: GatsbyNode["createPages"] = async ({
               location
               registrationLink
               shortDescription
+              registrationCode
               image {
                 childImageSharp {
                   gatsbyImageData(width: 800)

gatsby-node.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ const EventLayout: React.FC<PageProps<any, any>> = ({ pageContext, children }) =
         <Grid container minHeight='250px' spacing={8}>
           <Grid item md={8}>
             {pageContext.frontmatter.shortDescription}
+            
+            {pageContext.frontmatter.registrationCode && (
+                <div>
+                  <br/>
+                  Registeration code: <b>{pageContext.frontmatter.registrationCode}</b>
+                  <br/>
+                </div>
+              )}
             <Box
               sx={{
                 marginTop: 2
@@ -130,9 +138,14 @@ const EventLayout: React.FC<PageProps<any, any>> = ({ pageContext, children }) =
               <Typography fontWeight="bold">
                 Register:
               </Typography>
-              <MuiLink href={pageContext.frontmatter.registrationLink}>
+              <MuiLink href={pageContext.frontmatter.registrationLink } target='_blank'>
                 {pageContext.frontmatter.registrationLink}
               </MuiLink>
+              {pageContext.frontmatter.registrationCode && (
+                <div>
+                  using code: <b>{pageContext.frontmatter.registrationCode}</b>
+                </div>
+              )}
             </Stack>
           )}
           <Stack direction="row" spacing={1}>