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-{% extends "layout-unfold1.html" %}
+{% extends "layout.html" %}
 
-{% block unfold_main %}
-<div class="wrapper" id="ticket-request">
+{% block content %}
+<div class="row">
+       <h1><img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}img/icon_slices_small.png" alt="About MySlice" /> About</h1>
 </div>
 
-<h1>This portal is powered by MySlice</h1>
-<a href ="http://myslice.info">More info</a>
+<div class="row">
+       <h3>A ready-made and easily customisable user interface for your testbed.</h3>
+
+       <p>
+               MySlice is an ambitious project aiming to support researchers throughout the lifecycle of experiments that can run on a variety 
+               of testbeds spanning different administrative domains and networking technologies. Its basic principle is to bring together 
+               available resources with useful information (characteristics, performance, network measurements).
+       </p>
+       <p>
+       MySlice inititiave started in Janury 2011 by offering annotation services for the first ederated experimental resources. Today, 
+       MySlice has taken a big step toward becoming a tand-alone web framework, which will present all available resources from testbeds 
+       across the world, interconnected through the Slice-based Facility Architecture (SFA) and annotated by the TopHat measurement system.
+       </p>
+       <p>
+       Our framework is built with standard programming tools (php and javascript for the front-end and python for the back-end) 
+       and has a modular structure based on the concept of plugins for implementing different core functionalities (query editing, 
+       data display, and resource allocation).
+       </p>
+       <p>
+       The goal is to enable developers with expertise on different testbed technologies and different experimental 
+       practices to work in parallel for optimizing the tools presented to the users allowing them for a wide range of choices 
+       according to their own requirements. Opening in this way the development of web-based user tools for experimentation and 
+       sharing effort and information can increase significantly the chances for the achievement of our challenging objective.
+       </p>
+       <p>
+       You can access the code at git.myslice.info. If you need write access to the git repository you need first to send
+        your public key to <a href="mailto:support@myslice.info">support@myslice.info</a>. 
+       </p>
+       <p>
+               Go to the <a href ="http://myslice.info">MySlice web site</a> or the <a href ="http://onelab.eu">OneLab public web site</a>
+       </p>
+</div>
 
 {% endblock %}