bendichter · Oct 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026 · Oct 11, 2026
diff --git a/content/about-nwb/_index.md b/content/about-nwb/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: About NWB
+description: "Neurodata Without Borders began in 2014 as a consortium of researchers and foundations working to remove the obstacles to sharing neuroscience data. Read about its goals and history."
 about_section:
   enable: true
   image: /images/about-nwb.png

diff --git a/content/community/_index.md b/content/community/_index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Community"
+description: "Resources for the NWB community, including materials for teaching with NWB and a gallery of conversion and analysis projects."
 weight: 5
 ---
diff --git a/content/contact-us/_index.md b/content/contact-us/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Contact Us
+description: "Ask questions on the NWB help desk, join the Slack workspace, contribute on GitHub, or sign up for the mailing list."
 community_section:
   enable: true
   title: Community

diff --git a/content/convert/_index.md b/content/convert/_index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+description: "An overview of the tools for converting neurophysiology data to NWB, from no-code applications to programmatic APIs: NWB GUIDE, NeuroConv, PyNWB, and MatNWB."
 title: "Converting Data To NWB"
 aliases:
   - /converting-data-to-nwb

diff --git a/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md b/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Enhancement Proposals
+description: "NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP) are the formal way to propose major additions or changes to the NWB standard. They are reviewed by the NWB Technical Advisory Board."
 section:
   - title: About NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP)
     list:

diff --git a/content/events/_index.md b/content/events/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "NWB Events"
+description: "Past and upcoming NWB events, including workshops, hackathons, tutorials, and conferences."
 banner:
   enable: true
   title: "NWB Events"

diff --git a/content/extending-nwb.md b/content/extending-nwb.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Extending NWB"
+description: "NWB can be extended in two ways: NWB Extensions (NDX) for data types that are not yet part of the core standard, and NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP) for changes to the standard itself."
 date: 2025-08-07
 ---
 

diff --git a/content/faq/_index.md b/content/faq/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Frequently Asked Questions"
+description: "Answers to common questions about using NWB, how it compares with other data standards and formats, and the differences between NWB 1 and NWB 2."
 weight: 5
 ---
 

diff --git a/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md b/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "How does NWB 2.0 compare to other neurodata standards?"
+description: "How NWB 2.0 differs from NWB 1.0, NIX, and BIDS in approach and scope."
 weight: 1
 ---
 

diff --git a/content/faq/why_hdf5.md b/content/faq/why_hdf5.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Why use HDF5 as the primary backend for NWB?"
+description: "HDF5 organizes complex hierarchical data and metadata, is a mature standard supported in many programming languages, and allows random access to chunked and compressed datasets."
 weight: 2
 ---
 

diff --git a/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md b/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Grants and Projects
+description: "Grants that fund NWB development and dissemination, and seed grants from The Kavli Foundation that helped labs standardize their data with NWB."
 sponsered_projects:
   enable: true
   boxes:

diff --git a/content/news/_index.md b/content/news/_index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 title: "NWB News"
+description: "Release announcements, newsletters, and event news from the NWB project."
 ---
diff --git a/content/nwb-software/_index.md b/content/nwb-software/_index.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ community_tools:
       description: Tools for data acquisition, analysis, visualization, and exploration
       url: "/tools/community/"
 title: The NWB Software <br> Ecosystem
+description: "An overview of the NWB software ecosystem: the specification language, data APIs, data storage, and data standard schema, with the tools built on them."
 software_types:
   enable: true
   title: Areas of Concern and Types of Software in the NWB Ecosystem

diff --git a/content/online-resources/_index.md b/content/online-resources/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Online Resources"
+description: "Links to NWB project websites, documentation for the core tools, training materials, and support channels such as the help desk, Slack, and the mailing list."
 weight: 4
 resources_section:
   enable: true

diff --git a/content/policies/_index.md b/content/policies/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Policies Overview
+description: "Policies that govern NWB, covering community-driven development, the Technical Advisory Board, the software and data standard, and the community."
 section:
   - title: Policies on Community-driven Development and Integration of New
       Neuroscience Technologies with NWB

diff --git a/content/publications/_index.md b/content/publications/_index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 title: "Publications"
+description: "How to cite NWB, with lists of papers, project reports, and awards."
 ---
diff --git a/content/publications/awards.md b/content/publications/awards.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Awards"
+description: "Awards and endorsements received by NWB, including a 2019 R&D 100 award."
 weight: 4
 icon: "/images/awards.png"
 list:

diff --git a/content/publications/citing.md b/content/publications/citing.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Citing NWB
+description: "The citation to use when you acknowledge NWB in your research."
 weight: 1
 icon: /images/citing.png
 content: "If you are using NWB in your research, please use the following

diff --git a/content/publications/papers.md b/content/publications/papers.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Papers"
+description: "Papers about the NWB data standard and its software ecosystem."
 weight: 3
 icon: "/images/paper.png"
 list:

diff --git a/content/publications/reports.md b/content/publications/reports.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Project Reports"
+description: "Technical reports from NWB hackathons, user days, and other project events."
 icon: "/images/report.png"
 list: 
     - content: "Benjamin Dichter, Oliver R ̈ubel, Ryan Ly, Satrajit Ghosh, Jerome Lecoq, Saskia de Vries, Carly Kiselycznyk, Kaitlyn Casimo, and Stephanie Albin, “Report: Neurodata Rehack: Generating new insights from existing neurophysiology data through secondary analysis: October 3-5, 2022” Online Technical Report, January 2023, <br><br> <a href=''>(PDF) (LaTeX)</a>"

diff --git a/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md b/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Supporting NWB
+description: "Ways to help sustain NWB: advocate for funding, spread the word, add a testimonial, and give credit when you use open data."
 hero_section:
   enable: true
   title: "Supporting NWB"

diff --git a/content/team/_index.md b/content/team/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Team"
+description: "How NWB is governed, with the members of the Executive Board, the Technical Advisory Board, and the core development team."
 governance_section:
   enable: true
   title: Governance Structure

diff --git a/content/working-groups/_index.md b/content/working-groups/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Working Groups
+description: "NWB working groups curate the core standard, define ontologies, and integrate NWB with other community standards and tools."
 banner_section:
   enable: true
   content: NWB is involved in several working groups to curate the core NWB