Create a post announcing and explaining Kroki usage

_posts/2021/05/2021-05-26-diagrams-from-textual-descriptions.md

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-title: "GitLab - Create Diagrams From Textual Descriptions"
+title: "Easy Diagram creation in Gitlab"
 title_image: clark-tibbs-oqStl2L5oxI-unsplash.jpg
 data: 2021-05-26
 authors:
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ layout: blogpost
 categories:
   - tutorials
 excerpt: >
-    Recently, the Helmholtz-wide software development platform has been extended
+    Recently, the Helmholtz-wide software development platform (<a href="https://gitlab.hzdr.de">Gitlab</a>) has been extended
     with the ability to create diagrams from textual descriptions.
     This post will help you getting started with this new feature.
 
@@ -16,19 +16,35 @@ excerpt: >
 
 {{ page.excerpt }}
 
-## Quick-Start Example
-Let us jump right in with an example by creating a UML sequence diagram.
-Any of these examples can be used in a place on <https://gitlab.hzdr.de>
+
+
+
+## What is it about and where can it be applied?
+Gitlab is perfect for colloborative work on codes, scripts and other shared files.
+Now you can also create virtually all sorts of diagrams and sketches directly in Gitlab,
+both allowing to **quickly create plots**, as well as
+collaboratively build and maintain **complex graphs**.
+
+All graphs are built from simple scripts directly in Gitlab using a plugin named [Kroki](https://kroki.io/).
+Such scripts can be used in any place on the [Helmholtz-wide Gitlab](https://gitlab.hzdr.de)
 where Markdown is supported:
+  * Markdown documents inside repositories
   * Comments
   * Issues
   * Merge requests
   * Milestones
   * Snippets (the snippet must be named with a `.md` extension)
   * Wiki pages
-  * Markdown documents inside repositories
 
-Therefore, put this content describing the diagram in any of the items
+<a href="https://gitlab.hzdr.de/examples/kroki"
+                            class="btn btn-outline-secondary"
+                            title="Link to examples in Gitlab"> 
+                            <i class="fas fa-lightbulb"></i> Click here for examples in Gitlab!</a>
+
+## Quick-Start Example
+Let us jump right in with an example by creating a sequence diagram, using the common Unified Modeling Language (UML).
+
+Put this content describing the diagram in any of the items
 listed above.
 
     ```plantuml
@@ -149,18 +165,10 @@ You will be presented an image as shown below.
 
 ![PlantUML JSON example](https://kroki.hzdr.de/plantuml/svg/eNp1kDurAjEQhfv9FSH1IvtQECvv1UrExlIsopnVXHYnkozgg_3vThJWC7lNIN85M-cwc0_K0Z-3mD0zIWRjnKeN6kDOhFzZM8o84FZ96LYzdE5YnQKppumjtQPvGYRNDDw5APp5Y_mrrvRAcGKtULM6EuOiiJvYfTR0D6YluzXggLkfpVh1s3gf8MWy0C6sjlpR1tVUstLHJrZpzBFC5C66Ux8WDlfTaoMnViZllQ_YWdsxKqt6HFGf_ztWf4_VaYbffUzXcOGTdoAUG-yzPpsD6nDjF8HSYBU=)
 
-## What Else Can Be Done?
-The new feature is not limited to using PlantUML.
-The new integration gives you access to more than that.
-It supports, among others, [Vega](https://github.com/vega/vega),
-[C4 with PlantUML](https://github.com/RicardoNiepel/C4-PlantUML),
-[GraphViz](https://www.graphviz.org/) or
-[BlockDiag](https://github.com/blockdiag/blockdiag).
-For a complete list please refer to the official
-[list of supported diagram types and formats](https://kroki.io/#support).
 
-### Gantt Diagram with PlantUML
 
+### Gantt Diagram
+PlantUML also supports Gantt diagrams:
 <details>
   <summary>Show code</summary>
   <div markdown=1>
@@ -188,6 +196,17 @@ For a complete list please refer to the official
 More in-depth information on the Gantt diagram syntax is available in the
 official [PlantUML documentation](https://plantuml.com/de/gantt-diagram).
 
+## What Else Can Be Done?
+The new feature is not limited to using PlantUML.
+The new integration gives you access to more than that.
+It supports, among others, [Vega](https://github.com/vega/vega),
+[C4 with PlantUML](https://github.com/RicardoNiepel/C4-PlantUML),
+[GraphViz](https://www.graphviz.org/) or
+[BlockDiag](https://github.com/blockdiag/blockdiag).
+For a complete list please refer to the official
+[list of supported diagram types and formats](https://kroki.io/#support).
+
+
 ### Vega
 
 <details>