added landing page for contribution

docs/src/contents.rst

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    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Contribution guidelines
 
+   guidelines/landing
    guidelines/guide_1_data
    guidelines/guide_2_methods
    guidelines/guide_3_eval

docs/src/guidelines/landing.rst

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+###################################
+General guidelines for contribution
+###################################
+
+We appreciate your interest in contributing to **NetworkCommons**. This document provides general guidelines on how to contribute with code, including data, methods or benchmarking contributions, as well as bug reports and feature requests.
+
+--------------------
+General Instructions
+--------------------
+
+If you would like to contribute to NetworkCommons, please follow these steps:
+
+1. Fork the NetworkCommons repository on GitHub into your personal/organisation space.
+2. Create a new branch for your changes.
+3. Make your changes and commit them to your branch.
+4. Push your branch to your forked repository.
+5. Open a pull request from your branch to the main NetworkCommons repository.
+6. Your pull request will be reviewed by the NetworkCommons team, and you may be asked to make changes before it is merged.
+
+More detailed instructions can be found in the specific contribution guidelines:
+
+- :doc:`Data <./guide_1_data>`
+- :doc:`Methods <./guide_2_methods>`
+- :doc:`Evaluation <./guide_3_eval>`
+
+For examples of pull requests, please have a look at the addition of `Signalling Profiler <https://github.com/saezlab/networkcommons/pull/62>`_  in the methods section, or an `EGF phosphoproteomics <https://github.com/saezlab/networkcommons/pull/61>`_ dataset in the data section.
+
+--------------------------------
+Bug Reports and Feature Requests
+--------------------------------
+
+If you encounter a bug while using NetworkCommons, or would like a new feature to be implemented, please open an `issue <https://github.com/saezlab/networkcommons/issues/new>`_ in the NetworkCommons GitHub repository. 
+
+We appreciate your contributions to NetworkCommons and look forward to reviewing your pull requests and feedback!