Merge tag 'v1.1' into develop

v1.1
Merge tag 'v1.2' into develop

v1.2
Merge tag 'v1.3' into develop

v1.3
remove docutils rst errors
Minor style updates
github icon added
template updated
remove unnecessary files
sync script bug fix
github now adds link metadata
Merge branch 'feature/minor-fixes' into develop
Merge branch 'release/v1.4'