Added a section on startup in the README.md (#507)

Reworked the index.md
- removed commented out text

Minor restructuring of the README.md

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Co-authored-by: Tristan Nolde <tristan.nolde@yahoo.de>

local-docker-compose.yml

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
     - postgres
     ports:
-    - 8888:8888
+    - ${HTTP_PORT:-8888}:${HTTP_PORT:-8888}
     environment:
       PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME:-postgres}
       PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?error}
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ services:
       PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
       PYTHON_DASH_LOGIN_PW: ${PYTHON_DASH_LOGIN_PW}
       PYTHON_DASH_LOGIN_USERNAME: ${PYTHON_DASH_LOGIN_USERNAME}
-      PORT: 8888
+      PORT: ${HTTP_PORT:-8888}
+
       HOST: 0.0.0.0
 
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