Compatiblity fix for new coroutine setup in ESPHome.

Co-authored-by: Maurice Makaay <mmakaay1@xs4all.net>

Thanks Jos!

* Updated documentation for 1.18.0 release with external components support.

* Moved example.yaml to the root dir, in line with the recommendations from the ESPHome external components guide.

* Normalized the version numbering for ESPHome references.

* Fixed the styling of the example.yaml references.

Co-authored-by: Maurice Makaay <mmakaay1@xs4all.net>