Hey Ethereum Group! It has been just a few months since our final replace, so it is about time we let you understand what is going on on at ethereum.org.
First, we at the moment are utilizing Gatsby
Beneath the hood at ethereum.org we switched from Vuepress to Gatsby. Now, this would possibly not be instantly seen to anybody visiting the web site, however it would assist us develop ethereum.org. Our workforce prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we should always be capable of ship higher content material, quicker.
In case you’re updated with the Eth2 timeline, you could possibly say Gatsby is our Section 0. It is setting us up for future success.
In case you’ve by no means been a fan of Vuepress and like Gatsby, we might love for you to take action to contribute. This new part describes methods you may assist ethereum.org develop and enhance.
Contemporary illustrations
We labored with some unbiased artists to deliver Ethereum to life. With a nod to doge, the open supply bazaar, and the money-legos meme, we hope you want the positioning’s new really feel.
Be at liberty to make use of any of the illustrations – they’re for the group.
New web page design
We’re additionally engaged on redesigning our onboarding content material, resembling pages that introduce you to Ethereum, Ether (ETH), wallets and dapps. Over the subsequent few months, we wish to make ethereum.org a greater useful resource for brand new customers. To that finish, we have been including extra data to those pages to make them look much less like “Github Learn me“, and including helpful options.
One function we have lately shipped is our personal Get an ETH website. This helps you discover wallets and exchanges that you should utilize to purchase ETH, relying on the place you reside. Hopefully this prevents new customers from attempting to enroll to an trade they will not be capable of use or obtain a pockets they cannot purchase ETH from. It is all about lowering that friction!
Thus far we’ve despatched:
Examine them out and tell us what you suppose!
New body
A part of our obligation at ethereum.org is to shine a lightweight on the unbelievable work being accomplished by the group – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally wish to be certain that we’re directing customers to data that will not confuse or overwhelm them.
It’s kind of of a balancing act typically. So we have provide you with a framework to assist us perceive what we should always and should not checklist. The framework covers wallets and dapps, outlining our inclusion standards and our rationale.
The framework considers the product’s dedication to safety and help, in addition to some nice-to-have options that may assist new customers.
Examine the field
As with every part on ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the group if in case you have any ideas.
ethereum.org is available in 30 languages
You will have already examine it in a earlier put up, however now we offer content material to customers in 30 languages.
467 volunteers from 52 language teams helped us get right here. It was a tremendous group effort – see you for the subsequent 30!
You possibly can learn extra in regards to the translation program and this milestone at quick to rejoice.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas lots of you could have been rising crops, we have been sowing the seeds of some thrilling new content material.
Over the subsequent few months we might be sending out pages protecting:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum growth documentation
- and far more…
So we might be busy – till subsequent time.
Be part of
ethereum.org is a group undertaking. If you wish to assist, take a look at our pages at contributing or ours signpost.
