Welcome to the primary improvement replace for Ethereum.orgthe primary in an everyday sequence of weblog posts updating the neighborhood on the web site’s progress.
What had been we as much as?
👋 Hiring!
After we relaunched ethereum.org earlier this 12 months, it shortly turned clear that the positioning wanted a full-time crew to fulfill the neighborhood’s expectations. Over the summer season we prioritized constructing that crew to help the web site going ahead. Right now we’re excited to announce that EF has employed a full-time internet developer for ethereum.org: Sam Richards.
Sam’s position shall be to guide all technical improvement of ethereum.org and be the primary level of contact for all open supply contributors on the web site. Sam has expertise in internet improvement, digital advertising and search engine marketing, and most lately labored at an Ethereum pockets startup.
We’re extraordinarily excited to have Sam be part of the crew – please be part of us in welcoming him to EF!
♻️ Constructing a translation program and crew
Certainly one of our largest priorities with the relaunch of the web site was to launch a full-fledged translation program. Ethereum is probably the most broadly used programmable blockchain on the earth and it’s important that the 80% of people that don’t communicate English have entry to key assets.
Because the announcement of this system, now we have been joined by 116 volunteers who’re engaged on translating the web site to 17 languages. A number of of those will go dwell on the positioning within the coming weeks.
As we proceed to extend our translation efforts, we’ll develop our work to translate key third-party assets: weblog posts, documentation, and different supplies. We’re additionally working to make sure that ethereum.org itself is inbuilt a means that enables us to easily and sustainably add and revise translations.
Occupied with contributing? Be taught extra concerning the ethereum.org translation program and get began right here.
🛠 Fixing, merging and updating
Since launch, we have merged 102 pull requests, making many tweaks and adjustments to the web site in response to neighborhood enter. Now that Sam has joined the crew, we anticipate to have the ability to transfer a lot sooner. As at all times, improvement ethereum.org occurring in our Github repo – examine if you wish to comply with extra intently or work on any of the excellent points.
We additionally despatched the primary one a brand new murals for the house web page. Each few months, we’ll replace the web site with new art work created by the Ethereum neighborhood – a option to showcase the expertise in our ecosystem and remind the world that Ethereum is at all times transferring ahead and enhancing because of the contributions of our world neighborhood.
🎯 What’s subsequent?
Here is an summary of our priorities for the subsequent few weeks:
🤔 Consumer character evaluation and website restructuring
- After we launched the brand new ethereum.org, we began with 4 easy subpages: a web page for rookies, a web page for individuals who wish to use Ethereum, a web page for normal studying concerning the venture, and a web page for builders.
- We at the moment are rethinking that construction. Armed with a number of months of fundamental person analytics knowledge and vital suggestions and dialogue from the neighborhood, we evaluate person personas for ethereum.org.
- As soon as full, it will possible lead us to reorganize the positioning’s top-level construction, make adjustments to the touchdown web page, and probably add new subpages for customers who are usually not at the moment nicely served.
👩💻 Improved developer assets
- We’ve got created a particular touchdown web page for Java builders: ethereum.org/java.
- Since many builders focus on a selected programming language, creating language-specific pages is a key developer evangelism and onboarding method.
- We’re engaged on further touchdown pages for builders: see for instance open points for /javascript and /python
- We’re nearing completion of a brand new web site characteristic that can enable builders to leap proper into the “studio” the place they’ll write their first solidary contract, proper on ethereum.org
- We’re working to show all venture administration Githubthe place we are able to profit from extra feedback and enter from the neighborhood.
- This may embrace creating extra well-documented points to make it simpler for open supply contributors to find out how they can assist develop the positioning. See all marked points “good first quantity”
- We additionally created a twitter account for web site: @ethdotorg. This account shall be used to share updates like this, in addition to extra detailed updates like including an ideal new useful resource or article, a brand new characteristic, an fascinating pull request, and extra.
