Welcome to the primary growth replace for Ethereum.org, the primary of an everyday sequence of weblog posts protecting the neighborhood updated on the web site’s progress.
What have we been as much as?
???? Hiring!
After we rebooted ethereum.org earlier this year, it rapidly turned clear that the web site wanted a full-time staff behind it to fulfill the neighborhood’s expectations. Over the summer time, we have prioritized constructing that staff to help the web site into the long run. Immediately, we’re thrilled to announce that the EF has employed a full-time internet developer for ethereum.org: Sam Richards.
Sam’s function will probably be to steer all technical growth of ethereum.org, and be the primary level of contact with all open-source contributors to the web site. Sam has a background in internet growth, digital advertising and search engine marketing, and most just lately labored at an Ethereum pockets startup.
We’re extraordinarily excited for Sam to affix the staff – please be part of us in welcoming him to the EF!
♻️ Constructing the Translation Program and Group
One among our highest priorities with the web site reboot was to launch a full-fledged translation program. Ethereum is essentially the most used programmable blockchain on this planet, and it’s essential that the 80% of people that don’t communicate English have entry to key sources.
Since saying this system, now we have been joined by 116 volunteers who’re working to translate the web site into 17 languages. A number of of those will probably be pushed stay to the positioning within the coming weeks.
As we proceed to scale up the interpretation effort, we’ll develop our work to incorporate the interpretation of key third social gathering sources: weblog posts, documentation, and different materials. We’re additionally working to make sure that ethereum.org itself is inbuilt a method that lets us add and revise translations easily and sustainably.
Concerned about contributing? Learn more about the ethereum.org Translation Program and get started here.
???? Fixing, merging, and updating
Since launch, now 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 staff, we count on to have the ability to transfer a lot sooner. As at all times, growth of ethereum.org occurs in our Github repo – test it out if you wish to observe alongside extra intently, or work on one of many excellent points.
We have additionally shipped the primary new piece of artwork for the homepage. Each few months, we’ll replace the web site with new paintings created by the Ethereum neighborhood – a method of showcasing the expertise in our ecosystem, and reminding the world that Ethereum is at all times progressing and bettering due to the contributions of our international neighborhood.
???? What’s subsequent?
This is a preview of our priorities for the following few weeks:
???? Consumer persona evaluation and web site restructuring
- After we launched the brand new ethereum.org, we began with 4 easy subpages: a web page for novices, a web page for individuals who need to use Ethereum, a web page for basic studying in regards to the undertaking, and a web page for builders.
- Now, we’re rethinking that construction. Armed with just a few months of primary consumer analytics knowledge, and substantial suggestions and dialogue from the neighborhood, we’re reviewing the consumer personas for ethereum.org.
- As soon as full, this can seemingly lead us to a reorganization of the top-level construction of the positioning, adjustments to the touchdown web page, and probably the addition of latest subpages for customers that are not presently well-served.
???????? Improved developer sources
- We’ve created a particular touchdown web page for Java builders: ethereum.org/java.
- As a result of many builders focus on a particular programming language, creating language-specific pages are a key developer evangelism and on-boarding method.
- We’re engaged on extra developer touchdown pages: see as an example the open-issues for /javascript and /python
- We’re near ending a brand new function of the web site that may permit builders to right away bounce right into a “studio” the place they’ll write their first solidity contract, proper on ethereum.org
- We’re working to make sure that all undertaking administration is uncovered on Github, the place we will profit from extra neighborhood remark and enter.
- This can embrace creating extra well-documented points to make it simpler for open-source contributors to know the way they may help with the positioning’s growth. See all points tagged “good first issue”
- We have additionally created a twitter account for the website: @ethdotorg. This account will probably be used to share updates like this one, in addition to extra granular updates just like the addition of an ideal new useful resource or article, a brand new function, an attention-grabbing pull request, and extra.
