Hey Ethereum group! It has been just a few months since our final replace so it is about time we let you understand what’s been occurring over at ethereum.org.
First up, we’re now utilizing Gatsby
Below the hood at ethereum.org we have switched from Vuepress to Gatsby. Now, this may not be instantly apparent to anybody visiting the web site however it may assist us scale ethereum.org. Our group prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we should always have the ability to ship higher content material, sooner.
For those who’re up-to-date in your Eth2 timeline, you might say that Gatsby is our Section 0. It is setting us up for future success.
For those who had been by no means a fan of Vuepress and Gatsby is extra your factor, we would love you to contribute. This new part outlines methods in which you’ll assist ethereum.org develop and enhance.
Recent illustrations
We have been working with some impartial artists to convey Ethereum to life. With nods to doge, the open-source bazaar, and the money-legos meme, we hope you are loving the brand new vibe of the location.
You are free to make use of any of the illustrations – they’re for the group.
New web page designs
We’re additionally engaged on revamping our onboarding content material, just like the pages that introduce you to Ethereum, Ether (ETH), wallets, and dapps. Over the subsequent few months we need to make ethereum.org a greater useful resource for brand spanking new customers. To that finish, we have been including extra data to those pages, making them really feel much less like a “Github README“, and including useful options.
One function we shipped lately is our Get ETH page. This helps you discover wallets and exchanges you need to use to purchase ETH, primarily based on the place you reside. We hope this prevents new customers attempting to enroll in an alternate they will not have the ability to use, or from downloading a pockets that they cannot purchase ETH from. It is all about decreasing that friction!
To date we have shipped:
Examine them out and tell us what you suppose!
A brand new framework
A part of our responsibility at ethereum.org is to shine a lightweight on the unbelievable work being carried out by the group – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally need to be sure that we’re directing customers to data that will not confuse or overwhelm them.
That is typically a little bit of a balancing act. So now we have provide you with a framework to assist us work out what we should always checklist and what we should not. The framework covers wallets and dapps, stating our inclusion standards and our causes.
The framework appears to be like right into a product’s dedication to safety and assist in addition to some nice-to-have options that may assist new customers.
As with every little thing ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the group if in case you have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You will have already examine this in a earlier put up, however we now present content material to customers in 30 languages.
467 volunteers from 52 language teams have helped us get right here. It has been an unbelievable group effort – on to the subsequent 30!
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the translation program and this milestone in the celebration post.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas a lot of you’ve gotten been farming yield, we have been sowing the seeds of some thrilling new content material.
Over the subsequent few months we’ll be delivery pages that cowl:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum improvement documentation
- and plenty extra…
So we’ll be busy – till subsequent time.
Become involved
ethereum.org is a group venture. If you would like to assist out, verify our pages on contributing or our roadmap.
