Welcome to the primary growth replace for Ethereum.org, the primary of an everyday sequence of weblog posts holding the group updated on the web site’s progress.
What have we been as much as?
???? Hiring!
Once we rebooted ethereum.org earlier this year, it rapidly turned clear that the web site wanted a full-time workforce behind it to satisfy the group’s expectations. Over the summer season, we have prioritized constructing that workforce to assist the web site into the long run. As we speak, we’re thrilled to announce that the EF has employed a full-time net developer for ethereum.org: Sam Richards.
Sam’s position can be to guide 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 net growth, digital advertising and marketing and search engine optimisation, and most not too long ago labored at an Ethereum pockets startup.
We’re extraordinarily excited for Sam to affix the workforce – please be a part of us in welcoming him to the EF!
♻️ Constructing the Translation Program and Group
Considered one of 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 the planet, and it’s vital that the 80% of people that don’t converse English have entry to key sources.
Since asserting this system, we’ve got been joined by 116 volunteers who’re working to translate the web site into 17 languages. A number of of those can be pushed reside to the location within the coming weeks.
As we proceed to scale up the interpretation effort, we’ll increase our work to incorporate the interpretation of key third get together sources: weblog posts, documentation, and different materials. We’re additionally working to make sure that ethereum.org itself is in-built a means 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, we’ve got merged 102 pull requests, making many tweaks and modifications to the web site in response to group enter. Now that Sam has joined the workforce, we anticipate to have the ability to transfer a lot sooner. As all the time, growth of ethereum.org occurs in our Github repo – test it out if you wish to comply with 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 group – a means of showcasing the expertise in our ecosystem, and reminding the world that Ethereum is all the time progressing and enhancing due to the contributions of our international group.
???? What’s subsequent?
Here is a preview of our priorities for the following few weeks:
???? Person persona evaluation and website restructuring
- Once 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 concerning the venture, and a web page for builders.
- Now, we’re rethinking that construction. Armed with just a few months of primary person analytics knowledge, and substantial suggestions and dialogue from the group, we’re reviewing the person personas for ethereum.org.
- As soon as full, it will possible lead us to a reorganization of the top-level construction of the location, modifications to the touchdown web page, and probably the addition of recent subpages for customers that are not presently well-served.
???????? Improved developer sources
- We have now 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 further developer touchdown pages: see for example the open-issues for /javascript and /python
- We’re near ending a brand new characteristic of the web site that may permit builders to instantly soar 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 venture administration is uncovered on Github, the place we are able to profit from extra group remark and enter.
- It will embrace creating extra well-documented points to make it simpler for open-source contributors to know the way they might help with the location’s growth. See all points tagged “good first issue”
- We have additionally created a twitter account for the website: @ethdotorg. This account can be used to share updates like this one, in addition to extra granular updates just like the addition of an incredible new useful resource or article, a brand new characteristic, an fascinating pull request, and extra.
