Hey Ethereum group! It has been a number of months since our final replace so it is about time we let 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 will assist us scale ethereum.org. Our group prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we must always have the ability to ship higher content material, quicker.
Should you’re up-to-date in your Eth2 timeline, you would say that Gatsby is our Part 0. It is setting us up for future success.
Should you had been by no means a fan of Vuepress and Gatsby is extra your factor, we might 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 carry 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 positioning.
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 following few months we wish to make ethereum.org a greater useful resource for brand new customers. To that finish, we have been including extra info to those pages, making them really feel much less like a “Github README“, and including useful options.
One characteristic we shipped not too long ago 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 making an attempt to enroll in an trade 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 assume!
A brand new framework
A part of our responsibility at ethereum.org is to shine a lightweight on the incredible work being finished by the group – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally wish to be sure that we’re directing customers to info that will not confuse or overwhelm them.
That is generally a little bit of a balancing act. So we have now give you a framework to assist us determine what we must always record and what we should not. The framework covers wallets and dapps, stating our inclusion standards and our causes.
The framework appears 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 all the things ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the group you probably have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You’ll 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 unimaginable group effort – on to the following 30!
You’ll be able to learn extra in regards to the translation program and this milestone in the celebration post.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas a number of you will have been farming yield, we have been sowing the seeds of some thrilling new content material.
Over the following few months we’ll be transport pages that cowl:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum improvement documentation
- and plenty extra…
So we will be busy – till subsequent time.
Get entangled
ethereum.org is a group mission. If you would like to assist out, examine our pages on contributing or our roadmap.