Hey Ethereum neighborhood! It has been just a few months since our final replace so it is about time we let you already know what’s been taking place over at ethereum.org.
First up, we’re now utilizing Gatsby
Underneath the hood at ethereum.org we have switched from Vuepress to Gatsby. Now, this would possibly not be instantly apparent to anybody visiting the web site however it may assist us scale ethereum.org. Our staff prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we should always be capable of ship higher content material, sooner.
In the event you’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.
In the event you 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 be able to assist ethereum.org develop and enhance.
Contemporary 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 neighborhood.
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 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 characteristic we shipped lately is our Get ETH page. This helps you discover wallets and exchanges you should use to purchase ETH, based mostly on the place you reside. We hope this prevents new customers attempting to enroll in an trade they will not be capable of use, or from downloading a pockets that they can not purchase ETH from. It is all about decreasing that friction!
Thus far we have shipped:
Test them out and tell us what you assume!
A brand new framework
A part of our responsibility at ethereum.org is to shine a light-weight on the unbelievable work being executed by the neighborhood – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally need to be certain 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 we’ve give you 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 seems to be right into a product’s dedication to safety and help in addition to some nice-to-have options that may assist new customers.
As with the whole lot ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the neighborhood if in case you have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You might have already examine this in a earlier submit, 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 neighborhood effort – on to the following 30!
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the translation program and this milestone in the celebration post.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas numerous 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 delivery pages that cowl:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum growth documentation
- and plenty extra…
So we will be busy – till subsequent time.
Become involved
ethereum.org is a neighborhood challenge. If you would like to assist out, verify our pages on contributing or our roadmap.
