Hey Ethereum neighborhood! It has been a couple of months since our final replace so it is about time we let you realize what’s been taking place 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 would possibly not be instantly apparent to anybody visiting the web site however it will assist us scale ethereum.org. Our workforce prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we should always have the ability to ship higher content material, quicker.
If you happen to’re up-to-date in your Eth2 timeline, you may say that Gatsby is our Part 0. It is setting us up for future success.
If you happen to 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.
Recent illustrations
We have been working with some unbiased artists to deliver 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 subsequent few months we wish 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 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 attempting to join an alternate they will not have the ability to use, or from downloading a pockets that they can not purchase ETH from. It is all about decreasing that friction!
To this point 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 light-weight on the implausible work being completed by the neighborhood – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally wish to be certain that we’re directing customers to data that will not confuse or overwhelm them.
That is generally a little bit of a balancing act. So we’ve got provide you with a framework to assist us determine 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 every little thing ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the neighborhood in case you have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You’ll have already examine this in a earlier publish, 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 neighborhood effort – on to the subsequent 30!
You possibly can learn extra concerning the translation program and this milestone in the celebration post.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas a lot of you may have been farming yield, we have been sowing the seeds of some thrilling new content material.
Over the subsequent 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 neighborhood venture. If you would like to assist out, verify our pages on contributing or our roadmap.
