Welcome to the primary improvement replace for Ethereum.org, the primary of a daily collection of weblog posts retaining the neighborhood updated on the web site’s progress.
What have we been as much as?
👋 Hiring!
After we rebooted ethereum.org earlier this year, it rapidly grew to become clear that the web site wanted a full-time staff behind it to fulfill the neighborhood’s expectations. Over the summer time, we have prioritized constructing that staff to help the web site into the longer term. Immediately, we’re thrilled to announce that the EF has employed a full-time internet developer for ethereum.org: Sam Richards.
Sam’s position shall be to steer all technical improvement of ethereum.org, and be the primary level of contact with all open-source contributors to the web site. Sam has a background in internet improvement, digital advertising and search engine optimization, and most not too long ago labored at an Ethereum pockets startup.
We’re extraordinarily excited for Sam to hitch the staff – please be part of us in welcoming him to the EF!
♻️ Constructing the Translation Program and Crew
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 earth, and it’s vital that the 80% of people that don’t communicate English have entry to key assets.
Since saying this system, we now have been joined by 116 volunteers who’re working to translate the web site into 17 languages. A number of of those shall be pushed stay to the positioning within the coming weeks.
As we proceed to scale up the interpretation effort, we are going to broaden our work to incorporate the interpretation of key third get together assets: weblog posts, documentation, and different materials. We’re additionally working to make sure that ethereum.org itself is inbuilt a method that lets us add and revise translations easily and sustainably.
Occupied with contributing? Learn more about the ethereum.org Translation Program and get started here.
🛠 Fixing, merging, and updating
Since launch, we now have merged 102 pull requests, making many tweaks and adjustments to the web site in response to neighborhood enter. Now that Sam has joined the staff, we count on to have the ability to transfer a lot sooner. As at all times, improvement 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 are going to replace the web site with new art work created by the Ethereum neighborhood – a method of showcasing the expertise in our ecosystem, and reminding the world that Ethereum is at all times progressing and enhancing because of the contributions of our international neighborhood.
🎯 What’s subsequent?
Here is a preview of our priorities for the subsequent few weeks:
🤔 Consumer persona evaluation and web site restructuring
- After we launched the brand new ethereum.org, we began with 4 easy subpages: a web page for newcomers, a web page for individuals who wish to use Ethereum, a web page for basic studying concerning the undertaking, and a web page for builders.
- Now, we’re rethinking that construction. Armed with a couple of months of fundamental person analytics knowledge, and substantial suggestions and dialogue from the neighborhood, we’re reviewing the person personas for ethereum.org.
- As soon as full, this may doubtless lead us to a reorganization of the top-level construction of the positioning, adjustments to the touchdown web page, and probably the addition of latest subpages for customers that are not at present well-served.
👩💻 Improved developer assets
- Now we have 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 extra developer touchdown pages: see for example the open-issues for /javascript and /python
- We’re near ending a brand new function of the web site that can permit builders to instantly bounce right into a “studio” the place they will write their first solidity contract, proper on ethereum.org
- We’re working to make sure that all undertaking administration is uncovered on Github, the place we are able to profit from extra neighborhood remark and enter.
- This may embody creating extra well-documented points to make it simpler for open-source contributors to know the way they may also help with the positioning’s improvement. See all points tagged “good first issue”
- We have additionally created a twitter account for the website: @ethdotorg. This account shall be used to share updates like this one, in addition to extra granular updates just like the addition of an awesome new useful resource or article, a brand new function, an attention-grabbing pull request, and extra.
