Hey Ethereum group! It has been a number of months since our final replace so it is about time we let you recognize what’s been taking place over at ethereum.org.
First up, we’re now utilizing Gatsby
Beneath 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 workforce prefers React (lots of people do) and has expertise with MDX – so we must always be capable to ship higher content material, quicker.
For those who’re up-to-date in your Eth2 timeline, you could possibly say that Gatsby is our Part 0. It is setting us up for future success.
For those who have 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 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 location.
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 need to make ethereum.org a greater useful resource for brand spanking 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 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 to use, or from downloading a pockets that they can not purchase ETH from. It is all about lowering that friction!
To this point we have shipped:
Verify them out and tell us what you assume!
A brand new framework
A part of our obligation at ethereum.org is to shine a light-weight on the implausible work being performed by the group – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally need to be certain 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’ve give you a framework to assist us work out what we must 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 assist 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 group you probably have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You could 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 unbelievable group 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 a number of you’ve 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 growth documentation
- and plenty extra…
So we will be busy – till subsequent time.
Get entangled
ethereum.org is a group venture. If you would like to assist out, verify our pages on contributing or our roadmap.
