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 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 should always be capable to ship higher content material, quicker.
When 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.
When 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 convey 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 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 function we shipped not too long ago is our Get ETH web page. This helps you discover wallets and exchanges you should use to purchase ETH, primarily based on the place you reside. We hope this prevents new customers making an attempt to join an trade they will not be capable to use, or from downloading a pockets that they cannot purchase ETH from. It is all about lowering that friction!
Thus far 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 lightweight on the implausible work being carried out by the group – from dapps to wallets to articles. However we additionally wish 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 now have provide you with a framework to assist us work out what we should always record 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 part ethereum.org – we welcome suggestions from the group you probably have any ideas.
ethereum.org hits 30 languages
You will 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 publish.
What’s subsequent?
Whereas plenty 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 delivery pages that cowl:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum improvement documentation
- and plenty extra…
So we’ll be busy – till subsequent time.
Get entangled
ethereum.org is a group mission. If you would like to assist out, verify our pages on contributing or our roadmap.
