Hello Ethereum community! It’s been several months since our last report, so it’s the right moment to inform you about what’s been going on at ethereum.org.
To begin with, we are now utilizing Gatsby
Behind the scenes at ethereum.org, we’ve transitioned from Vuepress to Gatsby. While this may not be immediately noticeable to visitors on the site, it will assist us in scaling ethereum.org. Our team favors React (which many do) and has expertise in MDX – allowing us to deliver improved content at a quicker pace.
If you’re familiar with the Eth2 timeline, you might say that Gatsby represents our Phase 0. It’s preparing us for forthcoming achievements.
If Vuepress was never your preferred choice and Gatsby suits you better, we would love for you to contribute. This new section details the ways you can assist ethereum.org in expanding and enhancing.
New illustrations
We have been collaborating with a selection of independent artists to animate Ethereum. Featuring references to doge, the open-source marketplace, and the money-legos meme, we trust that you are enjoying the new aesthetic of the site.
Feel free to utilize any of the illustrations – they are meant for the community.
Redesigned pages
We are also in the process of revamping our onboarding materials, including the pages that familiarize you with Ethereum, Ether (ETH), wallets, and dapps. In the upcoming months, we aspire to enhance ethereum.org as a more valuable resource for newcomers. With that goal, we’ve been enriching these pages, creating a less “Github README”-like experience, and incorporating helpful functionalities.
A feature we recently introduced is our Get ETH page. This assists you in discovering wallets and exchanges tailored for purchasing ETH, depending on your location. We hope this avoids new users from registering for exchanges they won’t be able to access or downloading wallets that are incompatible with purchasing ETH. It’s all about minimizing that friction!
Thus far, we have released:
Explore them and share your thoughts with us!
A new framework
One of our responsibilities at ethereum.org is to highlight the remarkable work being performed by the community – from dapps to wallets to articles. However, we also aim to ensure that we guide users towards information that won’t confuse or overwhelm them.
This can sometimes be a tricky balance. Therefore, we’ve developed a framework to assist us in determining what we should feature and what we should not. The framework encompasses wallets and dapps, outlining our inclusion guidelines and rationale.
The framework examines a product’s dedication to security and support, along with some desirable features to aid new users.
As with everything at ethereum.org – we welcome input from the community if you have any insights.
ethereum.org reaches 30 languages
You may have already seen this in a prior post, but we now deliver content to users in 30 languages.
467 volunteers from 52 language groups have assisted us in achieving this. It’s been a remarkable community effort – now onto the next 30!
You can read more about the translation initiative and this achievement in the celebratory post.
What’s coming up?
While many of you have been yield farming, we’ve been planting the seeds for some thrilling new content.
In the ensuing months, we will be launching pages that cover:
- Wallets
- Dapps
- Eth2
- Ethereum development documentation
- and much more…
So we’ll be keeping busy – until next time.
Participate
ethereum.org is a community-driven project. If you wish to assist, please check our pages on contributing or our roadmap.