Welcome to our first development update. Ethereum.orgThis is the first in a series of regular blog posts that will keep the community up to date on the progress of the website.
What were we doing?
š Hiring!
when we We rebooted ethereum.org earlier this year., it quickly became clear that the website needed a dedicated team to meet the community’s expectations. Over the summer we prioritized building a team to support our future website. Today we are excited to announce that EF has hired a full-time web developer for ethereum.org. sam richards.
Sam’s role is to lead all technical development on ethereum.org and be the first point of contact for all open source contributors to the website. Sam has a background in web development, digital marketing, and SEO, most recently working at an Ethereum wallet startup.
We are very excited to have Sam join the team. Please join us in welcoming Sam to EF!
ā»ļø Building a translation program and team
One of our top priorities when renewing our website was to launch a full-fledged translation program. Ethereum is the most used programmable blockchain in the world, and it is important that key resources are accessible to the 80% of humans who do not speak English.
Since announcing the program, we have been joined by: 116 volunteers A person working on translating a website into the following languages: 17 languages. Some of these will be live on the site in the coming weeks.
As we continue to expand our translation efforts, we will expand our work to include translation of key third-party resources such as blog posts, articles, and other materials. We also ethereum.org It’s built in a way that allows you to add and modify translations seamlessly and sustainably on your own.
Interested in contributing? Learn more about the ethereum.org translation program and get started here..
š Edit, merge and update
Since launch, we’ve merged 102 pull requests to make many adjustments and changes to the website based on community feedback. Now that Sam has joined the team, we expect him to be able to move even faster. As always, development ethereum.org happening in us Github repo – Check it out if you want to take a closer look or resolve one of the outstanding issues.
We also delivered it first. new work of art For homepage. Every few months, we will update the website with new creations from the Ethereum community. This is a way to showcase the talent of our ecosystem and remind the world that Ethereum is always evolving and improving thanks to the contributions of the global community.
šÆ Whatās next?
Below is a preview of our priorities for the coming weeks.
š¤ User persona analysis and site restructuring
- When we launched the new ethereum.org, we started with four simple subpages: a page for beginners, a page for people who want to use Ethereum, a page for general learning about the project, and a page for developers.
- Now we are rethinking that structure. Based on months of primary user analytics data and substantial feedback and discussion from our community, we are reviewing our user personas for ethereum.org.
- Once completed, the top-level structure of the site will likely be reorganized, landing pages changed, and potentially new subpages added for users that are currently underserved.
š©āš» Improved developer resources
- We’ve created a specific landing page for Java developers. ethereum.org/java.
- Because many developers specialize in a specific programming language, creating language-specific pages is a key developer outreach and onboarding technique.
- We are working on additional developer landing pages. See, for example, public issues. /javascript and /python
- We are nearing completion of a new feature on the website that will allow developers to jump into the āstudioā where they can immediately create their first robustness contract on ethereum.org.
- We strive to ensure that all project management is public. GithubYou’ll benefit from more community input and opinions.
- This includes creating better-documented issues to make it easier for open source contributors to see how they can help develop the site. View all tagged issues “Good first issue”
- We also Website Twitter account: @ethdotorg. This account is used to share updates like this, as well as more detailed updates like adding great new resources or articles, new features, exciting pull requests, and more.