Dear community,
In the last months, we have been working hard on building a new version of the near.org website. We also could incorporate a lot of feedback from the community - thanks for all that input!
As we will shortly be launching this new version, I want to share some background info on it with you.
Goals of revamp
- Help visitors find what they are looking for (based on needs and jobs to be done)
- Have a consistent, easy to navigate structure
- Make the “Why build on NEAR” and “How to start” much clearer for builders (developers and entrepreneurs)
- Have dedicated content for people that are new to web3 and NEAR
- Give the community a voice and showcase what they did
Fundamental changes were needed to reach these goals
- Complete restructuring of the information architecture of the site, including navigation menu
- Introduced a new design and layout for top-level pages that is engaging, clean, easy to read
- Two in-depth sections dedicated for builders: “Ecosystem” and “Developers”
- Two lighter sections dedicated for newbies: “Learn” and “Use”
- Introduced an “About” section with other essential information outside of the core topics
- Started to include community elements into the content (e.g. dApps, DAOs & quotes)
We reviewed and tested the new concept to ensure it works fine
- Consultation of different subject matter experts within NF and the community
- User tests with developers, users and entrepreneurs
Continuous improvement after the revamp
Initial focus will be on:
- Applying the new design and layout successively to the remaining pages
- Adding more community-focused content (e.g. success stories from people in the space - suggestions highly welcome!)
- Fixing bugs & constantly optimizing the site
Your feedback highly welcome
- If you find any bugs on the page or have suggestions on what to improve, contact us with this form
- Please be patient if we can’t fix what you reported right away, we expect a lot of input in the first weeks
We expect to execute the go-live in the next few days - fingers crossed!