# The <a href="https://gridcoin.us">Gridcoin</a> website has been updated!

With help from @peppernrino and @barton26, we have upgraded the official Gridcoin website.

## Change log:
* [Now fully open-source](https://github.com/grctest/Gridcoin-Site/), no more proprietary web UI kits. Now using the free '[Now-UI-Kit](https://www.creative-tim.com/product/now-ui-kit)' bootstrap theme by Creative-Tim.
* The 3 guides (pool/investor/solo) have been revamped; a lot of unnecessary info has been removed, the formatting has been improved and the navigation buttons (between the guide's steps) have been changed.
* The index page has had a lot of the previous icons removed.
* A lot of the in-line CSS styling has been removed, we aim to move entirely to separate CSS files in the near future to improve maintainability.
* There is now no longer a sidebar, there is instead a button in the navbar which takes you to the footer, where all the sidebar's contents are shown.
* Improved the content of the index.
* Removed unnecessary pages (See 'Old Data' folder).
* Updated the contents of the header/footers.
* Images optimized by @peppernrino
* Typos and HTML5 format enforcement by @Barton26
* Various YAML [Middleman](https://middlemanapp.com/) improvements relating to the title metatag.
* The email newsletter footer has been removed (newsletter was ruled out).
* The Google translate tool has been removed from the header, if anyone was using this tool please let us know and we'll consider adding it back in.
* More I've forgotten about probably.

## Want to help further developments?
Since the website is [fully open source](https://github.com/grctest/Gridcoin-Site/), all you need to do is fork the repo, commit your changes to your forked repo then submit a pull request (from within the pull request tab in your forked repo). The vast majority of PR's get merged, all changes are welcome :)

### Additional dev links
* [Now-UI-Kit Documentation](http://demos.creative-tim.com/now-ui-kit/documentation/tutorial-components.html)
* [Gridcoin-Site GitHub Repo](https://github.com/grctest/Gridcoin-Site/)
* [Middleman Documentation](https://middlemanapp.com/)


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# BEFORE
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbXJ1EiVYj3yhLY4vGrUhKQLpamrAt1jKrAnzrQjJcnR5/image.png)

# AFTER!
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmai3NN9p1f7WMRjpM6QZBBbvk3nLw7uh8k2gCTvGrjp8e/image.png)

# Nav differences!
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRQoNr51y2QB7NyMKkcNQLkBkCRXLFA6oAe6zv35yt4de/image.png)

# Updated Guide navs!
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmb2Ati56FvRQbhCfkt9FjvrSTjiC9N4aeTGgk8rc1Aeyr/image.png)