Merge pull request #136 from cardano-foundation/devblog

Add devblog post and make the previews a bit more appealing

blog/2020-11-01-november.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ description: Cardano Developer Spotlight March 2021
 image: https://developers.cardano.org/img/og-developer-portal.png
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-Each month, the Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.
-
-So, let’s check out who and what is under the spotlight this month.
+Welcome to the November Developer Spotlight 2021. This month, we will focus on block explorers and pool tools. Read on to learn about the **Cardanoscan** and the **PoolTool**.
 
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@@ -38,4 +36,10 @@ The ‘Network Health’ section of PoolTool.io contains several useful charts a
 
 Those monitoring the Cardano network are sure to find PoolTool.io useful, so check them out if you haven’t already. Thank you for your efforts PoolTool.io, and keep on building!
 
-You can follow PoolTool.io on Twitter [here](https://twitter.com/PooltoolI).
+You can follow PoolTool.io on Twitter [here](https://twitter.com/PooltoolI).
+
+## The Cardano Developer Spotlight
+
+Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.  
+
+If you want to draw attention to a project, please introduce it in the [developer forums](https://forum.cardano.org/c/developers/29) under "Cardano Projects".

blog/2021-01-07-january.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ description: Cardano Developer Spotlight January 2021
 image: https://developers.cardano.org/img/og-developer-portal.png
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-Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.
-
-So, let’s check out who and what is under the spotlight in January 2021.
+Welcome to the January Developer Spotlight 2021. This month, we will focus on pool tools. Read on to learn about the **ADATools.io** and the **Pool.pm**.
 
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@@ -37,3 +35,10 @@ The next on our radar this month is [Pool.pm](https://pool.pm/), a fun way to vi
 For developers and interested parties who want to track flows of ada (₳) in real-time, Pool.pm is a great resource. Thank you, Pool.pm for your efforts, keep building!
 
 You can follow Pool.pm on Twitter [here](https://twitter.com/pool_pm?lang=en-gb).
+
+## The Cardano Developer Spotlight
+
+Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.  
+
+If you want to draw attention to a project, please introduce it in the [developer forums](https://forum.cardano.org/c/developers/29) under "Cardano Projects".
+

blog/2021-02-03-february.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ description: Cardano Developer Spotlight February 2021
 image: https://developers.cardano.org/img/og-developer-portal.png
 ---
 
-Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.
-
-So, let’s check out who and what is under the spotlight in February 2021. This month, we will focus on educators, and developer-focused content creators.
+Welcome to the February Developer Spotlight 2021. This month, we will focus on educators, and developer-focused content creators. Read on to learn about the **ADA MakerSpace** and the **Hitchhiker's Guides**.
 
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@@ -35,3 +33,9 @@ It’s a great resource for anyone looking to get started learning about Marlowe
 You can find out how to perform Shelley cold key generation, learn about staking, explore Plutus Playground content, and explore Byron-era recovery information through Pal’s gists.
 
 It’s a great example of community participation and contribution, which we are really looking to increase ahead of the Mary hard fork! Check out Pal’s gists [here](https://gist.github.com/ilap), or follow him on the [Cardano Forum](https://forum.cardano.org/u/_ilap/). Thank you [_ilap](https://forum.cardano.org/u/_ilap), it is clear you have devoted much time to these guides. Keep building!
+
+## The Cardano Developer Spotlight
+
+Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.  
+
+If you want to draw attention to a project, please introduce it in the [developer forums](https://forum.cardano.org/c/developers/29) under "Cardano Projects".

blog/2021-03-26-march.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ description: Cardano Developer Spotlight March 2021
 image: https://developers.cardano.org/img/og-developer-portal.png
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-Each month, the Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.
-
-So, let’s check out who and what is under the spotlight in March 2021. This month, we will focus on both educational content and stake pool tools.
+Welcome to the March Developer Spotlight 2021. This month, we will focus on both educational content and stake pool tools. Read on to learn about **Cardano on the Rocks** and **JorManager**.
 
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@@ -35,3 +33,9 @@ It’s a particularly interesting project for those who care about energy usage
 If you’re a new stake pool operator and you want a command center to help manage your pool, then JorManager is a fantastic resource. You’ll find everything you need to get started [here](https://bitbucket.org/muamw10/jormanager/src/develop/). You could even use these stake pool tools to manage your newly created RockPi pool!
 
 Thank you [Andrew Westberg](https://forum.cardano.org/u/AndrewWestberg), your resources help our stake pool operator community work efficiently. Keep building!
+
+## The Cardano Developer Spotlight
+
+Each month, the Cardano Foundation will be selecting a couple of interesting community-led projects to discover and share with our wider ecosystem. We hope this will encourage those who are already building solutions on Cardano to keep moving forward, while also helping to inspire those thinking of building on Cardano to get started and collaborate.  
+
+If you want to draw attention to a project, please introduce it in the [developer forums](https://forum.cardano.org/c/developers/29) under "Cardano Projects".

blog/2021-07-12-developer-portal-launch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+slug: launch-of-the-developer-portal-2021
+title: "Finally here: the Cardano developer portal! Accepting all builds."
+author: Cardano Foundation
+author_title: Developer Spotlight
+author_url: https://github.com/cardano-foundation
+author_image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37078161?s=200&v=4
+tags: [developer-portal, nft, nfta]
+description: "Finally here: the Cardano developer portal! Accepting all builds."
+image: https://developers.cardano.org/img/og-developer-portal.png
+---
+
+![title image](/img/devblog/developer-portal-launch.jpeg)
+
+**Dear Cardano community,**
+
+It’s finally here! We’re proud to announce the launch of the [Cardano Developer Portal](https://developers.cardano.org). A one stop library featuring, on launch, over fifty articles, vetted by you, the community.
+
+Ready for your thoughts, comments, builds, additions!
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+
+**Topics covered in the Portal**
+
+We’ve been helped tremendously by various people in the Cardano community. Their builds, feedback, comments and in some cases complete articles have been immensely helpful. Our gratitude is great, as is our respect for what you keep bringing to the community! 
+
+We’re confident the portal now has a very solid basis, covering everything currently possible on the Cardano mainnet. Whether you want to implement transaction metadata, mint native tokens, integrate Cardano, operate a stake pool or get your project funded: there’s something for pretty much everyone. 
+
+All this, just a few months before the Alonzo hard fork!
+
+**World’s First NFTAs**
+
+To celebrate the launch, we minted the world’s first NFTAs: 10 Non-Fungible Tokens of Appreciation. 
+
+Each of the NFTAs consists of a thumbs-up photo of a Cardano community member approving the Portal. These double as campaign visuals the Foundation uses to promote the portal across the web – while ownership of these campaign assets is transferred to the community members. Scanning the QR code on these NFTAs leads one to the Cardano blockchain explorer, where the transferred ownership can be verified by anyone anywhere. 
+
+What sets these apart even further is that each NFTA is accompanied by a token representing a non-transferable, one time opportunity for a receiver of that NFTA to highlight a topic or project of their choosing on the Cardano Developer portal. We call these Bronze tokens of appreciation.
+
+Dear Community, good things come to those who wait. We know it took a while, but we sincerely hope it will be worth the wait. We’re looking forward to your contributions, constructive criticisms and, hopefully, thumbs-ups as we keep building towards the social and financial infrastructure of the future with you.
+
+![title image](/img/devblog/developer-portal-launch.jpeg)