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content/expand/index.md

@@ -31,117 +31,95 @@ insert_anchor_links: "left"
 
 {% row(style="header") %}
 
-![Image](farm_new.png#mx-auto)
+![Image](header_host.png#mx-auto)
 
 |||
 
-## Be the **Internet**
+## **Host The Cloud, Empower Human Potential**
 
-By connecting a modern computer at your home or office to the ThreeFold Grid, you can provide Internet capacity to communities and builders, and be rewarded for doing this. Support a decentralized future. Take part in shaping a new Internet era governed by all of us.
+Regardless of technical knowledge, anyone can now become a cloud service provider, bringing local capacity to where people need it most and earning for your contributions.
-
-<button>[Get Started](https://manual.grid.tf/TF_Farmer_Guide/tf_farmer_guide_readme.html)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
-
-
-<!-- section 2 (Map) -->
-
-{% grid_stats_expand() %}
-
-## Join the **Internet Revolution**
-
-{% end %}
-
-<br>
-
-<br>
-
-
 <!-- section 3 -->
 
 {% row(style="center narrow mtop") %}
 
-## Simple for Everyone
+## How it Works
+
+Join the world’s biggest decentralized autonomous cloud network in 4 easy steps.
 
 {% end %}
 
 {% row(style="center between mbottom") %}
 
-![Image](step1.png#mx-auto)
+![Image](how_it_works.png#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Host a Node**
-
-All you need to get started is a modern computer, electricity and network. Once booted with the operating system, it becomes a Threefold Node. 
-
-|||
-
-![Image](step2.png#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Get Verified**
-
-The capacity of the node gets verified and registered in the ThreeFold Blockchain, securing access to a decentralized internet for users and communities.
-
-|||
-
-![Image](step3.png#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Earn every Month**
-After your node is set up and verified, you’ll be rewarded for the compute, storage and bandwidth you provide to the ThreeFold Grid.
-
 
 {% end %}
 
+{% row( style="center between mtop") %}
 
-<!-- section 4  -->
+## **Kickstart Your Journey**
 
-{% row(style="between margin") %}
+### Documentation and knowledge
 
-![](expand_findyourfit_geometric.png#medium#mx-auto)
+Regardless of technical knowledge, anyone can now become a cloud service provider, bringing local capacity to where people need it most and earning for their contributions.
-
-|||
-
-## Find Your Fit
-### **Most Modern Computers Work**
-
-ThreeFold’s operating system was designed to be hardware agnostic, and already runs on any Intel or AMD powered computer today. 
-
-<br>
-
-<button>[Global Marketplace](https://marketplace.3node.global/)</button>
-<button>[EU Marketplace](https://hostservice.nl/winkel/)</button>
-<button>[Do It Yourself](https://manual.grid.tf/TF_Farmer_Guide/TF_Complete_Farmer_Guide/farmer_guide.html)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
+{% row( style="center between") %}
 
-
+![Image](get_a_node.png#mx-auto)
-<!-- section 5 -->
-
-{% row(style="center mbottom narrow") %}
-
-## The value of **TFT**
 
 <br>
 
-![Image](farm_value_tft.jpg#mx-auto)
+#### **Get a Node Guide**
 
-<br>
+Read how you can buy pre-configured nodes from independent vendors. Nodes are optimized for performance and rewards across different price points.
-<br>
 
-Any current of future application can run on the ThreeFold Grid and every user requires TFT to exchange data.  <br>
+|||
-The more people use TFT, the more TFT will be ‘burnt’, reducing the overall circulating supply to achieve market equilibrium.
+
+![Image](build_a_node.png#mx-auto)
 
 <br>
 
-<button>[Learn More](/token)</button>
+#### **Build a Node Guide**
 
+An informative guide on how to set up your now node. Optimize your own specs and configuration to ensure a reliable node to join the cloud network.
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row(style="center narrow mtop") %}
+
+## The ThreeFold Dashboard
+
+The ThreeFold Dashboard is today's go-to-interface for hosters (farmers) and grid users. Create, update, and monitor your nodes, estimate your potential earnings, explore and find available nodes on the grid, and more.
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row(style="center between mbottom") %}
+
+![Image](tf_dashboard.png#mx-auto)
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row(style="header") %}
+
+![Image](people_planet_you.png#mx-auto)
+
+|||
+
+## **For People, For the Planet, & For You**
+
+Picture this: Our global peer-to-peer connected cloud ensures that data is taking the shortest possible route.  It's not just about boosting efficiency; it's about minimising the environmental impact of data transfer.
+
+<br>
+
+And the best part? You get to earn for your contributions! As we pave the way for the future, we're all about incentivizing expansion in locations where the grid is still making its way.
+
+<br>
+
+By joining us on this cloud journey, you're not just investing in technology – you're investing in a sustainable, connected, and rewarding future.
 
 {% end %}
 

content/footer/_index.md

@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ extra:
 
 <br>
 
-###### [Manuals](https://manual.grid.tf/)
+###### [Learn](https://manual.grid.tf/)
 
-###### [Buy the Token](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__token_howtos)
+###### [Farm](https://manual.grid.tf/farmers/farmers.html)
 
-###### [Start Farming](https://manual.grid.tf/TF_Farmer_Guide/tf_farmer_guide_readme.html)
+###### [Deploy on the Playground](https://playground.grid.tf/)
 
-###### [Use the Dashboard](https://dashboard.grid.tf/)
+###### [Download TF Connect: iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/3bot-login/id1459845885)
 
-###### [ThreeFold Connect: iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/3bot-login/id1459845885)
+###### [Download TF Connect: Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jimber.threebotlogin&hl=en_US)
-
-###### [ThreeFold Connect: Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jimber.threebotlogin&hl=en_US)
 
 |||
 
@@ -32,15 +30,15 @@ extra:
 
 <br>
 
-###### [Main Community](https://t.me/threefold)
+###### [Main Chat](https://t.me/threefold)
 
-###### [Farming Community](https://t.me/threefoldfarmers)
+###### [Farming Chat](https://t.me/threefoldfarmers)
 
-###### [Grid User Community](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
+###### [Grid User Chat](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
 
 ###### [Forum](https://forum.threefold.io/)
 
-<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/support'">Support</a></h6>
+###### [Support](https://threefoldfaq.crisp.help/en/)
 
 |||
 
@@ -48,14 +46,14 @@ extra:
 
 <br>
 
-<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/about'">ThreeFold</a></h6>
+<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/about'">About</a></h6>
+
+<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/newsroom'">News</a></h6>
+
+<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/community'">Community</a></h6>
 
 <h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/partners'">Partners</a></h6>
 
-<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/people'">People</a></h6>
-
 <h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/blog'">Blog</a></h6>
 
-<h6><a target="_self" onclick="window.location.href='/newsroom'">NewsRoom</a></h6>
-
 {% end %}

content/header/index.md

@@ -9,128 +9,11 @@ extra:
 
 
 - [About]("/about")
-- [Expand]("/expand")
+- [Host]("/expand")
-- [Build]("/build")
+- [Ecosystem]("/")
-- [Token]("/token")
+- [News]("/newsroom")
-- Ecosystem
+- [Blog]("/blog")
-
+- [People]("/people")
-{% row() %}
+- [Documentation]("/")
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/people'">
-
-[Our People](/people)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Team, stories, & more</p>
-
-</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/partners'">
-
-[Our Partners](/partners)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Explore Our Partners</p>
-
-{% end %}
-
-- More
-
-{% row(style="wide") %}
-
-
-#### Tools
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__threefold_connect')">
-
-[ThreeFold Connect](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__threefold_connect)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">TFT Wallet, 2FA, & More</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//dashboard.grid.tf/')">
-
-[Dashboard](https://dashboard.grid.tf/)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Portal & Capacity Explorer</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//play.grid.tf')">
-
-[Weblet Playground](https://play.grid.tf)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Deploy a VM & More</p>
-
-|||
-
-#### Resources 
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//manual.grid.tf')">
-
-[Manual](https://manual.grid.tf)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Get Started on the Grid</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//github.com/threefoldtech')">
-
-[GitHub](https://github.com/threefoldtech/)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Code & Documentation</p>
-
-|||
-
-#### Dive Deeper
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/blog'">
-
-[Blog](/blog)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Explore the Blogs</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/newsroom'">
-
-[Newsroom](/newsroom)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Check the Latest Updates</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//intro.threefold.me')">
-
-[Intro Docs](https://intro.threefold.me)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Perfect for Newcomers</p>
-
-|||
-
-#### Support & Help
-
-<button onclick="openInNewTab('https&#58;//forum.threefold.io')">
-
-[Forum](https://forum.threefold.io)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Questions & Feedback</p>
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/support'">
-
-[Support](/support)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Speak Live with a Human</p>
-
-</button>
-
-<button onclick="window.location.href='/careers'">
-
-[Careers](/careers)
-<br>
-<p class="text-sm">Join the Team</p>
-
-</button>
 
 {% end %}

content/home/index.md

@@ -35,199 +35,155 @@ extra:
 
 {% row(style="header") %}
 
-![Image](home_new.png#mx-auto)
+## **Decentralized<br>Autonomous Cloud**
+
+ThreeFold is the world’s first system enabling anyone to become a cloud provider, empowering people and organizations to buy, sell, and use cloud resources autonomously and securely.
 
 |||
 
-## Decentralized. Autonomous. Internet Infrastructure.
+![Image](header_new_b.png#mx-auto)
-
-ThreeFold is a globally-distributed grid of storage, compute, and network capacity, acting as "no middleman" Internet resources between independent capacity providers and users.
-
-<button>[Get Started](#take_action)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
-
-
-<!-- section 2 -->
-
-{% row(style="center mtop narrow") %}
-
-## Why Do We Need an Alternative?
-
-### **Overcoming Internet Inequalities**
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center reverse mbottom narrow") %}
-
-The current Internet is **outdated**. It is built on a centralized antiquated foundation, which hinders scalability and efficiency.
-
-<br>
-
-The current Internet is **not scalable**. Over 3 billion people lack reliable Internet access.
-
-<br>
-
-The current Internet is **not sustainable**. It consumes between 5-10% of the world’s energy.
-
-<br>
-
-Your digital life depends on hyperscale data centers controlled by a handful of tech giants. The majority of web 2 and even web 3 services are built on these foundations.
-
-|||
-
-![Image](internet_outdated.png#medium#mx-auto)
-
-{% end %}
-
-<br>
-
-<br>
-
-<!-- section 3 -->
-
-{% row(style="center margin" bgPath="images/checkerboard2.jpg") %}
-
-## Internet Re-Imagined. Internet Re-Built.
-
-### Over a decade ago, a group of early Internet pioneers, <br>who understood the problems of the centralized Internet model first-hand, <br>came together to re-imagine the infrastructure for an open and decentralized Internet.
-
-### But we didn't just imagine it – we built it. Join us in evolving the Internet, together.
-
-{% end %}
-
-</div>
-
-<br>
-
-<br>
-
 <!-- section 4 (Map) -->
 
 {% grid_stats() %}
 
-### **The ThreeFold Grid v3.9**
+### Become a cloud provider on
 
-## **Live and Operational**
+## **The ThreeFold Grid**
+
+Provide cloud capacity in your area and become a part of the largest<br>and most advanced decentralized autonomous cloud network in the world.
 
 {% end %}
 
-<br>
+{% row(style="header") %}
 
-<br>
+## **It Starts with 3Node**
 
+3Nodes, powered by our stateless operating system, Zero OS, allow anyone to earn by providing compute, storage, and network capacity to the ThreeFold Cloud. Pre-configured plug and earn 3Nodes for beginners, or do it yourself 3Nodes for builders
 
-<!-- section 5 -->
+<button>[Get Started](#take_action)</button>
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-## ThreeFold is Different
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center mbottom narrow") %}
-
-![Image](beyond.png#icon)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Beyond a Protocol**
-
-The ThreeFold Grid is not just another protocol, it's a community-owned and managed low level decentralized Internet capacity layer and infrastructure, on top of which any protocol can run.
 
 |||
 
-![Image](complementing.png#icon)
+![Image](node_home.png#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Complementing Web3**
-
-ThreeFold is not a Web3 project, but we love Web3 and the ThreeFold Grid can host and complement any Web3 project, finally providing a truly decentralized backbone for the space.
-
-|||
-
-![Image](compatible1.png#icon)
-
-<br>
-
-### **Highly-Compatible**
-
-The stack was built around open-source and simplicity, and to be compatibile with current and future IT standards such as Kubernetes, Docker, IPFS and S3. If it runs on Linux, it can be hosted on ThreeFold.
-
-<!-- It is an alternative to the centralized Internet model – a decentralized infrastructure for the builders of tomorrow.** -->
 
 {% end %}
 
-{% row(style="center mtop narrow" id="take_action") %}
+{% row( style="center between mtop") %}
 
-## Take Action Today
+## **Our Partners**
 
-### **And Create Tomorrow**
+### Driving utilization on top of our decentralized autonomous cloud
 
 {% end %}
 
-{% row(style="center narrow mbottom") %}
+{% row( style="center between") %}
 
-![Image](expand_icon1.png#medium)
+![Image](partners_home.png#mx-auto)
-
-### **Expand**
-
-People and organizations are connecting hardware to the ThreeFold Grid. Find your fit, provide Internet capacity for people around you, and earn for it.
-
-<br>
-
-<button>[Become a Node](/expand)</button>
-
-|||
-
-![Image](build_icon1.png#medium)
-
-### **Build**
-
-Developers and Sysadmins use ThreeFold technology to build, deploy, and store on top of a community-owned edge infrastructure. You pay with $TFT.
-
-<br>
-
-<button>[Build on the Platform](/build)</button>
-
-|||
-
-![Image](together_icon1.png#medium)
-
-### **Together**
-
-This project is all of ours. Join a group of people around the globe who believe the world needs ThreeFold and take action to bring ThreeFold forward.
-
-<br>
-
-<button>[Join the Community](https://t.me/threefold)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
+{% row( style="center between mtop") %}
 
+## **Why Edge Cloud**
 
-<!-- section 5 -->
+### How bringing data closer to the end user is beneficial for everyone
 
-<div class="bgtest">
+{% end %}
 
-{% row(style="center margin") %}
+{% row( style="center between") %}
 
-<!-- bgPath="checkerboard1.jpg" -->
+![Image](latency.png#icon)
 
 <br>
 
-## Support the Project
+### **Latency Reduction**
 
-We're open-source and decentralized, so we use a token called $TFT to fuel the movement, which is the medium of exchange<br>on the ThreeFold Grid. Buy $TFT to use grid services or for future utilization.
+For real-time apps, central cloud delay is prohibitive. Edge Cloud cuts latency locally.
+
+|||
+
+![Image](dataprivacy.png#icon)
 
 <br>
 
-<button>[Dive into the Token](/token)</button>
+### **Privacy & Security**
-<button>[Buy $TFT](https://manual.grid.tf/getstarted/TF_Token/tft_toc.html)</button>
 
-</div>
+By processing data locally, edge cloud reduces the exposure to data breaches and cyberattacks.
+
+|||
+
+![Image](sovereignty.png#icon)
+
+<br>
+
+### **Data Sovereignity**
+
+Empowers emerging markets with local data storage, granting digital sovereignty and autonomy.
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row( style="center between") %}
+
+![Image](performance.png#icon)
+
+<br>
+
+### **Performance**
+
+Provides optimized bandwidth, reliability, and real-time processing which streamlines operations.
+
+|||
+
+![Image](cost.png#icon)
+
+<br>
+
+### **Cost Efficiency**
+
+Minimizes data transmission over networks, cutting costs and reducing central server demand.
+
+|||
+
+![Image](scalability.png#icon)
+
+<br>
+
+### **Scalability**
+
+As devices multiply, central data centers face data overload. Edge cloud distributes processing and boosts scalability.
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row( style="center between mtop") %}
+
+## **Around the Ecosystem**
+
+### News & Happenings
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row( style="center between") %}
+
+![Image](dunia_yetu.png)
+
+<br>
+
+#### **A Movement for a Sovereign Internet Comes Alive**
+
+Dunia Yetu (Our World) is a collaborative and co-owned movement to redefine the digital landscape in Tanzania.
+
+|||
+
+![Image](threefold_cooperative.png)
+
+<br>
+
+#### **A Cooperative Model for Decentralized Governance**
+
+Cooperatives represent a tried and tested form of collective organization, emphasizing democratic governance
 
 {% end %}
 

templates/shortcodes/grid_stats.html

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
             </div>
             
         <button><a href="https://dashboard.grid.tf/explorer/statistics" target="_blank">Explore Grid Capacity</a></button>
+        <button><a href="/host">Become a Host</a></button>
         </div>
     </div>
 </section>

templates/shortcodes/grid_stats_expand.html

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
             </div>
             
         <button><a href="https://dashboard.grid.tf/explorer/statistics">Explore Grid Capacity</a></button>
+        <button><a href="/host">Become a Host</a></button>
         </div>
     </div>
 </section>