We are in the middle of two significant events. The first is Rick’s birthday, which was yesterday. “Working with this fine team I don’t feel a day over 90” stated Mr. Ellis. The second event is the imminent release of ExpressionEngine 1.6. The internal beta is going very well, the docs are 99% done, the advisory board has advised, and the Pro Network given a sneak preview a couple days ago. The dev team is taking a small breather this weekend and the time is nigh for some foolery, celebration, and weekend fun. This is also a rather long post but if you read to the end there is a contest to win a free copy of the new Multiple Site Manager, plus you get to see a scary picture of “angry Rick.”

Read the blog post.

Tuesday’s looking like it might be a *pretty good day*.

With all this extra goodness that is surely to come with 1.6, I predict that 2.0 will be teh awesome!

Thanks to the fine folks at EllisLab for the sneak peek and all the hard work, have a beer on me!

Oh my god. Those images please me to NO END.

So… this preview you gave the Pro Network members: same preview you sent the Advisory Board? Or was there more that I missed by not checking my email thoroughly?  (Nothing I missed, I just did some digging.)

*photoshops*

Same preview for both, though their are a few people on the Ad Board who are actively working on projects that are going to help test a few things. As D. Jones posted in the Pro Network forums “we cannot discuss who will or will not get invited to the public beta, but obviously those that are eager and willing to test are considered before those that may likely not even unzip the files.”

If we have open beta invites we’ll make a blog announcement. But right now it looks like we have a good group of beta testers with projects to test with.

Was that addressed to me or just a general announcement?  lol.

lol, just a general announcement. With this release we’re attempting to be more open than usual since the EE Community has asked for that. I removed the “real” because it sounded inflammatory. I just meant that a couple people on the Ad Board that contacted us have projects that match very closely the features we want to test in a live situation.

The Multiple Site Manager looks frickin’ Awesome! I want. I wonder how much it will cost?

I’m gonna have to try my hand at the competition.

I just saw the video and must say that the Multiple Site Manager looks absolutely dreamy! Soo excited!!!!

*rubbing eyes*

Is that a label on the File Upload button I see?

That alone makes me

Boyink - 15 June 2007 01:09 PM

*rubbing eyes*

Is that a label on the File Upload button I see?

That alone makes me

And it’s a block level link.  I think there are many “tiny” modifications in 1.6 that you will feel this way about, Michael.

Whoa… I’m really impressed and can’t wait to “feel” the new version!

MSM looks great. But then everything you folks do looks great.

Great demo video…really like the new multi-site and forum stuff. Can’t wait for the surprise feature either
Now, about that photo contest…where’s Bushtit when we need him

Has pricing been finalized on the MSM? I might enter, but I doubt I’ll win, considering how many wonderfully creative people are running around here.

New photo: A new photo has been added for your creative amusement. Its in the blog post and has been added to the zip at the end of the post.

Wow!

First, happy belated birthday to Rick!

Secondly, I feel like a little girl again, full of excitement!

Chris Simmons - 15 June 2007 02:55 PM

Has pricing been finalized on the MSM? I might enter, but I doubt I’ll win, considering how many wonderfully creative people are running around here.

Pricing has not be finalized yet.

Happy Birthday to Rick!
Hmm… Wonder if I should reschedule the upgrade of the site I had scheduled for Thursday 6/21…?

Thanks, all. Esp. appreciate the preview of MSM.
-C

Happy birthday! To commemorate I’m keeping my checkbook ready for the multi-site thingamajig. Its availability couldn’t have come at a better time.