I'm a bit behind as a few things held me up while working on the latest release, but the
big chunks are finally out of the way! Beta 3 beta testing will commence shortly for those who I've selected (you will get a PC within the next few days though no one has been notified yet). If you haven't replied to my earlier inquiry, the requirements listed for possible inclusion for this private beta period is listed
here. There's still a couple of spots open.
In other news...
Part of why it's taken me so long, and again you'll see for yourself soon, is because of the vast amount of changes I've made. You won't notice much on the front-end, though there is a handful of changes/feature additions there, as Beta 3 is primarily back-end changes in major preparation for future releases. I'd divulge more about what's beyond Beta 3 but I can't at this point in time. Just know I didn't rewrite nearly the entire add-on just for fun.
The other part is that, due to the amount of changes I've done, there is
a lot of testing/debugging that I've had to do as a result. I'm not kidding when I said I've nearly rewritten every part of the blog–even templates have been affected, drastically in some cases. So instead of releasing the next beta publicly I'm doing a small isolated test group first. Clean installs and uninstalls are much easier. Upgrades however are tricky with what's in Beta 3 as several areas are modified in the database.
So it'll be just a bit longer guys, and a Wednesday may not be possible but as I'm polishing off all the loose ends, I definitely don't see me delaying the release another week to work on it either. Thank you all for your patience and support, it's very much appreciated! No one wants to get this out more than me, and mainly because I'm absolutely ecstatic about the version after this.*
* "Good things to those who wait." - Kier