MT 3.1

SixApart has formally launched MT 3.1, the Just Plain Folks Edition.

Hot ticket items include:

• Dynamic Pages: I’m looking at this one to resolve some performance problems. I can seriously see leaving the index and RSS feeds as static pages, and run everything else dynamically. But will that mean the individual archive pages will change in their addresses? Hmmmmmm …
• Subcategories: DDtB needs subcategories, badly. And dynamic page construction will make recategorizing things a lot easer, too, I’m thinking …

• Post Scheduling: Not a feature I imagine using often, though it would be kind of fun while going away on vacation.

• Better Extensibility: Which means better plug-ins. Some of which are in the new Developer’s Contest Plugin Pack, including MTBlackList 2.0.

6A has done a good job, IMO, of overcoming its original MT3 announcement and pricing debacle. The current pricing structure is a far piece from free, but is definitely within the world of reason, especially since I have at least one Recently Updated key to trade in.

That all said … as much as I’d love to download that puppy and run with it Right Now, I think I’ll hold off until after the holiday weekend. Not only are things pretty busy right at this second, with no free time in sight over the holiday, but it will be a good opportunity to sit back and let other, braver folks dive in and identify the gotchas.

But within a week or two — yeah, I see it happening.