It’s true, pMachine has finally released the final version 1.0 of its new weblogging tool. Some great innovations are the use of Plug in modules which will allow for further development of the tool along with the ability to manipulate images. Calendars will be fully customisable and the list of features goes on and on. The pMachine site has a comparison chart with both pMachine Free and Pro and it looks as though ExpressionEngine comes up trumps.
pMachine’s developers have indicated that development will still be carried out on pMachine, but it doesn’t take a genius to realise that most of their attention will be focussed on the new baby. The upgrade price of US$99 from pMachine Pro is probably very inexpensive if the development time is taken into consideration. There may be incentives to shell out more bickies in the future when “must have” plug ins become available.
Read the e-mail announcement from pMachine in “more”...
ExpressionEngine Final 1.0 Released
We are excited to announce the release of ExpressionEngine Final 1.0. This version delivers several new features and enhancements and marks the end of the public beta period.
Included in Version 1.0 is our new Moblog Module, enabling you to email weblog entries and photos to your ExpressionEngine site. Photos can be resized on the fly and you can have multiple moblog accounts, each with many different publishing options.
A fully customizable weblog calendar is included in the new version. You can create multiple, independent calendars, each with content from different weblogs. The calendar is completely configurable via tags and CSS. With the calendar comes a new “day view”, allowing you to dynamically show your entries for each day, complimenting the existing month, year, and various other views.
We’ve continued improving security, adding a “captcha” image feature designed to prevent automated spamming. When enabled, a captcha requires your users to submit a random word contained in an image when posting comments or when registering. ExpressionEngine can now boast the most comprehensive spam prevention tools of any publishing system.
Plugin support has been improved You can now assign plugins directly in your Publish page to format your entries. An auto-ascii conversion mode is now available as well, which automatically converts High ASCII characters and even MS Word characters in your entries.
A number of other features are available as well so please read the Change Log for details.
We want to publicly thank everyone who participated in the public beta. Your input was invaluable to us in improving and finalizing the program. Since the beta period lasted longer than we anticipated we will be extending everyone’s license period.
Version 1.0 is is a free upgrade for all existing users. The update process involves replacing some of your backend files and running an update script. Please read the update instructions contained in the new user guide. You can download Version 1.0 at: https://secure.pmachine.com/download.php
Please note: Language files are no longer distributed with the build so if you are using a language other than English, please visit:
http://www.pmachine.com/expressionengine/language_packs.php
- From all of us at pMachine, thank you for your support!!
http://www.pmachine.com
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