EllisLab’s “Stuff to do before EECI” List
Posted by Leslie Camacho on September 20, 2011
EECI 2011 is just a few weeks away and everyone at EllisLab is working hard to get stuff done so we can relax, hangout, and have a great time with all of you.
I thought it would be helpful to post the EllisLab todo list so you know what to expect between now and October 19.
1. Post “ExpressionEngine 2.3 Release Date & Schedule Info” to the EE Blog. Note: Its my fault I didn’t get this out last week like I promised on Twitter. It will go up Wednesday, September 21. Here is the short version. EE 2.3’s tentative release date is the second week of October. We moved it back because the feedback we’ve gotten is that the 8-10 week release schedule is too aggressive, so we’re going to try 12-14 weeks instead. “Too aggressive?” What does that mean? The post will explain and we’re counting on you to voice your opinion and provide feedback.
2. Release EE 2.3, second week of October.
3. Major behind the scenes overhaul of all EllisLab websites. This isn’t a redesign or refresh. We’re prepping our sites to take advantage of our forth-coming store overhaul. Which brings us to…
4. Launch the new store. We’ve been working with David and Tony from Brilliant2 to relaunch the ExpressionEngine Store on BrilliantRetail, their excellent ecommerce add-on for ExpressionEngine. They’ve been a joy to work with and we’ve given them permission to release all the custom work we commissioned into future versions of BrilliantRetail. We can’t be more specific about this until the store launches. Honestly we’re not sure if this will happen before or after EECI, but we’re doing our best to make it before.
5. Email out the first issue of PixelBuzz, the EllisLab newsletter. Tentatively slated to go out the first week of October, we’ve got a tutorial lined up from Creat-ee to kick off the first issue.
If you’re not signed up for the newsletter yet, you can do so here.
6. Finish the EECI keynote. If there is something you want me to address in the EECI Keynote you can leave a comment here, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or yell at me on Twitter. I can’t promise to include everything, but I’ll try. For sure the Keynote will cover:
- End of life for ExpressionEngine 1.x
- Remaining goals for EE 2.x
- EE Reactor concept update
- ExpressionEngine 3.x. Specifically we’ll be talking about lessons learned from EE2’s development and how that will inform EE3’s creation, plus input from James (our Chief Creative Officer) on EE’s Control Panel.
- CodeIgniter update
- MojoMotor update
- Dr. Who sidekicks from 2005+ ranked (a Twitter request)!
7. Figure out where to eat in NYC. Apparently the folks at Vector Media Group are putting together a Fine Dining Guide for all us NYC noobs.
As always, speak your mind! We’ll see you at EECI.
