There was news on the ExpressionEngine Blog today with information pretaining to the next release of EE. 1.6 is sure to be one of the best releases to date for the software and Ellislab has given us a great sneak peek.
Though 1.6 includes a slew of new features like Hidden Templates and Category Custom Fields, it’s the Multiple Site Manager that marks a substantial new milestone in EE’s history. The Multiple Site Manager (sold separately) is an expansion to ExpressionEngine (not a Module, Plugin, or Extension) that will enable you to manage multiple websites from a single EE installation. And yes, this includes multiple forums as well thanks to the new Discussion Forums 2.0 (free upgrade with active Discussion Forum Download Account).
They also shared a great little video that shows a demo of the Multiple Site Manager. (Direct Video Link) We can not wait to get our hands on this because it will definitely come in handy on a few projects.
I can’t wait to find out the other surprises that will be in 1.6. I seriously, we just can not wait for it to be in our hot little hands.