As of tonight, the Breadcrumb NavXT SVN Trunk is in a feature freeze. All of the features I wanted to include in 3.6.0 have been implemented and it is now time to debug and perform regression testing. By Friday, Breadcrumb NavXT 3.6.0 will be released to the translators. This places the release around the 23rd of August. Features that need extensive testing are:
- Custom post type support (hierarchical post types in particular)
- Custom taxonomy type support in conjunction with custom post types
- The new “Undo” function
The first two have been implemented for a while now, the last one is new as of the last two nights. Rather than prompt to confirm the user really wants to reset the options or import options from a file, Breadcrumb NavXT now allows the user to undo their last settings changes. This uses another entry in the wp_options table, which is not set to autoload (the version entry is now set to not autoload as well) so it does not impact site performance in any significant way. Since much of the undo functionality is in the mtekk_admin class, these changes will make their way into the next WP Lynx as well.
Things that did make 3.6.0 are:
- Full support of multi-blog WordPress setups
- Auto integration with popular theme frameworks
- Slight tweaks to the options export/import format
These are planned for 3.7.0, which will be the first Breadcrumb NavXT version to require WordPress 3.0. Look for 3.7.0 in the mid to late November time frame. This is pushed back a little from the previous road map, but it allows me to pursue other cool projects (more on these later).
-John Havlik
[end of transmission, stay tuned]
