Things are afoot!

Textpattern 4.0.7 is due out any time now and it is a truly massive release.

The parser has been completely overhauled and will now allow “tag-within-tags” without the need for a plug-in as well as allowing nesting of a wrapping tag within itself.

There are new tags such as <txp:modified />, <txp:expires />, <txp:variable /> and <txp:if_variable>. That’s just a short-list.

The combination of the new parser and the <txp:variable /> tags gives Textpattern a flexibility which I think is pretty much unmatched elsewhere.

To celebrate the release I shall be offering a new theme that makes use of this expanded flexibility and gives you some ideas on how to use it plus I shall have an updated version of the “A Bit Blue” admin theme that takes account of the changes made to the back-end.

Watch this space.