As most of the readers of this blog know, I’m not the biggest fan of the developers over at Pligg, and I have made this clear on a several posts, but I have always stated that I do believe in the CMS and that with the right development it could have a bright future.

Over the past 12 months there hasn’t much development, released that is, except for contributions by Pligg members and the several paid modules which in my opinion have taken a higher spot of the list of priorities for the development team.  I blogged about one module that was released, but it definitely wasn’t tested properly prior to the release.

However, it now appears that the development team has found their second wind and have big plans for the popular and quite possibly best Digg clone.  They have released some information about the upcoming release of Pligg 1.0 and it looks good.

One of the biggest changes that will definitely change Pligg forever and also increase it’s possibilities is a “Group” function.  This has been sought after by numerous Pligg sites.  As you can imagine, this is a major coding feat and will enhance the experience you can offer your users and will attract more users to register at your site.  It has been highly successful at Mixx and can broaden your network of friends.

Pligg has also changed their default theme, thank god!  It now looks more inviting and professional.  This however doesn’t mean that you should use it, I am not a big fan of using the default theme in any CMS or blogging script, sites need to stand out.  However, perhaps this new theme can be used with some modifications to make it more unique to you.

I am patiently waiting to see what other changes are in store for Pligg 1.0.  They are not saying when this version will be released.

Get full details over at their blog…

In this case I must congratulate the developers for a job well done, providing they actually deliver on it.

Does this renew your faith in the Pligg development team?