2.0.0 - 2016-01-18

Construct 2.0.0 is a major re-write for ExpressionEngine 3. It will not work at all with ExpressionEngine 2. However, the EE 2 version will remain in the downloadable zip file for a few versions so that if you need to use Construct with EE 2 you can do that. Construct 1.x will remain feature frozen even if Construct 2.x advances.

Breaking

• Construct 2.0.0 is not compatible at all with ExpressionEngine 2.x

New

• Compatibility with ExpressionEngine 3
• Construct control panel adopts the native look and feel of the ExpressionEngine 3 control panel
• Added the ability to re-order template preferences
• Added options for associating listing channels with a Template Preference
• Added options for marking a template as capable of listing entries
• Added options for marking a template as capable for listing categories
• Added ability to reorder trees
• Added options to nodes for listing channels, pagination, listing entry templates, and category listing templates
• Added ability to expand and collapse Nodes to keep the Nodes page from becoming too cluttered to manage
• Updated drag and drop reordering of Nodes to require user interaction to save rather than auto-saving — this allows changes to the menu items to be queued then saved and updated when the user is ready
• Added the ability to Nodes to have external links
• Updated the setting for disabling routing so that all items not relevant to Nodes are hidden when routing is not enabled — this allows Construct to be used as powerful a menu generation tool only
• Added a new feature that allows routing to be controlled from the EE config file
• Added new variables on the Construct route: {construct_route:node_parent_id}, {construct_route:node_level}, {construct_route:node_external_link}, {construct_route:node_output}, {construct_route:node_pagination}, {construct_route:node_pagination_amount}, {construct_route:node_listing_channels}
• Added menu_output_only="false" parameter to the Nodes tag
• Added node_entry_id_not_empty="true" parameter to the Nodes tag
• Added new variables to the Nodes tag: {construct:node_external_link}, {construct:node_link}, {construct:node_routing}, {construct:node_pagination}, {construct:node_pagination_amount}, {construct:node_listing_channels}, {construct:node_output}, {construct:level_index}, {construct:index}, {construct:count}, {construct:total_results}

Deprecated

• The Entry IDs Tag Pair has been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version of Construct. Please use the {exp:construct:nodes} tag