A message to all members of Barista Exchange!

I wanted to let you know that we are rolling out a new release to the bX network this Thursday, June 5, from 9 to 9:15 p.m. bX will be offline during this brief window.

There are a number of features in this release, including:

1) Forum Improvements. In addition to a redesigned forum, you will now have the option to choose between two styles of threads: "Flat," where replies are shown in chronological order, or "Threaded," where replies are indented below the post or the reply that they respond to.

2) Allow members to customize their My Page layout. Members will now be able to drag-and-drop modules around their profile pages. This will allow you as a member to fully customized what you want on your My Page.

3) Enhanced Widget Distribution. Members can easily spread Barista Exchange badges, widgets, individual videos and photo album slideshows to MySpace, Facebook and 15 other popular destinations without the need to copy and paste HTML embed code.

Thanks for your patience I am hoping the site will only be down for 15 minutes.

- Matt