We want to stress that it will not be necessary to start over. Our v3 programs will maintain compatibility with the v2 templates, though you will be on your own when it comes to integrating new features into your existing templates - but with heavy enough modifications, this may well be the case already.

Version 3 will include several new features and a completely redesigned template set, but one of our targets is to *not* break compatibility with v2 template sets or v2 plugins*. Hopefully the new XHTML+CSS design will make it easier for people who are new to the program, or who want to start over - but you will not be forced to do so.

* - as was mentioned before, if it does become necessary in some cases to break compatibility, we'll do our best to make sure the changes are small, and, if changes do occur, we will clearly indicated those changes in our release information.

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Gossamer Threads Development Team