Do you have ExpressionEngine 2.0 templates?
Posted by Marcus Neto on 02/13 at 09:09 PM
Currently we are not offering ExpressionEngine 2.0 templates because of two reasons. First and most importantly EllisLab is not suggesting use of EE 2.0 for productions sites.
What is the ExpressionEngine Public Beta Program? (*)
EllisLab considers the Public Beta Program to be the most important step prior to a X.0.0 product release. We’ve been testing ExpressionEngine 2.0 in a private beta for 6 months with over 500 participants. Now its time to open the beta to the public in order to get the ExpressionEngine Beta real world use.
This means that EllisLab considers ExpressionEngine 2.0 PB ready for the rigors of the real world (the entire point of a Public Beta) but there are still bugs and issues that are commonly associated with a brand new release. Participants will be expected to work closely with our support staff and dev team and will likely need to update the ExpressionEngine 2.0 PB installation with a new build on a fairly regularly basis. If your project allows for such a scenario, we welcome your participation in the Public Beta.
Bottom line, use ExpressionEngine 2.0 PB responsibly. We think the Public Beta Program is the most responsible way to launch such a significant update as it allows us to address issues quickly and scale ExpressionEngine 2.0 PB’s growth organically, like we did with ExpressionEngine 1.0 Beta. Its part of EllisLab’s commitment to ExpressionEngine’s stability, security, and performance.
ExpressionEngine 2.1 will be considered the full release and be a free upgrade from ExpressionEngine 2.0 PB.
That quote was taken from their Public Beta FAQ.
The second reason is that we use several add-ons that are free as a way of extending our templates and taking full use of the custom fields and power of ExpressionEngine. Fact is that right now there just are not that many add-ons that are available. So that is holding us back a little as well.
All that said we do have installable templates for 1.6.8 currently and have prepared our templates for EE 2.0 but are holding those back till we get a few things ironed out. Our suggestion (and that of most members of the Pro Network) is to wait to use EE 2.0 for a bit. I know it is difficult to not play with the shiny new pebble that EllisLab has provided but for now it is probably wise. 
We will make sure to make an announcement when we launch our 2.0 templates. My hope is that it will be in March.
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