I just thought I would update you on the progress of the next release of PHPFusion. I am Currently developing panel management, there was a debate in the forums about how best to approach this. CrappoMan suggested the use of the database, where as I developed the working model based on the use of files. Both methods have their good/bad points.
So instead of choosing one or t'other I have opted to provide both options. This means you can store the code in the database, which can be edited via the provided panel editor. Alterntively you can upload a php file into the new fusion_panels folder and use that, but you cannot edit the file content online.
As for release dates, well, the beta is still a little way off, a week, maybe 2. I estimate a release date of around mid/late June. The main decision will be whether v3.05 is to be the end of version 3, perhaps the next release may jump to version 4.0! Hmm.