When will vBulletin 5 have CMS Articles?

[fusion2]

Finished trying the Connect 5 demo. Was surprised to find no CMS/Article functionality. I am eager to upgrade, but only when it has Article or Webpage functionality. Website says CMS will be available shortly after Gold version is released. Any idea when CMS/Articles will be available? Eager to purchase for an upcoming business project.

[Wayne Luke]

Articles are currently planned for 5.1 according to JIRA but that could change. I don't have a date though. The software already supports custom pages and module placement.

[fusion2]

Thanks Wayne for the timely response. You have always been a valuable help.

For Custom Pages and Module Placement, does it act like CMS Articles or is it more like a Forum Sticky page? When i was in the Connect 5 demo, i saw how blogs are still tied into forums. But, with CMS we could make specific articles visible or hidden, allow links to directly open a specific article and make the articles look more like a webpage then a framed-page.

Any way to use Connect 5 but keep CMS Articles function from the 4.2 version during the upgrade?