I just stumbled upon phpWebThings, almost looks like a phpNuke sister…, looks very nicely done, with all the nitty-gritty stuff you need from a good CMS, themable, modular … If maybe I’ve got more time one day, I’ll look deeper into this one …. Here is a description from there site:
phpWebThings is a Powerful, professional application framework for intermediate to advanced PHP programmer, open source Web Portal, Online Community System, Content Managenent System (CMS) or whatever you want to call it. The goal of phpWebThings is to have an automated web site that is easy for the webmaster to manipulate while still being secure and functional. Each user can submit comments to discuss Articles, News, Downloads similar to many other systems. The main features include: All Modular design, Web Based Admin, User Login, News System, User Messages, Downloads, FAQs, Contact Area, Links, User and Authors edit, an Integrated Banner Ad system, Internal Search Engine, Support for 20 languages, Comments option in Polls, lot of themes, File Manager, Download Manager, FAQ Manager, Categorized Articles and many, many more friendly functions.