GXC CMS is an open source CMS written on Yii Framework. It has been developed since July 2011 by Tuan Nguyen (http://www.nganhtuan.com) and Tri Nguyen (http://www.tringuyen.me). This CMS can help you to make not only a newspaper specifc website ( Workflow Transfer, History tracking,...) but also a basic social network. You can check the demo at : http://www.gxccms.com The CMS is now version 1.0. It has all the features for a basic CMS. If you love PHP and Yii, feel free to join us to make this CMS better. This CMS uses existed extensions/modules : Rights : http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/rights/ Translate : http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/translate Settings : http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/settings Some current features of it: - Multiple languages ( Content, Categories, Pages,...) - Multiple Content types ( Easily define new content type like : article, event....like wordpress posts custom fields but maybe better ) - User Management ( Thanks to Rights module ) - Workflow handle ( Who can create an article, publish or cancel it, transfer to others to review ) - Multiple layouts support ( Hm,...I should call this theme, learn more with the page management below ) - Pages management : The site can create pages. Ya, a page can have different layouts that are defined abone. In each layout, we can add blocks in slots. The Blocks are ( for example : HTML Block, Content list Block, Menu Block,,...). A new block can be developed easily for backend handle and frontend appearance. - Resource managemen: This is for upload files to different storages ( to current web folder, Amazon S3,...) Missing and going to develope features : - Newsletter - Ip and visits statistics ..... For starting, please check this link : https://github.com/nganhtuan63/GXC-CMS/wiki/ALL-START-HERE---Create-your-first-project-site-with-GXC-CMS Happy Coding Guys