Hey hey hey,
I’ve been sitting on this for a while, but it’s finally in a state that others can look (and hopefully use) it.
Comments are welcome:
I used PHAML for all the pages and this description to make it work http://tipstank.com/2010/12/05/go-haml-with-yii-using-phamlp/
The design is completely home-made, but I have to thank every steampunk fans out-there (ie: http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/) - it was fun to make 
good job hunting!
–iM