Is there any other site like wikipedia?

How do I create a site where users add the content themselves (like Wikipedia)?

• Hi, I would be extremely grateful if someone could explain the relationship between users and sites such as Wikipedia and YouTube - sites where users input the content themselves. I need to create a site like this for an assignment - just a prototype, really - but I need to show an understanding of this. I hear it has something to do with CMS (Content Management Systems), but I'm in way over my head here! Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

• Answer:

  There are a variety of free CMS softwares that you could use to build such a site. Wikipedia is built on wikimedia (http://www.wikimedia.org/). There are a variety of other systems that allow user generated content. I believe Joomla and Mambo can do this as well. In actual production environments, you would need to set up some kind of LAMPP (or similar) server, but if it's for a class, your professor will probably give you access to some school system instead of you having to build your own.