Creating a Yahoo Answers type of website.

Not a copy.

What is needed to create such website? Knowledge of what programming languages is needed?


Also I want to mention that it is not as complicated and big as Yahoo answers.

 

basically,PHP language is anought o create this website..Only needs to have strong searching options and quick working database..You can have a memers area or allow people to post directly..design can be made in PS and then converted using html and css

 

Well, there are many languages available and the most commonly used one is PHP. ASP.NET is the also another choice.

 

You can create a website like that on wordpress too, with this theme.

 

Have created an engine for a similar site before. The main functions of allowing people to post questions and reply are not particularly challenging. As usual the real challenge is in the search element but a lot of that will depend on if you want natural language search capability or not etc.

 

There is nothing like which language you can use to develop such a site. Whatever language you know well you can use it. Such a site required good command over database. In this case you can use SQL server.

 

javascript can be used for front end, .. webpage can be updated without reloading the page. search AJAX and you will get some ino. Another well run Q/A website is http://stackexchange.com/ I found them very easy to use and the point system very well designed

 

If you want your site to be scalable and flexible, I would recommend to use a PHP Framework, like CakePHP or CodeIgniter. Bundle it with Jquery and you will have a powerfull platform to build on from scratch. If you don't want to get into programming yourself, then install Wordpress or Joomla and try to find plugins...

For a well done example, check Stackoverlfow.com

 

There are many free scripts to make a site like that i recommend you sorceforge chek it out

 

There is a lot of free code online that can help you do this with minimal work. PHP (server-side) should be used, and javascript/html to help the design

 

To create a website like yahoo answer you should have a knowledge of any server scripting language like php or asp.net

 

The funny thing is that most of you are not telling him the truth. If he is actually posting this question on the forum, he's obviously a beginner in programming. What you guys should be telling him is if he wants to create a Yahoo! Answers website that is equally or more complicated, he has no chance in the next year or so because his ability simply wouldn't allow him to do so, even if he learns at lightning speeds. What we should be telling the OP is that he should first start by learning a server side language such as PHP and also learn HTML/CSS to create layouts. How can a baby learn to fly an airplane if he hasn't learned to crawl.

 

I am not agree with petercpwong, because when I was a beginner I started working on inventory program for one of the biggest company in our state. I did it successfully and still they are using that program without any error. What matters is his eagerness. If he really wants to develop site like Yahoo Answer then he can do it.

 

here's a great alternative with a lot of additional and very useful options : http://famousquestions.com