I have been searching and cannot find a script that can do what these sites do. I have tried phpcow but it sucks. If you know of anything let me know. They all seem so similiar its hard to think they are custom coded. If you can code something like this for me, let me know.
as far as im aware about.com (or at least part of it) using wordpress. you can see "powered by wordpress" on various pages such as http://actionfigures.about.com/b/a/256851.htm?terms=wordpress