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HTML & CSS Wikipedia like website

dgrayson25

New Coder
Looking for coding (or wording to use to search for the coding).

I am designing a website where I want anyone to be able to edit the copy (like wikipedia). Is there a name for this or can anyone help me directly with coding processes to accomplish this? Thanks all!
 
So, you're looking to create a wiki-type website? What is your background? Are you starting from absolutely no coding experience, or do you have experience in any coding languages?

If you're already experienced in some coding, it would likely be beneficial to use the languages you already know to build your site, whereas if you're completely new you'll have a lot to learn but you'll be able to choose your path forward and choose the languages that you want to learn to build this site.

At a minimum you'll need to know HTML and CSS, as those are the front end building blocks of the web. They control how a site looks to users (the front end). You'll also need to learn at least some Javascript, as that will add interactivity to the site as well as allow you to update site contents dynamically (like updating the content without reloading the page).

For the back end, the part that actually handles storing and outputting the content on the site, I would build it with PHP and MySQL for the database, again because that's what I know. But there are also alternatives like NodeJS and other database options like NoSQL databases you could learn.

Let us know where you're starting from and we'll help you get where you're going. 🙂
 
Hey Mutiny,

Thanks for the quick reply. I have created a few websites mostly html css & js. A little with PHP and MYSQL... But, the sites I have created are so spread apart (time wise) and my memory is crap I start from pretty much scratch every time. Once I get back into building it usually starts coming back to me.

The site would dedicated to 20-25 people. (Not a whole wiki-experience). But, I want them to be able to edit the content on the page without being the webmaster.

I have confidence if I get a stepping stone that I will be able to accomplish this - although I know it will take longer than most. ha.

Thanks again!
 
If you have just a limited group of people, you may be able to use Wordpress for this. Wordpress can handle the user roles for your site and you can give people different permissions to edit different content. Plus, it's PHP and MySQL based, so if you do need custom functionality that can't be added with a plugin, you can add it yourself in a custom theme or plugin.
 

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