how is this done? (ajax thread)

[alexis]

Two hugely popular websites caught my attention recently:

textsfromlastnight.com

and

fmylife.com

I'm sure you've all been to one or both of these sites before.

I know for sure that they are not owned by the same individual. However, the functionality (easy to use viewer content generation, comments, rating, etc.) of the two sites is strikingly similar and I wanted to know if there exists an out-of-the box cms that allows for easy creation and maintenance of such a website, or if these two sites were indeed both custom coded separately and just so happened to have the exact same functional design (more than likely, the former developer requested a site that would function like the latter)... this is most likely all done with AJAX, correct?

If anyone has any insight, would very much appreciate your input.

thanks

[Alan]

Simple answer is no.

The two websites you have mentioned use common methods to display information. There is no Ajax involved. Ajax allows you to dynamically load information (from a database or other external source) onto the page, without having to reload unchanged content.

As for out of the box code, yes. I'm sure there is. I would imagine those websites use a custom solution, as it is not a complicated thing to do.