Did I mention you are good looking too?

 

I would like to build a website/mobile app for new mothers and I really need your advice. I have done some of the courses on codeacademy to learn java script and am trying out adobe dreamweaver and muse to see what I can do quickly as I learn more about coding, as I'd like to get cracking on the site.

 

I can set up the pages and basic navigation without too much hassle, but I would like users to be able to enter their baby's date of birth which would be compared to the day's date, and so when they click on "today" they would be brought to a specific page relevant to their baby's age e.g. Your baby is 6 days old, blah blah blah. They should be able to scroll backwards and forwards through the days easily, but I want the default for "today" to be the baby's age day info. What is this functionality even called? Is this possible to set up in Dreamweaver or Muse fairly easily? How would I go about doing it? Do you know of any tutorials?

 

Thanks so much for your help

Bear in mind that there is a difference between a static site and a dynamic/functional site.

 

What you can achieve with HTML/CSS and Javascript also called the front-end or sometimes vaguely reffered to as a "web design" is the static site. To make the website actually works, i.e. the so the mothers can actually type in their information and preserve in the platform and to other things, you need do develope a dynamic site. Which is the web development part, back-end development or server side development

 

I'm not sure what your experience is but for both front-end and server side development a vast number of skills, competencies and experience are required to build a fully functional dynamic website. Usually this type of sites are done by at least 2 persons - a front-ender and a web developer.

 

Good luck.

Kudos to you for taking the first very important steps. I started designing websites I think maybe 8 years ago and I still don't do anything half as complex as what you are trying to do.

 

I will say that you should be able to learn how to do it. You will probably need to learn a server side language like PHP, Python, or Ruby. The Javascript is fine for the client side stuff.

 

However it sounds like you are going to need to learn server side.

 

That is unless you are a Node.js superstar.

 

I am not.

Edited January 7, 201313 yr by WebsiteWriter