< Previous | Next >

Introduction: Design the layout and structure of your Web site

This tutorial demonstrates how to design a simple dynamic Web site that links Web pages to a database.

Unlike a static Web site, a dynamic Web site can accept information from users, store it in a database, and change itself to display the new information. Dynamic Web sites make it possible to automate tasks on the Internet and adapt content to the needs of each person using the site.

Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Web site that mimics the functions of the classified advertising section in a newspaper. It will display items for sale while allowing the user to add new items, change details about the items like the price, and search for a particular type of item. While this tutorial is simplified for beginners, the principles and technologies it covers are also used in larger and more complicated Web sites.

Important: Because each lesson builds on the lesson that precedes it, you should complete the lessons in numerical order.

This tutorial should take approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Skill level

Beginner

Lessons in this tutorial

< Previous | Next >