Design the layout and structure of your Web site

This tutorial will teach you how to design a simple dynamic Web site, a 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.

The Web site you will create in this tutorial 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 site is simplified for beginners, the principles and technologies it covers are also used in much larger and more complicated Web sites.

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