Publishing
Websites vs web apps
The difference between a site that shows information and an app with logins and a database.
You do not choose between these up front. Dunea decides from what you ask for, and publishing works the same way for both.
| Website | Web app | |
|---|---|---|
| Good for | Showing information: services, menu, portfolio | Doing things: bookings, accounts, saved data |
| Examples | Café site, clinic site, landing page | Booking system, members area, order tracker |
| Visitors can log in | No | Yes, if you ask for it |
| Stores data | Only form messages | Yes, in its own database |
When you get a web app
When your site needs to remember things, such as user accounts, bookings or orders, Dunea builds a web app. When you publish it, Dunea also sets up a private database for that site. You do not have to create or look after the database yourself.
Contact forms work on both
A plain website can still have a working contact form. Messages are collected for you; see Contact forms.