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Building Nutrition Program

Asked by: weikelbob

Hello,

A friend of mine wants to build an online nutrition software membership website. We can make the website, but we don't know if there's a non-programming way (like dabbledb.com or something) to build the nutrition software.

We want it to be like fitday.com, but with affirmations and spiritual advice also.

People would input what they eat, how much they exercise, weight goals, etc, and out would pop information about calories, how good their diet is, and what affirmations to use.

If we need to hire it done, should we use elance? And how much would an online program like this cost?

Thank you.

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by: jason1178Posted on 2009-11-04 at 23:13:30ID: 25747317

>> People would input what they eat, how much they exercise, weight goals, etc, and out would pop information
>> about calories

It sounds like the biggest challenge is locating or creating a food + serving size = calories database.  If you have that, the rest is a fairly simple development job for a competent programmer.

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-04 at 23:47:45ID: 25747442

I would suggest outsourcing it to a reliable and experienced developer or firm if you can afford it.  Doing it right the first time might cost more but in the long run you'll often save $ and aggravation.  Whether you use elance.com, odesk.com, etc... make sure you review their portfolio, qualification and experience. Depending on the scope of your project it might cost from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. I know this is a wide range, but it really depends on the scope, the team, the quality, features, etc... Hope this helps! :)

 

by: weikelbobPosted on 2009-11-05 at 10:16:44ID: 25752255

If we wanted to make something simple, say calorie calculator based on inputted food and exercise, how would a non-technical person store the information so that it could be attached to some forms made by a web designer?

 

by: jason1178Posted on 2009-11-05 at 10:21:27ID: 25752291

>> how would a non-technical person store the information so that it could be attached to some forms made by a
>> web designer?

Not sure I understand the question.  Who is the "non-technical" person in this scenario?  The visitor to the site or the person or persons running the site?

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 10:31:20ID: 25752379

There are several ways to store data for a database, the most popular being a database (MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, etc) or an XML file.  The easiest would probably be a database.  It would still be a challenge for a "non-technical" person to accomplish this unless they could follow tutorials.  There are tons online with "CRUD" (create, read, update, delete) examples, but it might be a challenge.  Perhaps you could hire out the database portion.  A team overseas might be able to do it for cheap, perhaps for a few hundred dollars or less, if the specs are clear and simple.

 

by: weikelbobPosted on 2009-11-05 at 11:14:40ID: 25752828

The non-technical person would be a graphic designer who knows HTML and CSS.

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 11:44:09ID: 25753121

Why dont you do this: You design the front-end in HTML and CSS and just hire out a developer to hook it up to a database. That should be cheap. :)

 

by: weikelbobPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:14:02ID: 25753444

We don't really want to hire someone. We want to start with something simple.

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 12:27:13ID: 25753594

Then you have no choice but to learn simple database design and interaction.  Depending on what your hosting supports, it will probably be MySql or SQL Server, or maybe even Access.  Then you can use ASP, PHP, or whatever language you prefer in order to input, retrieve, edit and delete the data.  Tons of tutorials online.  Does this help? :)

 

by: weikelbobPosted on 2009-11-05 at 15:58:54ID: 25755480

Yes, I'm aware of that option. I was hoping there was some online database software or something that I don't know about that could help my friend who doesn't know PHP/MySQL

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 16:28:29ID: 25755665

No. But mysql is free. :) alot if the open free websites use it too.

 

by: jason1178Posted on 2009-11-05 at 18:18:19ID: 25756140

There sort of is an option but I'm not sure if it will work out. You could create a spreadsheet in Google Docs and then use the form option to get a primitive data entry form that will submit the entries to the Google spreadsheet.  That takes care of the entry problem but doesn't really solve extracting and redisplaying the data.

Robert is probably correct in that someone needs to learn basic PHP/MySQL or hire a developer.  There's only so much you can do without that xperrise if you are going to run a dynamic site.  

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 20:00:31ID: 25756510

If u want to just get the info like via email and not store the info then u could u online firm generators with no coding exp.

 

by: RobertNZanaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 20:01:27ID: 25756517

I mean to say u can use an online form generator. :)

 

by: weikelbobPosted on 2009-11-06 at 11:38:47ID: 31650142

Thanks for the good help, guys, I'll let my friend know what you said.

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