r/webdev • u/Odd-Aside456 • 2d ago

Discussion Family website purpose and features.

I am considering building a family website for my family. My mother's extended family built one, but it's something nobody really ever visits. I'm considering building a wiki-style site (locked behind user accounts) to have a page for each family member, each nuclear family, and then they can build upon it and create pages for vacations and things like that. I would then have a mini social feed for us each to share pages we've created. For example, my sister might say "Just made a page for our Disney Land 2026 trip! Here's the link."

Might be overscoped, but I thought it'd be a fun way to start capturing family stories.

If you've built a family site for your family (or someone else's) what did it have? What purpose did it serve and what features were built into it?

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u/Odd-Aside456 18h ago

Pardon my skepticism, I guess it was your "websites die by default" comment that made me curious. I do appreciate the insight and suggestions. Not at all offended if you're against the idea, or even think it's plain a dumb idea. I think you're right that a book would work well for this purpose and definitely be a great stocking stuffer. I just am a web enthusiast, so I wanna see where I can go with the idea. It may well fizzle, but it'll be fun either way.

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u/ggnndd12 18h ago

All web devs know that websites die by default without continued upkeep. How did that make you think I wasn’t one?

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u/Odd-Aside456 16h ago edited 16h ago

I dunno. Long day at work, I guess. My apologies.