Yup its basically a single screen wizard. I realise the importance of showing the user how many steps, but don't have a clear way of doing that vertically just yet...
thanks for the other tips, very useful.. Cheers, Chris Wright 07843258503 http://chrismwright.com/ On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <rob...@rhjr.net> wrote: > I'm designing a simple registration process, four steps, each a small >>> form. >>> I want to create one page, with each step appearing below the other.. so >>> the >>> process sort of 'slides down' one page. >> >> > It sounds like all you're doing is creating a single-screen version of a > wizard. Some design criteria, should you take a crack at this: > > 1. Set expectations: make sure you tell people throughout the process how > many steps there are, what step they're on now, how many more there are to > go, etc. If you use an accordion design, this isn't really an issue, because > the number of panels answers the question. > 2. Keep them moving forward: make sure the "Next" buttons trigger the next > screen state so people don't have to take a separate action to get to it. In > an accordion design, for example, the Next button in one panel should > collapse that panel and open the next one. > 3. Keep the promises you make: if you set an expectation in the first > screen state that each form will be, say, 5 or so inputs long, then keep > that in tact throughout the other screen states. In other words, don't let > people think that each part will be short and easy and then spring a long > form on them in one of the steps. > 4. Eliminate as much of the form as humanly possible. This is a > registration form—it's the barrier that will stop visitors from becoming > customers. *Get out of the way.* I can't stress this enough. > 5. Provide feedback: use inline validation. This is a must-have form. Make > sure it does everything right. > > I don't have an example of this I can point to without making you purchase > a license to a web app you'll probably have no interest in using, but I've > done this before, and it's worked very well, but only by strictly following > this criteria. > > Hope that helps! > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
