Registration Page Changes

August 21st, 2005

I have just rewritten some of the registration code and interface. It was one of the older parts of the code and needed a bit of work and I improved the interface to hopefully make it more user friendly.

This image shows the old and new interfaces side by side:

Old and New Registration Forms

This image shows the old registration page in detail.

I indentified several main problems:

  • The page looked “too busy”
  • The eye had to move in two directions - both down and across.
  • The right aligned text was not that easy to read
  • Not clearly separated into separate steps
  • Not very accessible

With the required information, it was modified to make them look more important than the optional information. It is now instantly clear what each field is and what it does - there are explanations for username, etc. Eye movement is primarily downwards. HTML label tags were added to improve the accessibility of the form.

I made a slight compromise by keeping the optional information in the old table format to decrease the amount of vertical space required and because most users will probably want to skip over this part.

Finally, the submit button was modified to look like the submit buttons found in other parts of the site.

Check out the new registration page here

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4 Responses to “Registration Page Changes”

  1. # Blog Readeron 21 Aug 2005 at 2:19 pm

    I like the colours for the alternate items but they clash a little with the buttons row background at the bottom. It’s much easier now to follow and much more aesthetically pleasing. Nice job. Keep it up. I personally like much more loud colours like bright orange and green. Lovely. Keep the eye candy coming.

  2. # Blog Readeron 21 Aug 2005 at 3:02 pm

    Much better, keep up the nice work.

    EDIT:

    Can you also make some changes to the homepage? Say, archives and the number of coments already posted. And maybe a forum-style watch this post feature?
    (Might implement that in my own blog)

  3. # Khloon 21 Aug 2005 at 6:16 pm

    Thanks for the comments. You can watch the post by subscribing to the web feed which is on the blog entry pages. I am currently working on things like archive and number of comments but it’s still very early stages.

  4. # Khloon 22 Aug 2005 at 2:24 pm

    Just added the number of comments on the main page and top of entry page.

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