1. Forms : part one:Increase your conversions with good use of formsVideo at http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/video-episodes/forms-part-1-increasing-conversions-with-good-use-of-forms 4 1/10

2. The things you need you know People dont like using forms dont make themhate using your forms Time consuming Tedious Sometimes very frustrating4 1/10 3. The things you need you knowHowever : Forms are hugely important, Millions of pounds are spent daily on E-commerce systems Thousands of products are listed on Ebay each hour Billions of people use social networking sitesForms are the glue that that make these interactions possible42/10 4. The things you need you knowSometimes form design is: an afterthought designed at the very end of the design processIt shouldnt be this way! Forms can be designed in HTML See show notes for more info4 3/10 5. 1.) Crucial?Ask yourself and the client are these fields really crucial to us ?4 4/10 6. 1.) Crucial?Less time + easy decisions = good forms + more submissions45/10 7. 2.) Client side validation Bad use of forms46/10 8. 2.) Client side validationUsed correctly - Hugely helpful to users47/10 9. 2.) Client side validation Excellent example :Twitter sign up form username using AJAX48/10 10. 3.) The tab key + focus Its reported that 50% of users, use the tab key whencompleting forms Using the tab key works by default and in the order of thecode in your HTML document. If not use the tabindex property.49/10 11. 4.) Size form elements appropriately410/10 12. Video at:http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/video-episodes/forms-part-1-increasing-conversions-with-good-use-of-forms4 10/10