Registration refers to signing up for a site or service as a user with a username and password.
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Shopping cart : Checkout
What is the best way to handle a shopping cart checkout :
redirect to paypal and let paypal handle all the work? (user will be send to another page is this an issue ? )
work in steps (like Apple ...
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Benefits gained by forcing users to register to access content?
Corporate websites often make available white-papers, articles, or other content-related materials pertaining to the company's area of expertise.
While this pattern is consistent, the methods of ...
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Registration: Parent and child
currently working on redesigning a registration that serves three different audiences:
Parent and Child
Self (adult)
Third party paying on behalf of someone else
I am less worried about in which ...
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Name of the logged off part of an application/a website
I'd like to know how you would call the part of the application which is not the showcase, not the app itself, but the part between both.
Let me explain with more details. It is something very common ...
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Making the user login again after registration
Simple question: is it a bad idea to automatically login a user after their registration was flawlessly completed? A majority of all the websites I visit does not use this behavior, which is the ...
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How to handle “forgot password” when user has not confirmed email?
If you follow the pattern of allowing users access to your application without having confirmed an email (generally considered good UX), how do handle the case where they forgot their password? Very ...
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Industry standard drop rate percentages?
When evaluating the registration of a product, and have access to the analytics, is there a good measurement on what a decent "drop-rate" percentage might be?
By drop-rate, I am referring to how many ...
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barebone registration: is password repitition and captcha really essential?
If you design a barebone registration form which only requires
email address and password as essentials can you omit the password repetition and captcha without too much technical trouble?
I ...
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Should we send both username and password after registration?
After users have registered on a website, should that website send both username and password in their registration confirmation email ?
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What is the name of the button that lead to a login and register page (one page)?
I have a page that serve both login and register. I put the two form side by side (login form to the left, register form to the right). In menu header, there would normally be button that lead to ...
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How should I go about integrating Mozilla Persona in a website?
For those who've never heard of it before, Mozilla Persona is a single sign-on method that's pretty strict on privacy. For me, as a website administrator, it means that I don't need to ask the user ...
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How to present content behind a paywall to unregistered users
Say there is a content site that has professional resources for a specific profession. It works on a subscription model, where paid members can freely use/download each resource.
I'm wondering, from ...
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How to provide good mobile phone number verification? [closed]
I'd like to know if there is a way to achieve a good user experience when a user's profile contains a mobile number which needs to be verified via SMS.
The examples I have explored had the mobile ...
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What is best practice for data protection on a registration form?
This is in part a UX and a legal (UK) question.
Is there a best practice in terms of opt in statements for data protection for registration. I have had our CRM team suggest that we should include ...
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Force User to Sign In/Sign Up?
We're building a dating site application. In popular dating sites, such as Match.com, users must first sign in or sign up before being able to use the site at all. We see thinking of the site ...
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What fields to drop from the registration form?
Our current registration form is too long and some fields should be cut off. In other hands all most of these are looking important excepting 'Tell us something about yourself'.
Currently used fields ...
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Should my app send a confirmation email on user registration?
I'm grappling with the user registration experience for my application.
I'm considering this model:
User enters...
Username
Password
Password confirmation
Email address
The app displays a ...
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How much information should you ask for when users register?
So the company wants all the information it can get on the users of its site, but how much should be asked for upon registration?
On one hand, it would be easier for the users to enter only personal ...
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User registration tips
I have a site that requires email validation as well as sms (cellphone number) validation. At the moment my registrations Vs non registrations are 10 to 1 (towards non registrations). This is almost ...
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How to handle a complicated registration process
Ok so it is a bit complicated ... bear with me
In my web application, I have something called "Office" and it has many "Employees". An "Employee" can not exist without an "Office". So in my current ...
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Has anyone seen an account activation solution which didn't open another tab
I know account activation can be avoided by using other verification methods such as captchas etc. However I'm wondering if a solution already exists for the following scenario (which happens to be ...
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Sign up: Double opt-in still best practice? What about mobile?
Everybody knows the normal registration process:
Fill in sign up form
Wait for email
Click confirmation link in email
Done (signed in & confirmation by email)
IMO this process works because ...
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In non-social applications, are usernames redundant?
If there is no social element to a web app, should the user be asked to create a username during the sign-up process? Is username creation a pointless extra hurdle, or does it serve a purpose?
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Signing up for a site with a social network versus a form
I am designing a registration page for our site where we allow people to signup 3 different ways: Facebook, Twitter and also a manual signup form.
We want to drive people to use Facebook and Twitter ...
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How to prevent registration from login page and login from registration page
During user tests we see quite some people 1) enter their previous chosen login details (email+pass) on the registration page. Including them wondering "why we ask all this information again?". The ...
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Should (and how should I) I use email addresses for login without validating them?
So that users don't have to remember a username, my webapp doesn't ask users to enter one (accounts are private and there are no profiles or user-generated content). However, I would also prefer not ...
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Support forum login?
I'm getting ready to release a new software product, and am setting up my support forum. Should I require users to login to post or reply to topics, or not?
I'd like to make it easy for users to ...
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Which trial experience is better?
Imagine a professional online application in Flash or Silverlight that's being sold for around $15 per person. Which in your opinion is best for the first-time visitor?
Give everyone access to all ...
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Should user registration be tabbed or part of a multi-step form?
I am trying to find a good way to design my registration form. I have looked at the idea of having multiple steps for the form. Or using a tabular layout. Both of pros and cons. I am wondering which ...
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Email first registration
I'm wondering how to structure our signup process.
We really need email verification, so the idea is that instead of having the classic 'register then verify' process, we ask for the email first, and ...
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Email confirmation after paid user registration
We are developing a website where user registration is paid. My confusion is regarding, whether an email with activation link needs to be sent after the registration is complete (payment is part of ...
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Should we restrict signup for a service to Facebook accounts only?
There are obvious advantages to limiting sign-ups to a service like Facebook connect - getting a name, age, avatar, etc. without the annoyance to your customers of asking them to fill it all in.
We ...
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How to best inform user they cant use the service for a period of time after registering?
For security reasons, after registering we cant let the user actually use the product until 14 days have past.
Right now I'm just appending a message at the end of the form (Ann#3) - is there a ...
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“Sign Up” vs “Create an Account”
Which pick is better for a service? Especially if I would like the website to resemble American style.
Gmail and Dropbox say: "Sign In or create an account"
Yahoo says: "Sign In. New here? Sign ...
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Reasons For Moving To Required Login For Order Form
Now I know the question seems like it will have obvious answers, but what I need mostly are sources if possible. I would like to convince my boss' that requiring logins to order is the right path.
I ...
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Pros and Cons for having same form for login, register and forgotten password
I have notice some sites have the same form for login, register and forgotten password.
Below the form you have 3 buttons
i forgot my password
register
log me in
What are the pros and cons on ...
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Best practice to communicate 'direct' registration with a website (not through Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc)
When offering registration on a website with the options to signup with Facebook, Google, etc. What is the best way to say to register 'directly' with the website and not using any external third ...
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Ways to avoid online contest voting fraud … is SMS account verification too much to ask?
Mitigating Cheating & Voter Fraud in Online Contests…
We run online contests of various sorts that involve users voting on entries (usually one vote per user per day). The prizes range from ...
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Is it better to ask for 'full name' or 'first name' and 'last name' in a registration form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I want to make name input one field instead of first name/Last name. Wise? Worth it?
I want to know that whether full name or first name and last name is better to ask ...
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One column logistration form OR two columns?
Don't look at me like that, I actually like the way to call both login and registration forms together a logistration form, well it's convenient.
I've designed a logistration form, but the problem is ...
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When form submission fails, password field gets blanked, why is that the case?
I've seen many registration forms where if fields don't pass validation, the password fields are blanked as well.
Why is this the case? I understand why you'd blank the password in a login form, but ...
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What should a payment / registration page say? [closed]
I have a bunch of fields and a submit button that will ultimately register a user and record their credit card information.
In order for it to be efficient, trustworthy, and useable, I feel like it ...
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Multiple step registration form design
I have a multiple step registration form. What is the trade off between what information is in the registration form and the profile?
For example should some content such as location be in the ...
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Should sign up be available from both Mobile and web?
Let's say I have an iPhone application AND a website that works synergetically with the app. For example it might allow the user to manage the iPhone app's data.
In this case how should the sign up ...
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Best way to allow registration to an invite only web app?
I'm in the process of planning a web app which will offer an advice service to people who earn above a certain salary threshold. The thinking is that the new users will be procured through their ...
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User registration form and already registered
We have a registration form like the below. I'm curious if I should be displaying different text for an email address that already exists in our database. It seems like that could be used for spam ...
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Subliminal user registration
I'm developing a forum/community board and I want to avoid registration forms. So I decided to make user registration almost implicit.
What I mean is, if an unregistered user is about to do something ...
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Should registration be optional on an e-commerce site?
I am developing an e-commerce web site which will sell tourism services (airport transfer, accommodation, excursions, etc.). I am on a path here that I need to decide if I will provide a membership ...
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Creating Login Processes
I'm redesigning a login process for my product's website.
Right now I have my login process, billing address and shipping address on one page. I'm looking at other sites like Amazon and Barnes and ...
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Where do users expect to find the “create new account” functionality?
I'm developing a website where users will be able to sign in, and thus they need to be able to register.
Is it sufficient to include the registration functionality (or link to it) on the sign-in ...
