Questions tagged [signup-signon]
Signing up: registering for a service. Signing on: Accessing or logging into a service, usually to access some stored data. Often found together, since signing on requires one to have signed up at some point.
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UX perspective on asking the user for their 'industry'
When users go through my signup/checkout process, one of the questions I ask them is 'what industry are you in'?
The reason we ask for 'industry' is to collect some marketing statistics (which I'm ...
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Best way for sign up process after invite
We are building an app and I'd like to have a faster sign up process for users. Right now users can only get access after they got an invite by mail. After they got the mail, they can click on a link ...
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Social network login or not?
I am developing a niche social networking iPhone app of my own.
I was wondering if it would be best to allow the user to connect to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to login to my app (...
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Designing the sign-up process?
I am starting a website consisting of info on local shops, product catalogs, and coupons. now I am in a dilemma over the vendor sign-up process. I want to know which of the following ways should I do ...
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Security issues if not forcing a user to sign up
I've built a simple web app Flask.io that enables users to create and share to-do lists.
It doesn't require sign up. This is an important differentiator. I don't want to force the user to register ...
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Login/register: How to balance ease-of-use, number of clicks, and appearance?
I'm working on a new design for the log in or register page, and since we have some very unique constraints, this might be the first time I've done one of these pages that isn't reinventing the wheel.
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Signing up for a site. Finishing progress after step 1 of 4. What/How to indicate?
EDIT: Screenshots will be added soon to better explain the problem
I got a four step progress on a website signup page and have a 4 stepped progress bar to indicate where the user is currently at:
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How should a website handle signup for two types of accounts?
For instance, say a site is for merchants and consumers; people should either sign up as a merchant or a consumer – they require two different forms located on different pages. From the home page, ...
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What is the best Register / Sign Up text for submit buttons on forms?
On a Register / Sign Up form, what is the best copy for the submit buttons (Statistically proven if available).
Contextually speaking, the register / sign up process in question is part of a pop-up / ...
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Automatic agreement to terms of service
Is it acceptable (or even legal) to have "I agree to the terms and service" checkbox automatically checked when a new user signs up with our website? I'm trying to convince the person in charge to not ...
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Should email verification links expire?
It's a common practice for websites to send email verification links on sign up. Should these verification links expire? I know about a bunch of website where they do and I wonder why?
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Any good examples of a user signing up for a Browser Certificate / Client Certificate?
A client certificate is something that is used with TLS/SSL to increase security of the HTTPS session. There are two parts to this
The user needs to create the certificate, have it approved (which is ...
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How early should you funnel users in a registration process?
As part of a registration form I am building I need to, at some point, differentiate between whether the user is a 'student' or 'professor'. I've seen this handled in two different ways and was ...
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Facebook connect vs existing account - How to link those two?
Since we have introduced FB connect to our web page, we have noticed that users became confused a lot and a significant number of users began to have multiple accounts.
After they log in somehow (via ...
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Sign-up: Does the "confirm email" field work?
How many people sign up with a wrong (mistyped) email address when:
you have a "confirm email" field
you don't have a "confirm email" field
There is a very similar question on ux.se but it doesn't ...
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What happens when users register?
Usually when users register on a site does the email confirmation contain their username and password? When the user clicks the activation link does it make the user sign in or deep link them into a ...
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What fields to drop from the registration form?
Our current registration form is too long and some fields should be omitted. All of these look important except 'Tell us something about yourself.'
Currently used fields are:
User
Password
Company
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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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Signup / Login global navigation links appearing on Signup / Login page?
I'm creating a web application and we have two navigation states - public (logged-out) and logged-in. The public view spans across a number of marketing pages, splash, legal, faq, etc. Within the ...
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My sign-up process has too many options - should I shut some down?
We have a service that involves syncing between devices. You can either:
a) sign-up on the web, download the client and sign-in
b) download and sign-up within the client
c) download a mobile app, sign-...
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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 Up"....
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Home page with two types of profile signup
I'm working on a site where it offers online service for two types of users ("service providers" and "service seekers"). Users are required to signup with the type of profile they belong to. We are in ...
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implementing user account without alias?
We have an educational project ranging from 17 year-old students to 27 year-old students in which we need to have a registration process in place. I recommended not to use any alias for the username ...
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Is Facebook Connect encouraging users to signup?
If you have 2 websites, one with Facebook Connect button prominent on the homepage, the other one displays Facebook only if you click or mouseover on signup link/button.
Do you think people will more ...
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Text for email address validation!
When validating email address on sign-up/login page which is the right grammar?
"Please insert a valid email address."
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"Please enter a valid email address."
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"Invalid email address." ...
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What features should you add to a homepage to help sign-up conversion?
There are a few give-ins...simple social sign-up, tours, testimonials... but what have you found in your experience that really puts the icing on the cake when getting users to sign-up with the site. ...
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When should "Log on" or "Log off" be used? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using “Sign in” vs using “Log in”
I'm porting an old application that has a "Log on" screen. When would I use "Log on" vs the alternatives (Sign In / ...
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Forgotten Passwords - is there a real benefit to asking for memorable password hints on signup?
On several signup forms I see fields such as "Choose your Memorable Password Question". Is this actually benifical nowadays? Surely a more secure method if someone forgets their password is to build a ...
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Is offering more than one openid/social-sign-in option a good idea?
Lots of sites nowadays offer the option to log in via Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and so on, and sometimes a standard username/password option as well.
While this goes a long way toward helping users ...
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Best way to combine sign in and sign up in the same form?
I want both forms to be extremely simple - sign in much like facebook in the header with 3 inputs side by side - email, password then "sign in" (or is "log in" better?).
I also want to USE THE SAME ...
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Ideal login / password / signup page for editing account
I am trying to design a simple login and password signin dialog box that pops in on the same page.
I don't want the user to navigate AWAY from the page to login.
I am looking for examples of sites ...
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Login/sign-up in modal dialogs
I've been working on a web-platform for some time now.
As I was writing the usual "Sign-up" and "Login" pages I realized that a whole page was an overkill for such simple tasks so I decided to put ...
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How should the sign-up page for a mobile website work?
How should the sign-up page for a mobile website be?
For example:-
Does repeat password make more sense or less on mobile version of a website. To put it differently, are users more prone to make a ...
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How should I ask users for their location and preferences?
I am building a website (non-commerce) that relies heavily on user's location and user's preferences.
Think of it as a map where you want to see where your friends are, closest events you might ...
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Password field in cleartext
I'm building a mobile web app that will request a bunch of information from the user (name, dob, address, etc) and am trying to cut down as much fields as I can.
I've noticed a new trend where mobile ...
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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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