April 15th, 2008
6 Tips For Better Form Design (2/3)
Posted by
Edi in
PHP
ERROR HANDLING
When there is an error within a field, always put a notice next to it and a message at the top indicating the user about the error - if you don’t put the message at the top, people will not notice that there is an error, and if you don’t put a notice near the problem field, people might not tell it from the others.
MARKING NECESSARY FIELDS
Always mark required fields - either with bold text, or, more commonly, an asterisk *. This is to make the users aware that the essential fields must first be satisfied before proceeding to the next step.
To be continued…
