tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-58950145365886777212007-12-26T15:36:00.000-08:002007-12-26T23:26:49.284-08:002007-12-26T23:26:49.284-08:00For those who may not know, <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/">IndiBlogger</a> is a network of bloggers of Indian origin. Bloggers can list their blogs, share, favorite and discover new blogs. I recently listed <a href="http://www.uxunleashed.com/">the UXUnleashed blog</a> on the site and found one of the most delightful sign-up forms I've seen.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8-Af9qmXmg/R1nZNcHolGI/AAAAAAAAADQ/lovshtne0lA/s1600-h/indiblogger+signup.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8-Af9qmXmg/R1nZNcHolGI/AAAAAAAAADQ/lovshtne0lA/s320/indiblogger+signup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141379274529870946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><ol><li>The form to sign up for an account and enlist your blog is the same. And it isn't called "Sign up to IndiBlogger now!". It is a form for the user to actually <span style="font-style: italic;">do something useful</span> on the site.</li><li>The form elements echo the core idea of having the seamless user experience. You provide the site details first - the username is just your email and password come in later. And all you need to sign up is an email and password.</li></ol><br />Some suggestions I have for the creators of the form<br /><ol><li>Include a captcha, just to prevent spam. A free platform to promote a website is a juicy target. </li><li>Integrate with <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.openid.org">OpenID</a>, so that users who have an OpenID can use it. That's a one field form. Wordpress and Blogger support OpenID sign-in and commenting so it is likely that a large number of users (will or) have an OpenID. [I don't want to go off topic here. Please leave me a comment if you have further questions.]</li><li>Autocomplete on the Tags field to encourage people to re-use tags.<br /></li></ol><br />There's also no way to confirm whether the user <span style="font-style: italic;">is really</span> in or from India, but that's okay. We Indians are trusting. :)<br /><br />Have you found an interesting sign-up procedure on the web? Let us know about it, and do mention what struck you as interesting in that form.Sowmya Karmalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200953962645166407noreply@blogger.com