Now, if you wish to read this very informative tutorial, click onward, young web designer....Have you ever wondered how the Web teams behind the most popular sites get so many people to sign up for their products and services? After all, there are boatloads of great applications out there. How does someone choose one over another?
Having recently worked through a client project where I had to address this very question, I've been thinking a lot about the signup framework—the collection of design elements put in place to entice a user to sign up.
In the moments when a user first experiences a new Web application, it's vital that they are able to understand the purpose of the application, what they can gain from it, what to expect, whether or not they can trust it, and how long it might take to get up to speed. In my recent Five Tips in Five Days series on the Peachpit Commons blog, I explain the process you need to follow to get new users over the crucial hurdle of signing up for products and services on your Web site.
...and after reading this tutorial, I think we'll be revisiting how some of our own network sites are displayed...as soon as I find where all of our design staff have run to so they can hide from me. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... histle.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(whistle)\' />
