This document summarizes a presentation on form design. It discusses reviewing goals for the day which include form markup and accessibility, good form design, and producing project goals and a color palette. It then covers topics like progressive enhancement, the design process, color and typography, navigation, and form goals, markup, and accessibility. Guidelines for good form design are provided. The presentation concludes by discussing client forms, recommended design resources, and plans for future classes.

1. Form Design
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2. Goals for today
•Review
•Form mark up & accessibility
•Good form design
•Produce project goals
•Produce project color pallet
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3. “Consider users over
authors over
implementors over
specifiers over
theoretical purity”
- Jeremy Keith, @adactio
Author: HTML5 for Web Designers & Bulletproof Ajax
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4. What is progressive
enhancement?
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5. progressive enhancement
A layered approach to Web
Design, focused on content,
accessibility & the user.
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6. Review: The Design Process
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7. the design process
•Define
•Structure
•Design
•Build & Test
•Launch
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8. Review: Color & Typography
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9. Color & Typography
•Color Theory
•Color Pallets
•RGB vs. CMYK
•Accessibility
•Image formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG 8/24/32)
•Serif vs. Sans-serif
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10. Review: Navigation
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11. navigation
•Types
•Examples
•HTML
•Voice in labeling
•Built site map
•Built wireframe
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12. Forms
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13. Form goals
•Minimize pain
•Show completion path
•Correct HTML
•Consider label placement
•Create data relationships
•Consistent communication (errors/help)
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14. Form MarkUp
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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15. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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16. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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17. Form accessibility
<fieldset> Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com </fieldset>
<fieldset> More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what? </fieldset>
Submit
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18. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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19. Form accessibility
<legend> Basic Information </legend>
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
<legend> More Information </legend>
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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20. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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21. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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22. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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23. Form accessibility
<label
for=”name”>Name</label>
<input
type=”text”
id=”name”
placeholder=”Enter
your
name
here”>
<label
for=”email”>E-­‐mail</label>
<input
type=”email”
id=”email”
placeholder=”Enter
your
e-­‐mail
here”>
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24. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
Submit
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25. Form accessibility
Basic Information
Name (required):
First and last, please
E-mail:
you@email.com
More Information
Current Mood:
Are you happy? sad? what?
<button
type=”submit”> Submit </button>
OR <input
type=”submit”
val=”submit”>
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26. Good Form Design
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27. Good form design
•Clear
•Not too long
•Quick & guiding
•Groupings & meaningful organization
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28. Good form design
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30. Client form
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31. Client form
•Define 3 goals (unrelated to money)
•Choose a color palette (goal related)
•Background
•Links
•Text
•Accents
•Choose a font scheme
colrd.com colourlovers.com
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32. The why.
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33. Great sites to read
•HTML 5 Doctor
•LukeW.com
•Web Designer Wall
•Snook.ca
•456 Berea Street
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34. Today is in the past
•Reviewed
•Form mark up & accessibility
•Good form design
•Produce project goals
•Produce project color pallet
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35. next 2 classes
•Review
•Building & Designing
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36. Slide Color Pallet
Font: BEBas Neue
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37. Concerns
E-mail: timwright12@gmail.com
Twitter: @csskarma
AIM: csskarma
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