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Reviewing form design - Dreamweaver Tutorial
From the course: Dreamweaver CS6 Essential Training
Reviewing form design
Before we start creating our own form, we'll take a look at the finished file to discuss the structure and functionality of our final form. Just as with any design, the success and failure of our form will largely rely on the attention to the small details. Designing for the web means focusing on interface design and usability and nowhere is this more evident than with forms. A poorly designed form creates a negative user experience and may prevent users from further using or exploring your site. A good form design creates a seamless user experience and provides enough feedback to keep the user moving forward. As with other elements in your site, accessibility is important and designing your forms with accessibility in mind is always a good practice. So, I have our Information Request form that we're going to be building for the Roux Academy. I'll open in a browser and if I scroll down into the form, I notice a few things right off the bat. Number 1, the form is designed to match the…
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Understanding how forms work2m 45s
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Reviewing form design3m 44s
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Creating accessible forms5m 16s
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Setting form properties2m 39s
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Using the fieldset and legend tags2m 52s
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Inserting text fields6m 56s
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Inserting list menu items7m 54s
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Inserting checkboxes4m 14s
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Inserting radio button groups3m 52s
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Inserting submit buttons2m 25s
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Exploring basic form styling8m 2s
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Exploring form element styling8m 36s
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