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Website app - Form filling out

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  • 25-11-2008 11:21am
    #1
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Guys,
    I am doing a web app for a company and there are 2 screens with "forms" to be filled out, what was once 2 A4 pages to be filled out is now converted to the web but for ease of use they want to continue with the flow on the pages so it will be one long scroll if you were to take it page after page.

    Now I suggested tabs, but because the old stock in the company who fill these out "dont like to much change" they are opposing this suggestion.

    So has anyone any other suggestions how it could be done, is there any sites out there similar which I could view to get a look and feel and to see how it flows.

    I am not of the wording of what I am looking for even for googling :)

    Many thanks


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    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    if it's an internal web app, let them have their cake. no point adding to your work load to try and help them when they can't even help themselves.


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Do you think ya, to me it looks kak, the scroll time will be about 10 seconds from top to bottom.

    Would you be suprised to know its a government agency who dont want the change!!! ;)


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Internal site, on MS Platform, do the whole thing in InfoPath :)


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Ginger wrote: »
    Internal site, on MS Platform, do the whole thing in InfoPath :)

    LOL, ummm think might pass on that suggestion.


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    What is the platform?


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    ASP.NET with SQL backend. There is more to it that just few forms (long winded), there are links to external systems and departments.


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Hmm

    Did something similar and I broke it into logical parts, just had a wizard look and feel. Users liked it, because it told them how much was left eg step 3 of 4..

    Just demo it as that, it will catch on..


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    warrenaldo
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭warrenaldo


    I had a similar problem once and ended up going with tabs after doing some research. But initially i was hoping to split it up into a number of forms on a single page with little minimize/maximize buttons to display each form.

    Might be something to look into.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Ditto what Ginger said. I'd go with the with wizard control if you're using VS 2005 or later. Give them a list of pros outweighing the cons of going with a wizard approach.

    Wizard control ain't SEO freindly though.


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    If its external its different.. if its an internal you can fairly much do what you like.

    External, you need to make sure its "findable!"


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Its internal to the crowd I am doing it for, I am not internal to them :)

    I like that wizard thingy or even side tabs. I will have to do up a bit of a prototype and show it, all they can say is no, and believe me they love that word lol

    Thanks for your help folks


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Ginger wrote: »
    If its external its different.. if its an internal you can fairly much do what you like.

    External, you need to make sure its "findable!"


    Sorry Ginger, what do you mean by "findable"?


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Quick thing for the demo..

    Show it on different screen sizes if you can.. if there was ever a persuader its the visual having to scroll when its on a "regular" screen demo!


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    yop wrote: »
    Sorry Ginger, what do you mean by "findable"?

    Search Engine has to be able to index it..


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Will do. thanks


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    You could always include a save feature on the wizard. So if you have 5 steps it could be:
    1. Monday: do step 1, save, go home
    2. Tuesday: do step 2, save, go home
    3. Wednesday: do step 3, save, go home
    4. Thursday: do step 4, save, go home
    5. Friday: do step 5 quickly, submit form, and then f*ck off home early

    That's the kind of language the civil service will understand. :pac:

    And if you have a chance mention that fair benchmarking would mean that their salaries would drop in parallel to the private sector, the b*stards.


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    #18
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Evil Phil wrote: »
    You could always include a save feature on the wizard. So if you have 5 steps it could be:
    1. Monday: do step 1, save, go home
    2. Tuesday: do step 2, save, go home
    3. Wednesday: do step 3, save, go home
    4. Thursday: do step 4, save, go home
    5. Friday: do step 5 quickly, submit form, and then f*ck off home early

    That's the kind of language the civil service will understand. :pac:

    And if you have a chance mention that fair benchmarking would mean that their salaries would drop in parallel to the private sector, the b*stards.

    Stop you wil have them marching on boards.ie head quarters!!! :)

    Dont fkn start me on benchmarking, they dont realise the life they have, I havent seen a rex of money in 9 weeks, and them shower are given out about increases!!!! :mad:

    Off topic rant over ;)


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