Ability to modify registration questions for members
I want people to sign into my site as members - but the fact that the member's sign in page (the sidebar module) asks for location, date of birth etc. may in fact put people off from signing up. I notice on a lot of forums and community sites, people are only asked for their email address and perhaps a password only. Is there any way of amending the sign in options in the module to just ask for someone's email address without all the other questions like date of birth and location etc.? In other words, can I not delete all the other fields - or is this something Webs.com has set up that's cast in concrete and can't be modified? Thanks!
Promoted
Responses
-
You might know. That doesn't mean others do. And when it doubt, back out. Date of birth is too personal to be asked on anything unless true identity is needed. So by your own admission, if you can lie about it, why does it need to be asked at all? That's what is ridiculous. We're not just guessing that people balk at having to provide that information to a site owner they may only know casually. They have told us as much. It doesn't need to be on there. It's an easy fix. It effects the bottom line of Webs and the site owner. That makes it worthy of consideration.
-
No, I don't think that's what he is trying to say. He is not asking that the prospective member have the ability to decide what is asked to register, but that the site owner have the ability to decide what it asked to register.
Yes, a member can hide DOB once they are a member but the registration screen does not tell them this and they may be reluctant to register because of it. There is no reason to ask for DOB or location for registration, other than if the site owner feels they need this information.
I would like to have more control over protecting my member's privacy from other members. -
Your members can hide the date of birth and change that information in their profile once they have joined your site.
I will change this topic to an 'idea' however, so it can be taken into consideration in future enhancements of the members feature.
-
Your members can hide the date of birth and change that information in their profile once they have joined your site.
I will change this topic to an 'idea' however, so it can be taken into consideration in future enhancements of the members feature.-
isaiah July 15, 2010 23:18i think what he's trying to say, is that he wants people to be able to choose what is asked of them when they are registering to a site.EditDeleteRemove
-
-
Mike Linder April 20, 2012 22:50Gender is also troublesome among some populations. A simple choice of "male" or "female" may be a problem for a trans-person or other gender variant person but on the other hand, the addition of the various "gender queer" choices may be offense by their presence in some more conservative groups. So why does WEBS need to know? This information could be reserved to the member questionnaire on the individual sites.EditDeleteRemove
-
-
-
-
-
No, I don't think that's what he is trying to say. He is not asking that the prospective member have the ability to decide what is asked to register, but that the site owner have the ability to decide what it asked to register.
Yes, a member can hide DOB once they are a member but the registration screen does not tell them this and they may be reluctant to register because of it. There is no reason to ask for DOB or location for registration, other than if the site owner feels they need this information.
I would like to have more control over protecting my member's privacy from other members.-
I agree with ATF. The questions asked by defaut (and which I have no control of as a sight owner) are NOT questions I would want to force on my visitors. Many are too personal for the site and it makes the visitor leary of even signing up. This needs work - it is too inflexible.
-
-
Also, it would be nice if there was a way to edit the text that displays on the registration screen. Simply being able to change it to something like, "Please enter the following information and check for a conformation email to join." would be very nice.
-
-
-
-
-
This is a great idea. Mainly because of the variety of websites that Webs has. Location and DOB are good things to ask for some sites, but are completely irrelevant and unnecessary for others. I want to know some things about my members, but knowing too much could be bad, and could scare away potential members.
-
-
this is ridicolous. it wont discourage people to sign up. Almost all websites have this. You know you dont have to put true info. i'm suprised this was considered instead of other ideas.
-
I would like to think that the people using my website are honest and would not put false information unless recommended to do so by a site admin. But that would not be necessary if the form could just be customized.
-
-
-
-
-
You might know. That doesn't mean others do. And when it doubt, back out. Date of birth is too personal to be asked on anything unless true identity is needed. So by your own admission, if you can lie about it, why does it need to be asked at all? That's what is ridiculous. We're not just guessing that people balk at having to provide that information to a site owner they may only know casually. They have told us as much. It doesn't need to be on there. It's an easy fix. It effects the bottom line of Webs and the site owner. That makes it worthy of consideration.
-
-
And the one which I add here is sign in option must be available on home page of site in our sidebars like username and password (Now a link to sign in page is available) so users can directly log in from home page.
-
-
Site Owners would receive members joining if the signup form was quick and easy so this is a good idea.
-
-
Ya less is more when it comes to this option. Adding those thing as a blanket option to satisfie most site owners needs was a bad move for the programmers in this case.
-
-
Time to bring this subject up again. These mandatory fields that Webs has created frustrate me to no end. Webs should allow site owners the option of what to ask members wishing to join, as is an option with other Form submissions.
Although I don't want Members at this time, along with the Members Sign Up form, I've also noticed in using Webs Guestbook app that Webs solicits members (rather, prospective new Webs users) by sending out an email to anyone signing my Guestbook asking them to become a member of my site. It is made to appear as though the automatic Signup email request is coming from me, using my site title. I feel it is Webs' own form of branding and soliciting new site owners. I HATE it!
Webs response to me is either to use an outside Guestbook app or no Guestbook because this is how Webs works towards more social applications. It seems to me to be an invasion and violation of their own terms of service. -
-
Hey i think u r talking about is webs id.If u have a webs id and u sign up for another site u dont have to apply all that info.
But on the other hand a non webs user has to fill out all of that information.
Is this wat your asking?-
True, you don't have to enter all of that info, but it will show up on your profile because it is linked to your account.
-
-
-
-
-
My site caters to the growing transgendered/genderqueer community, which struggles with the 'Male/Female' question on web profiles.
I currently encourage people to select "Prefer not to say" or whatever it is, and I have added a profile question later that allows them to briefly describe their gender identity (which is often neither "Male" nor "Female").
This gets the job done, but it's a hacky, awkward user experience. I saw another user posting that she did not feel comfortable asking people their age when they create a profile.
Is there a particular reason why we can't remove or edit the default questions regarding gender, age, etc? Is the data being stored by webs.com for demographics?
Thanks,
Kelly
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Allow default profile questions to be edited/deleted.-
Thanks for merging this into this thread, Caroline. You are correct, it is the same request as the others.
-
-
-
-
-
Do the custom questions work? I made up a few, just to get an idea who wants to become member of my site, but that info nowhere shows as far as I can tell?
-
-
This is very true. When someone visits my website and I ask them to sign-up, they are like, "My location?" why do you need that? And date of birth? That shouldn't be required.
-
-
Yeah, I am making a site on webs for my company, and DOB is most certainly something we don't want. For what it is, we really need to be able to choose what info is needed for registrations.
What's more, is that we are planning on paying for the premium services, but if this capability is not at least usable for paid-users, then I see no point and may move my sights elsewhere. -
-
Uhm Mr adam and u guys use your brains. Lol. Alright for you Adam i wouldn;t open an members app i would just use a subscribe module for your site. And may i hear your Business so i can further think out a plan for you.
-
-
Working for a company that works with printers and the like (machines, repairs, supplies, etc).
Now, for a subscribe mod, would this allow restricted access? We need to not only keep a list of people that are a part of the site, but we need to restrict access to various documents to members only.
I may have some creative freedom with it, but this is something that cannot be avoided (orders from the higher up). -
-
Maybe there is someone out there who knows more about the law than me, but websites are not allowed to collect information from children under 13 years old. By a new member entering their birth date, your website and Webs are protecting themselves by ensuring compliance. My privacy policy generator even had me include a clause that my site is compliant. So I understand that many site owners are upset about that question, but I don't see any way around it.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act: www.coppa.org
Now, location and gender? I don't see why we have to include those either. -
-
-
Loading Profile...



Twitter,
Facebook, or email.






