Are you eager to launch the website for your casino and start earning on house edge? Simple, straight forward registration is one of the most important factors in user acquisition. This article will help you design a login page that will streamline this part of the user experience.
Before reading it, explore the Golden Pokies Casino Login page — they have pretty good mechanics, — and visualize what you would like your login page to look like.
Note, that it’s important to make sure to go through all the legislation and licensing processes before you officially launch the casino.
But first things first: your navigation should clearly show new users where to log in. Make it super obvious, draw buttons of Sign Up and Sign In in colors that contrast the background — you don’t want people to lose their interest because they can’t get to playing ASAP.
To design a login page, you’ve got to have a basic understanding of CSS and HTML. Interactive elements like animation that’s so popular for entertainment resources are usually done via JavaScript — and there’s some API work to do if you want to integrate social logins, but the basics are these two.
Step 1: Design the Web Page
Start with an idea of the page’s design. It should follow the same color palettes as the other pages of your website do. Some popular casino color schemes include red and black, yellow and black, green, and gold colors. Feel free to use any color scheme that is comfortable to look at for a long time.
Look at different login pages on the web — try websites where designers showcase their portfolios like Dribble, try Pinterest. Go to the websites and apps you use — Twitter, Discord, Gmail — and study how login and registration forms are created there. It’s usually the case of aligned in the center, simple, straightforward design with no distraction. A clear user journey is exactly what you’ll need.
Step 2: Create the Structure of Login Form
You’ll be using an email or username combined with a password. Don’t overcomplicate the login process.
Considering security protocols that will ask you to terminate users’ sessions if they’re inactive and precautions gamblers use to limit their casino activities, your resource will frequently log them out. For the sign-up form, ask only email, users’ age, and password. For the login page — that’s usually designed similarly — email and password are pretty enough.
Within HTML, <div> will be the most common tag you’ll be using. It’s a simple container, which will include your lists, input forms, ads, labels for field headlines, and anything else. CSS will be needed to style the container.
Step 3: Add Headings to the Form
Then, there are three rules to follow in terms of microcopy.
- Users should know they are on the login/sign-up page.
- Users should know what they are supposed to be putting in each field. Don’t forget to set parameters to accept only complex passwords (no qwerty has ever saved anyone from being hacked).
- Error messages under the input fields should clearly explain what went wrong. “Error occurred” isn’t enough as it’s not informative. Provide a reason for why the error occurred and follow it with an example of correct input.
Don’t forget to avoid bad design practices. For instance, error messages shouldn’t be conveyed in color, only. It’s not enough to frame the field in red. There should be an exclamation mark or some other easily recognizable sign of the error: some people cannot distinguish between colors.
Step 4: Set Adjustments for the Input
Create inputs for username/email, password, and button. As it’s already been mentioned, you should set parameters for the kind of input that will be accepted within each field. Don’t forget about security: your website should treat input as a threat. Security safeguards must defend the databases and other parts of your infrastructure from SQL injection (that’s when instead of writing a login, users give you a string of SQL code that “talks” to your database and can return to the user IDs of your customers, their names and passwords.) So, it’s better to forbid the usage of, for instance, * characters in your fields.
Also, your field should contain a button for those who have forgotten their password — people tend to do that way more often than you might think. Most websites also have a caps lock detection — they’ll tell the user if it is on while writing the password. Moreover, you can put a button to reveal the password while the user is typing it, which is a very good accessibility feature. Those two require JavaScript, though.
Step 5: Add the Login Button to the Form
The code for the login button will look like this:
| <input type=”submit” value=”Login”> |
Or, you can use more complex option:
| <button type=”submit” value=”Submit”>Login</button> |
The button will take all the data in the inputs above and send it to the database.
We won’t go into details about databases here — the backend is a lot to cover. Make sure to create visible links to your Privacy Policy and a statement about user data gathering above this button.
Step 6: Create Two Social Buttons
Let’s imagine you’ve already covered the Facebook APIs issue, and now you need to connect it to the frontend. Connect to the Font Awesome stylesheet, using the code below:
| <a href=”#” class=”fb btn”> <i class=”fa fa-facebook fa-fw”></i> Login with Facebook</a> |
…and you’ll get your link on the page. Often, casinos use Gmail or Twitter login as well. Use icons for social media, not links — they’re infinitely more recognizable.
Other Recommendations for Login Page
Finally, don’t overload the page. Cut the graphics to the minimum. The sign-up/sign-in section of the website is the section that must have the best performance possible (along with the games, of course). Your goal is to help users transition to actually using the resource. The faster it goes, the better.