It depends on what you plan to do with those bits of data. If you need to know unequivocally which is the first name, say if you want to say “Welcome back, Fred!” on a page, or show an alphabetical list of students, then you go for two. Otherwise, it’s simpler to use one.
Walter
On Feb 11, 2014, at 10:49 PM, Hoffkids wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone have an opinion on the name portion of the contact form…
Do you like 1 box for name
or do you like 2 boxes, 1st box for First and a 2nd box for Last?