diff --git a/R/shinyform.R b/R/shinyform.R
index 4eec78e..5aaaa12 100644
--- a/R/shinyform.R
+++ b/R/shinyform.R
@@ -118,11 +118,57 @@ formUI <- function(formInfo) {
             }
             
             if (question$type == "text") {
-              input <- textInput(ns(question$id), NULL, "")
+              input <- textInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, value = question$value, placeholder = question$placeholder, 
+                          width = question$width)
             } else if (question$type == "numeric") {
-              input <- numericInput(ns(question$id), NULL, 0)
+              input <- numericInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, value = question$value, min = question$min,
+                          max = question$max, step = question$step, width = question$width)
             } else if (question$type == "checkbox") {
-              input <- checkboxInput(ns(question$id), label, FALSE)
+              input <- checkboxInput(ns(question$id), label, value = question$value, width = question$width)
+            } else if (question$type == "dateRange") {
+              input <- dateRangeInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, start = question$start, end = question$end,
+                          min = question$min, max = question$max, format = question$format, startview = question$startview,
+                          weekstart = question$weekstart, language = question$language, width = question$width)
+            } else if (question$type == "date") {
+              input <- dateInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, value = question$value,
+                          min = question$min, max = question$max, format = question$format, startview = question$startview,
+                          weekstart = question$weekstart, language = question$language, width = question$width)
+            } else if (question$type == "slider") {
+              input <- sliderInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, min = question$min, max = question$max,
+                          value = question$value, step = question$step, round = question$round,
+                          ticks = question$ticks, animate = question$animate,
+                          width = question$width, sep = question$sep, pre = question$pre, post = question$post,
+                          timeFormat = question$timeFormat,
+                          timezone = question$timezone, dragRange = question$dragRange)
+            } else if (question$type == "radio") {
+              input <- radioButtons(ns(question$id), choices = question$choices, NULL)
+            } else if (question$type == "select") {
+              input <- selectInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, choices = question$choices, selected = question$selected,
+                          multiple = question$multiple, selectize = question$selectize, width = question$width, 
+                          size = question$size)
+            } else if (question$type == "checkboxGroup") {
+              input <- checkboxGroupInput(ns(question$id), label = NULL, choices = question$choices, selected =  question$selected,
+                                inline = question$inline, width = question$width)
+            } 
+            # create textarea input html:
+            textareaInput <- function(id, value, placeholder, title, label, width = NULL){
+              div(class = "form-group shiny-input-container",  style = if (!is.null(width)) 
+                paste0("width: ", validateCssUnit(width), ";"), tags$textarea(id = id, rows = 3, cols = 41, type = "textarea", value = value, 
+                                                                                        placeholder = placeholder))
+            }
+            
+            if (question$type == "textarea") {
+              input <- textareaInput(ns(question$id), value = question$value, placeholder = question$placeholder)
+            }
+           # image only, no input
+            imageInput <- function(src =  "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Steve_Wozniak.jpg/800px-Steve_Wozniak.jpg", width = 300, height= 300) {
+            img(src = src, 
+                height = 400, width = 400)
+              }
+        
+            if (question$type == "image") {
+              input <- imageInput(src = question$src, 
+                                  height = question$height, width = question$width)
             }
 
             div(
@@ -176,7 +222,7 @@ formUI <- function(formInfo) {
       div(
         class = "pw-box", id = ns("pw-box"),
         inlineInput(
-          passwordInput(ns("adminpw"), NULL, placeholder = "Password")
+          passwordInput(ns("adminpw"), NULL)
         ),
         actionButton(ns("submitPw"), "Log in")
       ),
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da925fe..edce183 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,12 +104,31 @@ library(shinyforms)
 basicInfoForm <- list(
   id = "basicinfo",
   questions = list(
-    list(id = "name", type = "text", title = "Name", mandatory = TRUE,
-         hint = "Your name exactly as it is shown on your passport"),
-    list(id = "age", type = "numeric", title = "Age", mandatory = FALSE),
+    list(id = "name", type = "text", title = "Name", mandatory = TRUE, value = "", placeholder = "Add full name here", 
+         hint = "Your name exactly as it is shown on your passport", width = 350),
+    list(id = "age", type = "numeric", title = "Age", min = 0, max = 150, value = 0, step = 1, mandatory = FALSE, hint = "Age between: 0-150"),
     list(id = "favourite_pkg", type = "text", title = "Favourite R package"),
-    list(id = "terms", type = "checkbox", title = "I agree to the terms")
-  ),
+    list(id = "slider", type = "slider", title = "Slider Input", min = 1, max = 10,
+          value = 1, ticks = TRUE, mandatory = FALSE),
+    list(id = "date", type = "date", title = "Date"),
+    list(id = "terms", type = "checkbox", title = "I agree to the terms"),
+    list(id = "radios", type = "radio", title = "Radio buttons",
+         choices = c("Normal" = "norm",
+                      "Uniform" = "unif",
+                      "Log-normal" = "lnorm",
+                      "Exponential" = "exp")),
+    list(id = "daterange", type = "dateRange", title = "Date Range"),
+   list(id = "checkboxGroupInput", type = "checkboxGroup", title = "checkboxGroup", choices = c("Cylinders" = "cyl",
+                      "Transmission" = "am", "Gears" = "gear"),inline = FALSE),
+   list(id = "select", type = "select", title = "select input", choices = c("Cylinders" = "cyl",
+                                            "Transmission" = "am", "Gears" = "gear"), multiple = FALSE, selectize = TRUE),
+   list(id = "area", type = "textarea", title = "Area Box", mandatory = FALSE, value = "", placeholder = "description...", # placeholder not working?
+        hint = "free text description", width = 400),
+          list(id = "image", type = "image", src = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Mickey_Mouse.png", height = 300, width = 300),
+     list(id = "test", type = "select", title = "How's this?", choices = c("Batman" = "Bat",
+                                                                           "Superman" = "Super", "Mickey Mouse" = "Mickey"),
+   
+       multiple = FALSE, selectize = TRUE)),
   storage = list(
     type = STORAGE_TYPES$FLATFILE,
     path = "responses"