Chapter 24. Login System Hacks

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Login Block

• Login Process

• Troubleshooting

• Next

When you are running a site that requires or simply promotes the creation of user accounts, it's very important to have a clean, clear, and user-friendly login system. Potential users might feel insecure about creating an account that contains personal information.

Like all areas of PostNuke, you can edit and customize the login forms and transition screens to convey a consistent message to your users, in both content and styling. This chapter focuses on PostNuke's login forms and the redirect screens users see while logging in and logging out of their accounts. The following sections cover these topics:

• Customizing labels

• Adding text

• Adding style

• Customizing page labels

• Customizing the Help page

• Customizing the Help email

• Changing login/logout colors

• Changing login/logout text

• Forcing redirect page after login

• Adding ads and logos

• Adding a timer bar