Login page before home page

queengab · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:36 am **Posts:** 9

Hi to all,

i have to ask to you a stupid question i think

.. but i can't resolve it!
I'd like to create a page to login my joomla site... Really is for a intranet so i nedd a page wit a login form and when the users are authenticated can surf the site.

How can i do?

thanks
gab

dizzi · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:51 pm

If you are using SEO (all 3 options enabled) the link to the login page will be something such as:
yoursite.com/component/user/login.html

If not it will be something like:

yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_user&view=login

Create a menu item pointing to one of these links and set it as "Default" in the Menu Manager. Joomla! will automatically use this as the home page. Then have a look at the following thread: viewtopic.php?f=431&t=372673

jeffchannell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:51 am

@dizzi - and what if the user KNOWS the address to the resource they want?

Open up your template's index.php & add this after the JEXEC check (UNTESTED):

Code:

global $mainframe;
$user =& JFactory::getUser();
$isLogin = JRequest::getCmd('option') == 'com_user';
if( $user->guest && !$isLogin )
  $mainframe->redirect( 'index.php?option=com_user&view=login' );

Alternatively, you might be able to set all your menu items to "registered" but you may end up having issues re: 403 errors. Anyone want to correct me?

queengab · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:36 am **Posts:** 9

It's ok tha'ts what i need!!!

But anyway i have to set all menu items to registered.. Now i can yet see the contents...

Second i'd like to adjust the graphic appeal of the module... Really i'd like to have the same login page of the off-line site. Is it impossibile?

Thanks
gab

dizzi · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:28 am

jeffchannell wrote:

@dizzi - and what if the user KNOWS the address to the resource they want?

The link I posted, suggests setting the access level of articles as 'Registered'. Menu items can be made public but if items they point to are set to "Registered" than non-logged in users still won't have access.

Regarding the 403 errors, a custom error page (containing a login link) can be provided.

P.S. The solution you provided looks quite elegant and represents much less work. If I ever have to create a private site, I will definitely try it. Thanks for posting

.

queengab · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:36 am **Posts:** 9

It's true... also item in menu are locked!!!

I have to take a look at the joomla off-line source page... I think if i rescue to reproduce the code on the index there are good possibilities to do it.

i don't care by the error 403!

When the developer enable the seo settings on joomla confgiration the developer will change this line

Code:

$mainframe->redirect( 'index.php?option=com_user&view=login' );

with this

Code:

yoursite.com/component/user/login.html

Am i making some mistakes?

Thanks
gab

jeffchannell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:57 pm

No, don't change the URL! You can account for this like so:

Code:

$mainframe->redirect( JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_user&view=login') );

Though since this is a redirect and not a link, .htaccess should redirect the non-SEF to the SEF pretty transparently...

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