Usability - Adding a login form whenever there is a _NOT_AUTH message

[machadoug]

Whenever there is a private link that I'm not allowed to see as a registered user Joomla! shows:

You are not authorized to view this resource.
You need to login.

Usually there is no login form anywhere around and I have to go to the main page and then I see the mod_login!!!

In order to make Joomla! meet usability standards I've changed function mosNotAuth() located in the /includes/joomla.php, please take a look and take it under consideration for future versions:

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function mosNotAuth() {
	global $my;

	echo _NOT_AUTH;
	if ($my->id < 1) {
		echo "<br />" . _DO_LOGIN;
		/**
Modified by Douglas de Senne Machado
Used a few lines from component com_login
		**/
		?>
		<br />
		<br />
		<br />
		<form action="<?php echo sefRelToAbs( 'index.php?option=login' ); ?>" method="post" name="login" id="login">
				<div class="componentheading">Efetue o Login</div>
				<br />
					<label for="username"><?php echo _USERNAME; ?>
						<input name="username" id="username" type="text" class="inputbox" size="25" style="display:block" />
					</label>
					<label for="passwd"><?php echo _PASSWORD; ?>
					<input name="passwd" id="passwd" type="password" class="inputbox" size="25" style="display:block" />
					</label>
					
					<br/>
					<label style="display:block">
					<input type="checkbox" name="remember" class="inputbox" value="yes" style="width:12px;height:12px" />
					<?php echo _REMEMBER_ME; ?>
					</label>
					
					<a href="<?php echo sefRelToAbs( 'index.php?option=com_registration&task=lostPassword' ); ?>">
					<?php echo _LOST_PASSWORD; ?>
					</a>
						<br />
						<?php echo _NO_ACCOUNT; ?>
						<a href="<?php echo sefRelToAbs( 'index.php?option=com_registration&task=register' ); ?>">
						<?php echo _CREATE_ACCOUNT;?>
						</a>
					<br />
					<br />
					<input type="submit" name="submit" class="button" value="<?php echo _BUTTON_LOGIN; ?>" />
			<noscript>
			<?php echo _CMN_JAVASCRIPT; ?>
			</noscript>
		<input type="hidden" name="op2" value="login" />
		</form>
		<?php
	}
}

I'm more a user than a programmer, so - of course - there are a lot of improvements to be made, however it's a start point!

Best regards,

[eyezberg]

very nice idea, make it easy for the users!

[machadoug]

Hopefully someone one day will make include something similar in the out of the box installation!

BTW, Thanks for putting up your http://joomla15.[URL banned].com, I haven't installed 1.5 just yet. But will do tomorrow (Beta release date)!!! The JPGs files did not show in Firefox... I had to go open IE in order to view them!

Regards,

[eyezberg]

Strange, I use the site with FF all the time..

[stackedsax]

I think there's an easier way of doing it:

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 echo _NOT_AUTH;
        if ($my->id < 1) {
                echo "<br />" . _DO_LOGIN;
                include ( $GLOBALS['mosConfig_absolute_path'] . '/components/com_login/login.html.php');
                include ( $GLOBALS['mosConfig_absolute_path'] . '/components/com_login/login.php');
        }

And you're done...?