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Creating a Custom Login Form

Default Login Page

Note that you are not required to create a custom login page. If you wish to use the program’s default login page (which is template-generated), you can allow users to log in from the following URL on your website:

http://www.yoursite.com/ppSD2/login.php

Custom Login Page

Form Fields

Field Name Type Value[1] Function Required on Form?
username text N/A Allows user to input his/her username Yes
password password N/A Allows user to input his/her password Yes
action hidden login Tells the program that the user is logging in. Yes
url hidden N/A or a Full URL Tells the program where to redirect the user to following login. No
ssg hidden N/A or area ID Tells the program what secure areas to log the user into. No
show_member_cp hidden N/A or Y or N If set to “Y”, any user logging in from this login page will be shown the user control panel. No

Sample Form 1 (Without Forced Redirect)

The following form will allow the program to handle the redirect. For more information on how the program determines where to redirect a user, please see the section below entitled “Program Redirect System”. 

<form action="/ppSD2/login.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username" value="" />
Password: <input type="password" name="password" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="ssg" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="show_member_cp" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="Login" />
</form>

Sample Form 2 (With Forced Redirect)

The following form will redirect the user to a specific URL, in this case http://www.yoursite.com/secure_area/custom_start.html 

<form action="/ppSD2/login.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username" value="" />
Password: <input type="password" name="password" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://www.yoursite.com/secure_area/custom_start.html" />
<input type="hidden" name="ssg" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="show_member_cp" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="Login" />
</form>

Login Redirection Rules

Click here for information on how the program determines where a user will be redirected to after login.

[1] Any value listed as “N/A” should be left blank on the actual form

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