Joomla has a lot of built-in modules you can use on your website. A log-in form is one of the most powerful Joomla built-in modules. You can use log-in forms for things like membership sites. In this article you are going to learn how to create a log-in form on Joomla 1.5.
Instructions
Step 1
Go to Extensions and then click "Module Manager" from the main Joomla admin menu.
Step 2
To add a new module click "New".
Step 3
Click on "Log-in" from the modules list.
Step 4
Enter the title. You can enter something like "Log-in". Make sure enabled is set to "Yes" and then choose your position.
Step 5
Under Module Parameters, enter "Pre-text" if you want to. The information you enter here will appear on top of your form. You should enter information that gives more details about the form to the visitor.
Step 6
Still under "Module Parameters", enter "Post-text" if you want to. Information on the post-text will appear at the bottom of the form.
Step 7
Choose "Log-in Redirection Page" if you want. This is the page visitors will be redirected to when they login. You can make it a welcome page or whatever you want.
Step 8
Choose "Logout Redirection Page" if you want. The log-out redirection page is where people will be redirected to when they logout.
Step 9
Set Greeting to "No" if you don't want the greetings message to appear when people log-in. Then choose to display people's names or user-names when they log-in.
Set "Encrypt Login Form" to "No". You should set it to "Yes" if you have a server with SSL.
That's it for our tutorial on how to create a log-in form on Joomla.
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