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Login Form

The Login Form menu item type is used to create a page containing a Login form.

Some aspects of this page are covered in separate Help articles:

To create a new Login Form menu item:

Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the Administrator menu (for example, Menus → Main Menu). Then...
- Select the New button in the Toolbar. Then...
- Select the Menu Item Type Select button.
- In the modal dialog select the Users item to open a list and then select the Login Form item.

To edit an existing Login Form menu item:

Choose Login Redirect Type This may be a Menu Item or an Internal URL. The following fields change depending on the setting of this parameter. For a multilingual site, Menu Item is recommended.
- Menu Item Login Redirect Select or create a menu item for the page to redirect to after a successful login. If no menu item is selected, users will be redirected to the their profile after login.
- Login Redirect Select an internal URL to redirect to after login.
Login Description Show or hide the login description.
Login Description Text Enter text to display on Login page.
Login Image Select or upload an image to display on Login page.
Image Description (Alt Text) Required for screen readers for accessibility purposes.
No Description A checkbox to select if the image is purely decorative and requires no explanation.

This panel uses the same fielding headings to control the logout process.

The Login and Logout URL can be used to send a user to a specific page created to provide some feedback to the user. For example, a page entitled You are now Logged In with some general information. The use of a User Module to show links for Updating User Profile, Viewing User Profile and other User functions could be shown on this page enhancing a user's site experience.