Accessing the login page

Misty Flowers

January 17, 2017 15:20

Every Finalsite site has a login page accessible by adding /login to the site URL, containing at minimum an Account element. Site admins use a separate admin login at /admin. This article explains how the login page works and how to create one if your site doesn't already have one.

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Where is the portal login page? Accessible by adding /login to your site URL (e.g., www.yoursite.com/login). It is usually located in the Utility branch in Composer.
What is required on a login page at minimum? An Account element; you can also add instructions for logging in or resetting passwords.
Where do site admins log in? At /admin on your site URL (e.g., www.yoursite.com/admin); this is a separate login from the portal page.
Visitors hitting an access-controlled page without being logged in? They are automatically redirected to the login page regardless of which role the page is restricted to.

Once your users have accounts, they’ll need to know where to log in. Every site has a login page, usually located in the Utility branch and accessible by adding /login to your site’s URL. This article will show you how a login page works and some ideas for how to create one if you don't already have one.

Login page FAQs

What is a login page?

A login page is a Composer page that includes, at minimum, an Account element, which you can customize according to your needs.

Any site visitor who encounters an access-controlled page on your site will be redirected to the login page.
Since the system doesn’t know who you are before you’ve logged in, this is a universal page across all roles.

You may want to also add specific instructions for logging in or resetting passwords, for example:

Do I already have a login page? If not, how do I make one?

Most sites are built with a login page, usually located in the Utility branch and accessible by adding /login to your site's URL. Check out the article, "Create a role-protected portal", specifically Step 3, to learn how the Login page works before you create it.

How do our portal users access their login page?

Site users can login to the website by adding /login to the end of your site's URL:

www.yoursite.com --> www.yoursite.com/login

This will display the username and password fields that you can use to access the website.

How do our site admins access their login page?

Site Admins can access the admin login by adding /admin to the end of your site's URL:

www.yoursite.com/admin

This will display the username and password fields that you can use to access the website.

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