login goes nowhere

HI Nig,

Sorry, but, I'm unable to recreate the problem in 4.7 and 5.0 (even with aggresive cache on) and it works as it should. I don't get the same problem you are having.

There's not much difference between the Drupal 4.7 and Drupal 4.6 versions and while I haven't got a test Drupal 4.6 installation to try and recreate your issue with, can you check to see if it might be a login issue, such as this one: http://drupal.org/node/70521 ?

I don't mind installing a test bed Drupal 4.6 to try and recreate the problem your having..but, before I do, can you confirm it isn't any of the login/cache issues already raised?

Thanks

Dub

Nigel

drop me an email with a bog standard login and I'll have a look at your site.

that's quicker than me installing Drupal 4.6.

cheers

Dub

http://drupal.org/node/82251

You can work around this by creating a custom LOGIN block that forces the login destination to the front page. Note the Form action in the snippet below. You can configure the block to only appear for Anonymous Users.

The only problem with that is it creates confusion for users who try to access a page, but, are not logged in and when they login, instead of being brought to the page they were trying to access, they are forced to the front page.

In other words, it's probebly a bad idea to force the login destination.

<h2 class="title">User login</h2>
    <div class="content"><form action="front_page?destination=front_page"  method="post" id="user-login-form">
<div><div class="form-item">
 <label for="edit-name">Username: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label>
 <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="edit[name]" id="edit-name"  size="15" value="" class="form-text required" />
</div>
<div class="form-item">
 <label for="edit-pass">Password: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label>
 <input type="password" name="edit[pass]" id="edit-pass"  maxlength="60"  size="15"  class="form-text required" />
</div>
<input type="submit" name="op" value="Log in"  class="form-submit" />
<div class="item-list"><ul><li><a href="/475/user/register" title="Create a new user account.">Create new account</a></li><li><a href="/475/user/password" title="Request new password via e-mail.">Request new password</a></li></ul></div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-user-login-block" value="user_login_block"  />

</div></form>
</div>

Philk

Sorry nig, I'm unable to recreate the login problem your having with Drupal 4.7.5 and the latest front_page module for 4.7.x.

Recommend you check out these threads relating to login problems. The front page module doesn't manage logins, it just displays a different front page after someone has logged in, so it sounds like the problem you're having is happening earlier.

Incidentally, for a site's ergonomics, it's probably not a good idea to redirect users to the front page every time they login. It's far better to bring them to the page they were trying to view.

Marking this as closed.

Dub

I am using latest front page module on Drupal V5.1, also having the problem of "Logging in gives the same page as for non logged in" as Nig described. Dublin, I don't know why you can not encounter this problem, but I found it on both V5.0 and V5.1. So, I guess this is not a 'only' problem of Nig.

Or, you can try log into my site to see the problem:
http://www.featips.com
user:demo
Password: demo

Front Page is really a great module, hoping this problem can be solved soon.

-Derek

Add more detail:

In front page setting, I redirect anonymous user to go to http://featips.com/anonymous, and redirect login users to http://featips.com/authenticated.

After user logged in, the first page showing after login is still http://featips.com/anonymous, not my expected http://featips.com/authenticated. Only after clicking 'Home' will load http://featips.com/authenticated.

This is exactly what Nig described. Should be a bug of front-page module.

It's not really a problem with the front_page.module it's a simple problem when using REDIRECTS.

As an example: If the front_page settings for anonymous user is set to REDIRECT to 'node/4'...when an anonymous visitor comes to the site, they land on 'node/4' for the front page - and thus the login destination in the LOGIN FORM is 'node/4' - so when that visitor logins in, they will be brought to 'node/4'.

The correct usage is to use the text area for Anonymous User on the front_page settings page instead of redirecting. By using the text area to set the front page for anon users, it means the LOGIN DESTINATION is 'front_page' for the LOGIN FORM when a visitor lands on the site, so when the visitor logs in, they see the front_page for authenticated users.

Perhaps the readme.txt file might have a note about that. it's a simple mistake to make.

phil