Create a login module in Joomla 1.5
This tutorial will show you how to create a login module in Joomla 1.5
Creating a login module provides your users with a login form that can be placed wherever you choose
1) Click Extensions
2) Then Module Manager
Scroll right
3) Click New
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4) Select Login
Scroll up and right
5) Click Next
6) Enter a Title
If Show Title is set to Yes, the module name will be displayed on the front-end
7) Choose the position where the module should be displayed on the page
8) Set the order this module will display in
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Here, you can set the menu in which this module will display
Scroll up and right
9) Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this module
In this example, the CSS class name of this module would be .module-login
10) The Pre-Text is what shows up prior to the Username field
11) The Post-Text allows you to place a short message after the registration link
12) You can choose the page the user will be redirected to after logging in
13) Also, you can choose a page the user will be redirected to when they log out
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14) Click Save
The login module will now appear on the front-end. Let’s go to our Joomla site
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The Login form we created shows up here along with the pre-text and post-text we added
That’s it! You now know how to create a login module in Joomla
