Login box to FrontPage / Categories

Varjis

Hi, I'm planning on moving from phpbb to new platform and Vanilla seems nice, but I'm having problems with few things.
Most annoying bumb I have faced is login. I would love to move the default installed login box ( the one that opens from frontpage ) to
actually be in frontpage, without the extra steps for it.
I've tried to code it there with my very limited skills / knowledge without success. I also have tried to search for topics / plugins for it and it seems not many ppl with same problem around. Latest topics about the issue were like 5-6 years old.

So, How would I get that email/login & pw box to be in frontpage?

x00

Do you want there to be a login module on the home, or do you want the home just to be login?

If it is the latter

$Configuration['Routes']['DefaultController'] = 'entry';

in conf/config.php would work

Varjis

No, I actually want the login boxes, buttons, etc be inside the "homepage". I have set categories as the homepage. Right now it says right-top corner "Howdy stranger....". So I would like to replacate that with the login boxes / buttons.

x00

There are many ways to do this this is probably the simplest. it would apply across all pages.

in your theme create a file /views/modules/guest.php (creating the directories as needed

put inside

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>
  <div class="Box GuestBox">
     <h4><?php echo T('Sign In'); ?></h4>
     <?php $this->FireEvent('BeforeSignInButton'); ?>
     <?php
        $Target = Gdn::Request()->PathAndQuery();
        if ($Target != '')
           $Target = '?Target='.urlencode($Target);
        $Controller = Gdn::Controller();
     ?>
      <div class="MainForm MySignIn">
         <?php
         echo $Controller->Form->Open(array('Action' => Url('/entry/signin'.$Target), 'id' => 'Form_User_SignIn'));
         echo $Controller->Form->Errors();
         ?>
         <ul>
            <li>
               <?php
                  echo $Controller->Form->Label('Email/Username', 'Email');
                  echo $Controller->Form->TextBox('Email');
               ?>
            </li>
            <li>
               <?php
                  echo $Controller->Form->Label('Password', 'Password');
                  echo $Controller->Form->Input('Password', 'password', array('class' => 'InputBox Password'));
                  echo Anchor(T('Forgot?'), '/entry/passwordrequest', 'ForgotPassword');
               ?>
            </li>
            <li class="Buttons">
               <?php
                  echo $Controller->Form->Button('Sign In');
                  echo $Controller->Form->CheckBox('RememberMe', T('Keep me signed in'), array('value' => '1', 'id' => 'SignInRememberMe'));
               ?>
            </li>
            <?php if (strcasecmp(C('Garden.Registration.Method'), 'Connect') != 0): ?>
            <li class="CreateAccount">
               <?php


                  printf(T("Don't have an account? %s"), Anchor(T('Create One.'), '/entry/register'.$Target));
               ?>
            </li>
            <?php endif; ?>
         </ul>
         <?php
         echo $Controller->Form->Close();
         echo $Controller->Form->Open(array('Action' => Url('/entry/passwordrequest'), 'id' => 'Form_User_Password', 'style' => 'display: none;'));
         ?>
         <ul>
            <li>
               <?php
                  echo $Controller->Form->Label('Enter your Email address or username', 'Email');
                  echo $Controller->Form->TextBox('Email');
               ?>
            </li>
            <li class="Buttons">
               <?php
                  echo $Controller->Form->Button('Request a new password');
                  echo Wrap(Anchor(T('I remember now!'), '/entry/signin', 'ForgotPassword'), 'div');
               ?>
            </li>
         </ul>
         <?php echo $Controller->Form->Close(); ?>
      </div>
     <?php $this->FireEvent('AfterSignInButton'); ?>
  </div>

Varjis

Indeed, exactly what I was looking for. To push this forum a bit further, just need a nod to right direction.
Would I be able to place other applications ( Are these called that? ) to side panel similar way?

x00

It depends what you are talking about.

You can create modules, and add them to the Panel (sidebar). You would have to look at docs an how various plugins do this.