You can see the mod in action on my SP 1.3.1TestForum
or my SP 1.3.2 TestForum132.
The SP 1.3.2 has only admin can register so use boardmod/boardmod for username/password all lowercase.

Ok, just to familiarize myself with the differant versions I went ahead and made mods for versions SP 1.3, SP 1.3.1, SP 1.3.2, and SP 1.4. Works on them all. Just use the mod file with your version in it. I also added an Admin Only Can Register compatible version for SP 1.3.2 and a MenuItems compatible mod for SP 1.3.1.

My main reason for writing this mod was so that IE would save login names and passwords. I also wanted to be able to put a login box in my template so that it would display at the top of every page until the person logged in and/or log out from there as well. This allows me to then remove the logout, login, and register links from the yabb menu to make room for other links.

I then added addmin options to modify the sharedlogin and main login box. The sharedlogin is what apears at the bottom of the boardindex when your logged out. The main login is the login you get when you click on a login link.

Also added the ability to hide the sharedlogin and to hide the login/logout/register links from the menu since if you use one of the template logins, horizontal or vertical, you no longer need those links since its on your template. These menu options are not on the MI mod version since MI does that already.

If you download this mod and install it, please let me know if it worked or not with a reply to this post. Also what mods you have installed already would be nice to know so I know what its compatible with and what its not compatible.

I'd like to thank Carsten and Michael Prage for thier help getting me started with modding.

Special thanks to AngusCS for all his help testing the OACR compatible mod and all his ideas!


Version History

0.7 beta
- Fixed a bug that prevented guests from logging in without going to the home page. This bug only affected people that didn't allow guests to do anything but login.
- Added a MenuItems compatible mod file. The MI mod already has the ability to remove the logout,login, and register links so I took them out of 0.7 beta MI. Those options remain in the other Advanced Login Options 0.7 beta mods.

0.6 beta
- Fixed a bug with the menu displaying profiles to guests and Notification weather it was on or off.
- Added an option to show the shared login box at the bottom of the board index to guests. By default its hidden.
- Added an option to hide to the login/register/logout links in the menu. By default they are shown.
- Added an option to show the cookie edit box on the main login as a drop down box. By default its hidden.
- Added an option to show the cookie edit box on the shared login as a drop down box. By default its hidden.
- Added an option to hide the stay logged in checkbox on the main login box. By defualt its shown.
- Added an option to hide the stay logged in checkbox on the shared login box. By defualt its shown.
- Reorded the mod file so that files edited apeared in order and the search phrases apeared in the order they are found in the files to make it easier for people who do manual installations.

0.5 beta
- Makes the standard login boxes IE compliant so that IE recognizes it as a Login form by hiding the cookie length box and its description. This also allows you to set your cookie length in the admin panel and then your members won't be able to change it.
- Adds a yabb tag you can use in your template to say weather the person is Logged in or not. Tag: <yabb ferillogin1> (This was mainly for testing purposes, but left it in incase someone wanted to use it. It could be usefull.)
- Adds a yabb tag so that you can put a horizontal login box anywhere on your template simply by placing <yabb ferillogin2> where you want it to apear. When they are logged in, its a logout button. When they are logged out, its a login box with username and password entry, Login button, register link, and lost password link.
- Adds another yabb tag the same as <yabb ferillogin2> except it is a vertical box instead of horizontal. Use it by simply by placing <yabb ferillogin3> where you want it to apear.
- All text is placed in the english.lng file so you can easily edit it.

Features I'm planning on adding?
- Admin Options to control settings.
--- More Customization of the login boxes from admin panel so that you can rearange cells and see how they would appear without making actual changes. Once you have them how you would like, you could save it.
--- Hopefully a Menuitems Mod compatible version.

More conflict with my board, but probably from my own mods.  I have hidden the profile and notifications buttons from guests as well as the register button.  (Just moved them after the register button in the menu see my code from earlier post).  This works fine with your mod until I hide all of the login and cookie options in the admin center and then the hidden menu choices come back?

Probably becasue it doesn't know about the "Only Admin Can Register" mod?

The Only Admin Can Register Mod (By Michael) for SP1.3.2 is here http://www.boardmod.org/mods.php?dl=673&filename=only_admin_can_register_v12a_sp...

 For your 1.3.1 test board you may need this http://www.boardmod.org/mods.php?dl=631&filename=only_admin_can_register_131.mod

  I found them all by searching on <only admin> in the mods section.  (They are all final mods not beta).

Okay I remember the change I made in subs.pl (which I was so embarassed about I removed from the first post I made)  It was to add a button to take me to the buddy list  in the AMM addin which I have installed.  My actual subs.pl code for that section is

	if ($defaultml == 0) { $mldefault = "mlall"; }
	elsif ($defaultml == 1) { $mldefault = "mlpost"; }
	elsif ($defaultml == 2) { $mldefault = "mlalfa"; }
	elsif ($defaultml == 3) { $mldefault = "mlgrp"; }

	$yymenu = qq~<a href="$scripturl">$img{'home'}</a>$menusep<a href="$helpfile" target="_blank" style="cursor:help;">$img{'help'}</a>~;
	if ($maxsearchdisplay >=0){
		$yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=search">$img{'search'}</a>~;
	}
	$yymenu .=qq~</a>$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=$mldefault">$img{'memberlist'}</a>~;
	chomp $newcalgroup;
	@newcalgrouplist = split(",",$newcalgroup);
	$newcalgroupflag = 0;
	foreach $newcalgroupitem (@newcalgrouplist) {
		if ($settings[7] eq $newcalgroupitem) { $newcalgroupflag = 1; }
	}
	if ($newcalopen == 1 || $settings[7] eq 'Administrator' || $newcalgroupflag == 1 ) {
		$yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=newcalendar">$img{'newcalendar'}</a>~;
	}
	if($settings[7] eq 'Administrator') { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=admin">$img{'admin'}</a>~; }
	if($settings[7] eq 'Global Moderator' && $allow_mod == 1) { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=moderate">$img{'admin'}</a>~; }
	if($username eq 'Guest') { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=login">$img{'login'}</a>~;
		if ($registerbyadminonly eq '0') { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=register">$img{'register'}</a>~; }
	} else {
			if($settings[7] eq 'Administrator') { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=register">$img{'register'}</a>~; }
		$yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a ;
	### My attempt at adding the buddy list into the menu ###
	$yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=mlbuddy">$img{'abudlist'}</a>~;
	### End of my attempt
		if($enable_notification) { $yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=shownotify">$img{'notification'}</a>~; }
		$yymenu .= qq~$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=logout">$img{'logout'}</a>~;
	 

  The space in the word profile from my first post must have been a problem in the matrix as it doesn't actually exist in my code.

  So from the above the Global Moderator mod in AMM and NewCalendar have modded this as well as me.  I wanted the buddy image only to show up for members and that works.

 Cheers

Now I would like a change?  I like the fact that the logout button sits out on thw right as it shows up, but I would like to align all the login components (username and password fields, login button, and the two links signup and forgot password) to the left. 

   I have played with your code in subs.pl, but have really only managed to get the logout buton to move.  I am really only guessing so my guesses are obviously not so good tonight.

   By the way when you have had a look at my site I will uncheck the "Hide the Login and Register links in the guest menu" as I don't really want the extra links in the menu.

In reply to reply #5, I've updated the OCAR compatible mod so it works flawlessly now and placed it in the zip attached to the first post. For some reason it wasn't evaluating the if-then-else statement, so I just rewrote each line as its own if. Also added in a feature to display a register button for addmins.

If nothing else grab the new zip and see and how did each if. This way it checks both OACR and ALO options and reacts accordingly.

Ya looks good there Skier and thanks. Hopefully you noticed that guests can see the profile and notification menu options. Its a bug that I have now fixed and attached the updated files to the first post. Unistall your current mod and then download the new zip file and install the proper mod file.

Sorry about that, I only fixed that bug in OACR mod file since I thought the bug was specific to that mod. Turns out, it was my fault.

Brilliant.  The OACR 1.3.2 mod goes in like a dream, and does all that it should.   But in the nature of Beta testing, I have a couple more things to offer.

As I am using OACR, and I have selected that only Admin can register, the <New User? Signup!> link has been removed, and so the username field has now dropped out of alignment with the password field.  I have tried playing with the valign in subs.pl, but to no avail.  Can you add in a space instead of the link so that the fields stay in alignment?  Have a look on my forum at the guest login screen to see what I mean.

The other thing I have noticed is that you have removed all the other ways of logging in (or I have in the admin centre,) but you still have in the guests welcome mesage "Welcome Guest please login" which if they select that link brings up the shared login screen.  Can you add another option into the admin centre for all versions to hide the login link in the guest welcome mesage too??

Personally I don't like the New User? Signup! button that you have added in for the OACR version for admins.  I still have the register menu item and that is all I need.

 Cheers Gus

thanks for the hint, AngusCS!
i've inserted one step to the original mod as below:

<edit file>
Sources/Subs.pl
</edit file>

<search for>
	$yymenu = qq~<a href="$scripturl">$img{'home'}</a>$menusep<a href="$helpfile" target="_blank" style="cursor:help;">$img{'help'}</a>$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=search">$img{'search'}</a>$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=mlall">$img{'memberlist'}</a>~;
</search for>

<replace>
	if($username eq 'Guest' && $AdvLoginOption2 == 1) { $yymenu = qq~<a href="$scripturl">$img{'home'}</a>$menusep<a href="$helpfile" target="_blank" style="cursor:help;">$img{'help'}</a>$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=search">$img{'search'}</a>~;
	} else {
	$yymenu = qq~<a href="$scripturl">$img{'home'}</a>$menusep<a href="$helpfile" target="_blank" style="cursor:help;">$img{'help'}</a>$menusep<a href="$cgi;action=search">$img{'search'}</a>$menusep<a href="$scripturl?action=mlall">$img{'memberlist'}</a>~;
	}
</replace>
 

and, of course, had to change $feriltxt{'12'} as well:

$feriltxt{'12'} = "Hide the Login, Register and Members links for guests."; 

Queen_Feril, please, forgive me!