[support] Adding the User Login to a Node?

[Jiann-Ming Su]

On 2/4/06, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> Are you just trying to get that form to show up at a different URL?  You can
> use path.module for that to effectively "rename" user/login.

I did figure that out.  If all else fails, this may be what I have to
settle for.

> You can, of
> course, also just have the login block on the desired page(s).
>

Yeah, this isn't quite it either, because the "login block" will still
be in the "fixed" location that you specify the block to be at under
Administer->blocks.

> Can you be more specific about what you're trying to do?
>

Basically, I want to create a page/node so that when you access it, it
shows you the username and password text fields.  You may be asking,
how's this different than simply doing a url alias to
http://localhost/user/login?  I'm hoping to customize the look of the
user login screen.

If I do the url aliasing, then I can customize a node, add a "click
here to login" link, which then simply points them to the
http://localhost/user/login.  This seems kind of silly.  Seems like if
the node can have a link to the login page, then why not simply
display the login prompt?

I hope I've clarified what I'm asking.  Thanks for your effort.
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