How to create a login module in Joomla Print

This tutorial assumes you are already logged in to your Joomla admin panel

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

 

 

Scroll down

 

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