Handy FEU Sign-in-Page that Returns You to the Original Page

[kendo451]

If you run a membership site, it is not uncommon for members to forget to log in and then try to access a membership-only feature on the site.  On many pages there is room to show them a sign-in form in place of the page content, in which case you would put something like this as the page content (in a global content block to protect the -> from the WYSIWYG).

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{content assign='thiscontent'}
{if $ccuser->loggedin() && $ccuser->memberof('Members')}
<!-- Show Member Content Here -->
{$thiscontent}
{else}
{cms_module module='FrontEndUsers' returnto=$page_alias}
{/if}

This will always return the user to the page they tried to view.

But in some cases, such as a page that is intended to be viewed by both the unsigned in public and members, there is not room to do that, so a sign-in button that returns you to the original page when you're finished can be handy.

First create a page called sign-in and put this in your page content:

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 {* This sign in page will return the user to the
	page alias in the $smarty.get.returnto *}
{if $smarty.get.returnto} 
     {cms_module module='FrontEndUsers' returnto=$smarty.get.returnto} 
{else} 
     {cms_module module='FrontEndUsers' returnto='home'} 
{/if}

Next, create a global content block called sign_in_button and put something like this in there:

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{* GCB sign_in_button *}
{* This will make a button that will send the user to a sign in page that
   will return the user to this page when finished. *}
   
<a href="http://yourdomain.com/index.php?page=sign-in&returnto={$page_alias}">Sign In</a>

I use this sign-in-button in place of a button that performs an action for logged in members.  In this case for a golf tour, where if the user is logged in we let them register for a tournament, and if they are logged out we send them to the sign-in.

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{if $ccuser->loggedin() && $ccuser->memberof('Members')}
{cms_selflink page='tournament-registration' text='Sign Up'}
{else}
{global_content name='sign_in_button'}
{/if}

It is true that this is not a pretty URL, but you don't want the Sign In page to be indexed anyway, so it doesn't matter.