Login

What is Login?

Login is a security Extra for MODx Revolution, that allows for front-end login capabilities, as well as profile updating, registration, and forgot password functionality.

History

Login was written by Shaun McCormick as a login/security Extra, and first released on June 25th, 2009.

Download

It can be downloaded from within the MODx Revolution manager via Package Management, or from the MODx Extras Repository, here: http://modx.com/extras/package/login

Development and Bug Reporting

Login is stored and developed in GitHub, and can be found here: http://github.com/splittingred/Login

Bugs can be filed here: http://bugs.modx.com/projects/Login

Usage

The Login Extra is composed of 8 Snippets:

Login - For login forms.
UpdateProfile - For adding front-end profile editing.
Profile - Sets Profile fields as placeholders, which allows you to display a User's Profile.
ForgotPassword - For retrieving lost passwords.
ResetPassword - Confirmation page snippet for actually resetting the User's password.
Register - For processing registration forms.
ConfirmRegister - Confirmation page for processing a Registration form using activation.
ChangePassword - For changing user passwords on the front-end.

Specific Functionality

You can also see these articles for implementing different functionality in the Login package: