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[Ken Nordberg]

Hi again,
Question: I require all users to log in to be able to view any data. Now there seems to be no rules to dictate what page opens up after they log on. I would like users that log on to automatically be taken to the Welcome page. I have news and messages there and I want that page to open up regardless of any configuration the user may have. How can I specify what page will open after a successful login for any user?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Ken.

[John Finlay]

Normally, logging in will take a user to their MyGedView page.

You can force the login to go to the Welcome page by changing the $url variable on line 86 of login.php to index.php?command=gedcom

--John

[BWeb]

You mean line 40? (39 if you are on the beta).  Tried it but it doesn't work for me (beta):

if (empty($url)) $url = "index.php?command=gedcom";

I added:

$url = "index.php?command=gedcom";

above this to force it and it seems to work, but I can't be certain that it's a good idea doing it this way.  Would this method screw any other logic?

[John Finlay]

Doing this might cause the "admin" button on the login page not to function properly, but that should only affect you.

--John

[BWeb]

Doesn't seem to affect the admin button or the admin link, but I'm curious why the original suggestion wouldn't work.

[Ken Nordberg]

Thank you for your help. My admin button certainly is affected. When I make the changes mentioned above the login behaves exactly the way I want it to, but the admin button has the same effect as the login button. But I can live with that.

Thanks again,
Ken.