[Building Sakai] Change layout of the gateway page

[Neeru Joshi]

Hi Steve & Matthew,

  I did find out about removing the .anon role from the !gateway site and
inserting html code in LoginTool.java to modify the xlogin page. That does
solve the gateway customization problem, as it now bypasses the gateway site
& directly displays the xlogin page which is my modified login page....so
thats through!! However I also want that on successful login users are taken
to a new page before going into the sakai portal that contains my workspace
and other sites. I have been able to do this by modifying the returnUrl
variable in LoginTool.doPost()..//login the user . This new page contains an
image map...clickable areas on the image which in turn takes the user to
required site or page. So Is changing the variable the right way to achieve
this? 

  There is one problem though, after this new page is displayed if I click
the back button of the browser it takes me to the sakai portal (my
workspace...etc). I understand that is because the user is logged in. But I
would prefer it to remain in the same page everytime
"http://localhost:8080/portal" url is requested as long as the user is
logged in & the session is active. If the user is logged out or the session
invalidates it goes the xlogin page which is what i want ..so that is fine.
Need some guidance here.

Sorry for the long message!
  
   

Steve Swinsburg-2 wrote:
> 
> That's a far better solution than mine. In fact, ignore my previous  
> emails! After removing .anon from the gateway you can then customise  
> the xlogin page instead.
> 
> There's HTML in:
> login/login-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/login/tool/ 
> LoginTool.java
> 
> which you could modify.
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 Jul 2009, at 12:13, Matthew Buckett wrote:
> 
>> 2009/7/15 Neeru Joshi <neer.josh25 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>  I need to change the gateway page layout...i.e. I need to remove  
>>> the side
>>> panel (page links), the logo and the banner. What i am trying to do  
>>> is
>>> display an image...this will cover most of the screen, and the  
>>> login form
>>> provided by sakai. I am new to velocity, but I have read and got  
>>> some idea
>>> about it. But the problem is the deadline, so if someone could help  
>>> me
>>> understand how sakai reders the pages, I would really appreciate it!
>>
>> One solution to this might be to remove .anon access to the !gateway
>> site, this will mean anyone attempting to visit the gateway site will
>> get prompted to login first and after logging in will get taken to
>> their My Workspace.
>>
>> The default login page in 2.5.x consists of an image and the login
>> boxes (which sound similar to what you're after).
>>
>> To remove .anon access from the !gateway site goto the Administraion
>> Workspace and they use the realms tool. Search for "!gateway" and then
>> click on the .anon role (make a note of the permissions used incase
>> you want to add it back later), then remove this role and save the
>> realm.
>>
>> -- 
>>  Matthew Buckett
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