How do I edit the login page?

[SimonH]

I want to place a message on the login page, which will say something like in order to view images you will need to register...

how do I do this please?

[chzuqi]

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pageheader($lang_login_php['login']);
$referer = urlencode($referer);

put your code here

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echo '<form action="login.php?referer='.$referer.'" method="post" name="loginbox">';

[SimonH]

Do i need to enter code or can I just put my message there?

[Joachim Müller]

Edit login.php, find

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pageheader($lang_login_php['login']);
$referer = urlencode($referer);
echo '<form action="login.php?referer='.$referer.'" method="post" name="loginbox">';and replace with

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pageheader($lang_login_php['login']);
[tt]?>[/tt]
Your custom text goes here
<?php
$referer = urlencode($referer);
echo '<form action="login.php?referer='.$referer.'" method="post" name="loginbox">';You can replace

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Your custom text goes herein that example with just text or HTML. No need to write PHP code there, as the line ?> is actually a command that means "parsing of PHP will stop, plain HTML will be read. The line

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<?php turns the PHP mode back on.

Alternatively, you could replace

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pageheader($lang_login_php['login']);
$referer = urlencode($referer);
echo '<form action="login.php?referer='.$referer.'" method="post" name="loginbox">';with

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pageheader($lang_login_php['login']);
$referer = urlencode($referer);
echo 'Your message here';
echo '<form action="login.php?referer='.$referer.'" method="post" name="loginbox">';, which would mean that you wouldn't be ending and restarting PHP-processing - your message would be written on the login page using PHP's command "echo".

Either way, I don't think that it's really necessary to write on the login page that you have to register first - that should be pretty self-explanatory, as this is the case on all sites that require authentification. In my opinion, your site visitors will know that they need to register first before they can log in.