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Need Help with Password Protect (was "I messed up Wordpress")

by barefootsusan
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Got someone working on this for me. Thanks for the help.
#messed #plugin #wordpress #wp-password
  • Profile picture of the author ClickMonkey
    Originally Posted by barefootsusan View Post

    Also, is there a way to edit the look of the login page
    so it "fits" better with the original url?
    Hello! :-) There's a strong likelihood that you can get the
    login page to look like it fits into the overall theme of the site
    by adjusting the CSS variables for that page. I hope this is
    helpful. By the way, the site looks really nice.
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    • Profile picture of the author barefootsusan
      Thanks ClickMonkey.

      That's a great idea...except I have no clue how to do that. Guess I should leave it alone.

      Is there a way to make the pages that say "Sorry, no posts found..." redirect back to another page?

      I guess that's my biggest challenge right now...making sure that, once people login with the password, they go to a page that looks like an index page, without it being the index.html page, but one within Wordpress.

      It's true...I know just enough to get into loads of trouble.
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  • Profile picture of the author jtrag
    You will have to edit your Theme's 404 error page in your /wp-content/themes/yourtheme/ directory which you can do via your wordpress control panel.
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    • Profile picture of the author barefootsusan
      I don't see a 404 page in my WP control panel OR when I look at the theme files in FileZilla. (

      But ClickMonkey's tips should help with that. Let me see...
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  • Profile picture of the author ClickMonkey
    Hi again! :-) Okay. I did a little bit of detective work and noticed
    that when you click on that "login" link, you're taken to this page:

    Code:
    http://draincleanhelper.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-password/login.php?err=&destination=/login.php
    Notice how the word "destination" is included in the URL, and that
    it points to the "login.php" file located at the so-called "root"
    directory of the website? See if you can edit that so that it points
    to whatever page you want someone to land on after the login
    happens.

    . . .

    I just did a quick test to see if my theory would work, and it did!

    So for example, look what happens when we change the URL to this:

    Code:
    http://draincleanhelper.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-password/login.php?err=&destination=/leak-detectors/
    I'm basically telling the login system that after someone logs in, they
    should be taken to the leak detectors page. If you're going to test this,
    be sure you clean your cookies and copy and paste the above URL into
    your web browser window. You'll be prompted for the password. Enter
    it, click to continue, and you'll be taken to the leak detectors page! :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author barefootsusan
    I tried to change where the wp-password sends people and that didn't work.

    Very frustrated.
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  • Profile picture of the author jtrag
    What exactly are you trying to do? I'd be glad to help you if you make a login for me as administrator. Just send me a PM if you want me to help ya out!

    Best Regards,

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author barefootsusan
      Hi James.

      Sent you a PM. Let me know what you think of this crazy mess I've gotten myself into.
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  • Profile picture of the author barefootsusan
    Anyone else have some ideas? I haven't heard back from James and I still haven't a clue how to fix this. Basically, when someone logs in to the site, they are taken to draincleanhelper.com/login.php

    I think I need to edit the plugin to get it to redirect to draincleanhelper.com/home/ but I don't know how.

    Is there another password protect plugin, maybe, that I could use to lock down the whole site AND allows me to choose where users go after they login?
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