Force login at frontpage hack

At Zoom's request heres the hack to force login at the frontpage:

 

First of all, this mod/hack was done on PN .714 + encompass .91-1a.

I would recommend testing or trying this out with a fresh install of the combined .714 + .91-1a

 

a)  in admin settings, your start page (index.php points to) must be set to frontpage 

b)  also, your default theme must be an encompass theme (LogicII), but users may still select non-encompass themes in their own settings

c)  finally, your frontpage must include a login block, if it doesnt you'll just be stuck at that page with nowhere to go.

 

The three above necessities are why I suggest a fresh combined install.  The combo package comes with all three of these already properly set.

Backup your files, dont blame me if you dont :)

 

 

There are two independant steps:

 

Step 1)

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With text editor, open yoursite/modules/NS-User/user/access.php 

 

 

Find:  redirect_index(_LOGGINGYOU, $url);  

 

change to:  redirect_index(_LOGGINGYOU, $url="index.php?name=News");

 

 

 

With this step, when someone logs in they are sent News page instead of returning to the page where they logged in.

 

 

 

Step 2)

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(i) Open yoursite/header.php

 

Find (about line 85):

 

          } else {

            $thistheme = pnConfigGetVar('Default_Theme');

            if (isset ($theme)) {

                $thistheme=$theme;

            }

          }

 

Change to:

 

          } else {

            $thistheme = pnConfigGetVar('Default_Theme');

            if (isset ($theme)) {

                $thistheme=$theme;

            }

            pnGetBaseURL();

            pnRedirect ('index.php');

          }

 

 

that is, just add the 2 pn.. fuctions

 

 

(ii) Open yoursite\modules\Frontpage\index.php

 

 

Find (near the end):

 

            // Display the Frontpage

            $index = 3;

            include "header.php";

            $dts->display('frontpage.tpl');

            include "footer.php";

 

Change to:

 

            // Display the Frontpage

            $index = 3;

         // include "header.php";

            echo "<link rel=\"StyleSheet\" href=\"".$themesarein."themes/" . pnUserGetTheme() . "/style/styleNN.css\" type=\"text/css\" />\n";

            echo "<style type=\"text/css\">";

            echo "@import url(\"".$themesarein."themes/".pnUserGetTheme()."/style/style.css\"); ";

            echo "</style>\n";

            $dts->display('frontpage.tpl');

         // include "footer.php";

 

Basically just commenting out header/footer includes and inserting style info found in header.php

What this step does:  If someone is not logged, when they try to access a page that includes header.php, they will just be sent to the frontpage.

 

 

Just upload the files or whatever, and test it out.