Modify Log-In/Register Pages?

  • Resolved cielogrande

    (@cielogrande)


    20 years, 8 months ago

    Hello- I am having a difficult time modifying the log-in and register pages using the default, (Kubrick), theme. When I make even “minor” changes to the wp-login.php file, (such as changing the name from WordPress to my site’s name), the entire page changes to just a basic HTML page when viewed in a browser. That is, no apparent link to a CSS stylesheet. What puzzles me is that the above page ‘appear’s to be linked to an external CSS called “stylesheet,” and that CSS file doesn’t seem to exist anywhere. Anyway, I was just wondering if there was a tutorial for changing the look of the log-in and register pages. Any help/suggestions would be gratly appreciated! Thanks… DB~

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  • skippy

    (@skippy)

    20 years, 8 months ago

    There aren’t currently any tutorials (that I’ve seen) that address this, as most people don’t have a strong desire to do this.

    The stylesheet is defined thus:
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/wp-admin.css" type="text/css" />
    Which is to say, WordPress used the defined siteurl (from your Options page) to build a complete URI to the /wp-admin/wp-admin.css stylesheet.

    What did you try to edit, specifically?

    Thread Starter cielogrande

    (@cielogrande)

    20 years, 8 months ago

    skippy- To answer your question, I simply changed the title from “WordPress” to the name of my site thinking I could take just baby step and see what happens. I assumed this would result in a new name for the top of the log-in form which I incorrectly assumed was based on a typical HTML table. I was surprised to see that the entire CSS was torn apart. I never thought about starting from the Options page… I’ll give it a try and maybe I can build a new stylesheet from there.
    Thanks… Any more ideas would be appreciated!!!
    DB~

    Thread Starter cielogrande

    (@cielogrande)

    20 years, 8 months ago

    skippy- Thanks for pointing out the path to the stylesheet. I never thought to look under “wp-admin.” This gives me a starting point!
    DB~

    eragle

    (@eragle)

    20 years, 8 months ago

    I just made a new image for the register/login boxes and change the image url to point to it. That way it’s personalized yet won’t be too hard to fix when it is overwritten with an upgrade.

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