I have a forum, which does not allow guest access...  so when a user visits the forum they get the message...

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Guest Access
Guest access has been disabled on this forum system. In order to browse and post on this forum system you must login with a valid username.

Please login or register.

They must log in in order to read messges etc etc...


My forum is also set up so that when a new thread is started, all members get a notification email informing them that there is a new thread to be read..

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Hello, there is a new topic on the board "Messages" at the "Stage Nine BBS".

Read this topic at http://bbs.stagenine.com/forum/forum/m-1172008412/.


Thanks!

If a user clicks that link in their email client, and their cookie has expired they will be shown the following message.

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Error
Sorry, but an error occurred. If you are unsure about how to solve this error you can contact the system administrator.
     One of the following errors was encountered while accessing this board ...

    * Problem Verifying your Access to this Board
      If this board uses verification, you must use a valid username.

    * Board Data could not be Found or is Corrupt
      If you encounter this, contact the system administrator immediately.

In earlier versions of eblah, (like way back) there use to be a login form on this error page. The user could enter their user/pass directly on this page and after successfully logging in, they would be taken to the appropriate thread that their notification email was referring to.

As it stands now, they have to click the "login" button from the menubar, which takes them to the main login screen, then after successfully logging in, they are taken to the board index, and either have to search out the thread they were originally looking for, OR use the "Recent posts   -   All unread   -   Last visit unread"  feature.

Im not saying that this is particularly annoying, but for some users, it might be confusing or not obvious.   And knowing that the login form USE to be there makes it all the more painful  

So what am I hoping for??  I am hoping for some kind of more intelligent login/redirect system that gets people to where they need to be on secured forums.  

Thanks!  

Enable the login for guests in Admin/Settings.

interesting... are you referring to the option in Admin/Settings..

"Do not show login on pages if guest?"


If so, it is already unchecked, but still no login form.

Oh scratch that.  I don't believe you've ever been able to login that way on a forum that has guest access disabled like that.