Login Pages Overview
Introduction
- RADIUSdesk includes an applet called Login Pages that allows you to easily manage the login pages of captive portals.
- We currently support CoovaChilli and Mikrotik-based captive portals.
- We use Bootstrap 5 based login pages for the following reasons.
- Bootstrap is actively being developed (the current version is version 5) and has a beautiful look and feel.
- Bootstrap is familiar to many developers, so it should be easy for them to optimize and adapt a Bootstrap-based login page to their environment if needed.
Components of a Login Page
- Each login page will have the following three items
- Top Toolbar
- Image(s)
- Login Screen
- Let us explain these elements in more detail under a separate heading.
Top Toolbar
- The content and appearance of the top toolbar depends on the settings on the login page.
- The Top Toolbar can contain the following
- A Connect link that displays the login screen.
- A title for the page. This element is configurable.
- Login pages that are configured to support multiple languages contain a menu item for selecting a different language.
Images
- At least one image is displayed on the login page.
- Both the image and the display of the image can be configured when you edit the login page.
Login Screen
- The login screen is a pop-up window whose content and behavior depends on the settings of the login page and is described in detail on a separate wiki page.