Neutral login

[Limerick]

Hello guys,

Prior buying a vBulletin forum, I'd like to know id it would be possible to create the most neutral login page as possible.

A login page as neutral as it would not be possible to know the name of the forum, to see any button like "register", "member", "help" or things like that and... even the copyright at the bottom of the login page (only).
But I wish to keep all the copyright stuff for all other pages but only when users are logged in.

Is all this possible ?

As you can imagine, this forum would be a very private forum (nothing illegal), where people would be invited and nobody else should know this forum ever exists.

[Fusion]

This should be possible by creating a custom login page, ie. a page that's not part of the forum but forwards the information and logs the user in. This is not part of the standard vBulletin package, but assistance can be requested at vbulletin.org.

[Limerick]

Thank you Fusion for your answer.

That's right, I would just need the "central part" of the login page, wich would look like the rest of the forum.

So when I'll be cleared to buy a vB license, I'll request some help to do this as you imagine... Is it difficult ?

[Fusion]

There may already be solutions ready-made to accomplish what you want over at vbulletin.org. I suggest you go there and look.

[Colin F]

vBulletin 3.6 also has a login page, with just the login.
You could redirect users there and set the default style to a nondescript style to achieve this.

[Fusion]

But this would, I think, still display the vBulletin copyright info, being part of vBulletin. What was requested was a completly anonymous page. This can only be achieved withing the license by purchasing the branding-free addon.

[Limerick]

Thank you guys for your answers.
These give me more reasons to choose vB

You could redirect users there and set the default style to a nondescript style to achieve this.

What do you mean by a nondescript style Colin ?

[Colin F]

What I meant was that you could remove any buttons or links there, so you'll have pretty much only the login screen.

[Limerick]

What was requested was a completly anonymous page. This can only be achieved withing the license by purchasing the branding-free addon.

Yes but it is just and only for the login page. Of course I wish to keep the copyright for the logged in users

And for me, it is a bit expensive to put $120 just to hide the copyright for only one "short life" page...

[Limerick]

What I meant was that you could remove any buttons or links there, so you'll have pretty much only the login screen.

Okay, that's what I tried with a test forum made with SMF, but it was not as easy as I could think before trying this.

[Colin F]

If you remove the copyright from any page you would need to buy a branding free license.

[Fusion]

...Which is why I suggested creating a page that's outside of the license of the software, which would be considered hacking, but it can be done, and would give the intended results.

[Limerick]

If you remove the copyright from any page you would need to buy a branding free license.

Understood Colin. So I'll keep the copyright at the bottom of the login page

[Limerick]

...Which is why I suggested creating a page that's outside of the license of the software, which would be considered hacking, but it can be done, and would give the intended results.

Oh yeah, but I don't know anything in HTML and in using vB usernames and passwords related to its tables

[Fusion]

Oh yeah, but I don't know anything in HTML and in using vB usernames and passwords related to its tables

You can always ask for help over at vbulletin.org. Call it a learning experience.