5 secrets for building a powerful members-only area

information.html

<a href="/contact?field_92375_1015030=[first]&field_92375_1015031=[last]&field_92375_1015032=[email]">Contact us</a>

login-status.txt

<$loginstatus$>
  <$loggedin$><strong>Welcome, [first]</strong><$/loggedin$>
  <$loggedout$><a href="/login">Click here to login</a><$/loggedout$>
<$/loginstatus$>

redirect-easy.html

http://yoursite.com/login?ReturnUrl=http://yoursite.com/members

redirect-hard.html

<script type="text/javascript">
  $(function(){
 
    //Set your return URL here. It should be relative to
    //website root and should not include domain name.
    var return_url = "/dashboard";
    var current_action = $('form[name="frm"]').attr("action");
   
   if(document.location.search.length) {
    
    //query string already exists so we'll just add a return URL on the end with "&"
      var query_start = "&";
    
    } else {
    
    //there's no query string yet so we'll create one with "?"
      var query_start = "?";
    }
   
    new_action = current_action + query_start + "ReturnUrl=" + encodeURIComponent("http://" + document.domain + return_url);
    
    $('form[name="frm"]').attr("action", new_action);
  
  });
</script>