Single Sign On Integration (Insecure Method)

Note: It is recommended that the Single Sign On Integration API is used instead of this login integration method due to higher security. However, this method can still be used for a more basic approach.

You can automatically log your visitors into your forum by sending them to a custom login URL. This can be helpful if you have a separate login area on your website and you don't want to make your visitors login twice.

You can make a hidden request to the custom login URL by using a small image tag, a small iframe tag, or a high-level programming language. The image tag or iframe can be added like a normal image on the resulting page of your website's login process. Sample code for the Perl, PHP, JavaScript, and Java/JSP programming languages is available here. Please note that using a server-side programming language for the automatic login will log your server into the forum, not the user executing the server-side program from their web browser.

The URL you should use is:
http://USERNAME.websitetoolbox.com/register/dologin?member=MEMBER&pw=PASSWORD&remember=checked

1. If you have purchased a managed domain or you are using a subdomain on your existing domain name, use that domain name instead of "USERNAME.websitetoolbox.com".
2. USERNAME should be replaced by your Website Toolbox username.
   
3. MEMBER should be replaced by the username of the user.
   
4. PASSWORD should be replaced by the password of the user.
   

Note: All symbols within the field values must be properly encoded. For example, spaces must be replaced by %20. More information...

Related Support Articles:

• Automatic Registration

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