Aardvark allows users to login via a custom login/registration pages or popup windows.
Login Page
Step 1: Create or edit and a page and click the Backend Editor button.
Step 2: Click the Add Element button to open the Elements window and click the Login/Register Form element. Click Save Changes when you’re finished.
Step 3: You can now add a link to the login page to your menu by going to Appearance > Menus and from the Pages tab select this page.
Step 4: To add social login buttons install and activate Super Socializer. Once you enter up your social login details the buttons will automatically display on the login form.
Registration Page
Step 1: To enable registration on your site go to Settings > General and make sure the Membership checkbox is checked.
Step 2: Create or edit and a page and click the Backend Editor button.
Step 3: Click the Add Element button to open the Elements window and click the Login/Register Form element. Set the Default Display dropdown option to Registration Form. Click Save Changes when you’re finished.
Step 4: You can now add a link to this registration page to your menu by going to Appearance > Menus and from the Pages tab select this page.
BuddyPress Registration Page
Step 1: To enable registration on your site go to Settings > General and make sure the Membership checkbox is checked.
Step 2: BuddyPress should have automatically created a registration page for you called “Register”. If not create a new page called Register and then go to Settings > BuddyPress > Pages and select this page form the Register dropdown menu.
Step 3: You can now add a link to this registration page to your menu by going to Appearance > Menus and from the Pages tab select this page.
Login Popup Window
Step 1: Go to Aardvark > Theme Options > Membership and make sure the Frontend Popup Form option is enabled.
Step 2: Next go to Appearance > Menus and from the Custom Links tab create a new link. Select Login Link from the Menu Type dropdown menu. Set the URL to “#”, give your link a title and click Add to Menu.
Step 3: To add social login buttons install and activate Super Socializer. Once you enter up your social login details the buttons will automatically display on the login form.
Registration Popup Window
Step 1: Go to Aardvark > Theme Options > Membership and make sure the Frontend Popup Form option is enabled.
Step 2: Next go to Appearance > Menus and from the Custom Links tab create a new link. Select Register Link from the Menu Type dropdown menu. Set the URL to “#”, give your link a title and click Add to Menu.
Restrict Frontend Access
Step 1: Go to Aardvark > Theme Options > Membership > Restrict Frontend Access and select the page you want to redirect non logged in users to.
Restrict Backend Access
Step 1: To redirect non logged in users to the homepage and show the login/register popup window before users can access the backend go to Aardvark > Theme Options > Membership and enable the Backend Popup Form option.
Step 2: If you want to redirect users to a specific page instead, disable the Backend Popup Form option.
Step 3: You will now see a Backend Restriction Redirect option where you select the page non logged in users will be redirected to when trying to access backend pages.