Customize Login Page

The appearance and content of the publication's login page can be customized in a number of ways:

Login options
Color options
Thumbnail image inclusion (e.g., publication cover, society logo)
Header and footer text
Instructions for login errors and forgotten username/password

The Account Finder page (accessed when a user clicks the Send Login Details link) can also feature custom colors, text, and links to documents/resources.

For publications participating in inter-journal resource sharing (IJRS, i.e.,publications that share People information), users can choose to log in to a particular publication in the group.

Single sign-on authentication option

Publication sites may use their organization’s single sign-on (SSO) authentication as an alternative to the standard EM login. When an SSO is enabled for a site, the standard Login page is not presented to users. For details, see Configure Single Sign-On Authentication with OpenID Connect.

TO CONFIGURE:

Go to PolicyManager > Registration and Login Policies > Configure Login Page.

If your publication is part of an Inter-Journal Resource Sharing Group, selecting the "Login with Publication Selection" option presents a drop-down list of group-member publications.
Check the box next to the setting, Login via ORCID, to allow users this option. (For details, see Single Sign-on via ORCID.)

Appearance options: If you want to experiment with different colors and HTML, it is strongly suggested that you test changes in a separate HTML editing tool (e.g., Dreamweaver) and preview the page in several different browsers to ensure it displays properly on all platforms. Once you are satisfied with the page's appearance, then apply it to your EM site.

Theme Color: Enter the RGB color code or select from the palette.
Login Header Text: Enter text in the text box. HTML markup can be used to format the text, and special characters can be used (click the Insert Special Character link to open a palette of characters).
Thumbnail Image: Click the Manage Thumbnail Images link to upload an image file (maximum file size 100 KB). (Choice of thumbnail image can be changed later by removing the current file and uploading a new one.)
Login Footer Text: Enter text in the text box. HTML markup can be used to format the text, and special characters can be used (click the Insert Special Character link to open a palette of characters).

Both header and footer text can include links to files. These files must be stored on the system. Action links to upload the files and create the links appear above the text box in both the Login Header Text and Login Footer text sections.

Follow these steps to upload a file and add a reference link to it in header or footer text:

First, click the Manage File for Login Page link to open a pop-up window.
Enter a Description (this is the text that appears as the hyperlink).
Click the Choose File button to locate the file.
Click the Upload this File button. When the window refreshes, the file appears in the of uploaded files list. (Links next to each item in the list allow you to download, edit/replace, or remove the file.)
After all files are uploaded, close the pop-up window.
Then, click the Insert File Reference link to open a new pop-up window. The window shows a drop-down list of all the uploaded files.
Choose the applicable file and click the Insert File Reference button. This creates an HTML reference link in the text box on the Configure Login page. (If no files have been uploaded, a message to that effect appears in the pop-up window.)

Username and password messaging options: Default instructions for both fields are included. If messaging is edited, the original defaults can be restored by clicking the Revert to Default Instructions link.

Forgot Login Details Text: Enter the message to display on the Account Finder page (launched when the user clicks the Send Login Details link from the Login page.
Login Error Text: Enter the message to display to users who enter incorrect username and/or password.

When all fields are complete, click Submit.