Not that the default wordpress login page is bad, but a lot of clients want it altered to suit their needs. Maybe a nice logo, or a font or colour change, but whatever the reason – it can be done!
My first example is keeping most of the default login page intact. I only altered the login box itself – you can find it on my own personal blog. As you can see the box is altered and the image from the famous painting ‘The Son of Man‘ (which is part of my blog’s theme) is there; note that this isn’t there on IE versions of 6 and below. Example below (click to go to the actual login page):
This only required a little alteration – making the form fit inside a restraining div I had added to the default wp-login.php page.
The second example is a bit more complex, but shows how easily the wordpress login page can be configured.
The theme itself is a four column theme, and so to keep the general feeling the theme was extended to the login page over at Balanced News Blog (the link is to the login page). The standard login page (wp-login.php) was modified by adding the header, menu, and sidebars so it fits in with the theme. As you can see though, the message part that is common to all login pages, giving a link back to the main page, has been removed. Example below (click to go to the actual login page):
So as you can see, given the two examples, customising a login page for WordPress isn’t beyond a designer’s grasp. If you are interested in having your blog’s login page customised, drop me a line and let’s talk!
Leave a Reply