Icon Buttons

[jPaul]

Hi Everybody,

I plan to use an Icon Button control on a website. It will be a "Log In" and "Log Out" named button. The name used will be selected by

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<?php
session_start();
// Check if the user is logged in
if (isset($_SESSION['user_Name'])) {
    $welcome_message = "Welcome back, " . htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['user_Name']);
    $myLogValue="Log Out";
} else {
    $welcome_message = "Welcome, you are signed in as a Guest";
    $myLogValue="Log In";
}
?>

I have three issues to approach:

• I need to link two different events to this button... "LogIn.php" and "Logout.php". How can I make these links?

• The icon used will be different, of course. a Log in icon and a Log Out icon.

• Lastly, can I manage the colour of the icon in this control? The default seems to be white, and that colour will be too weak.

Many thanks for any time you give to me on this.

[AliGW]

There may be an easier way to do this, but I have recently set up login and logout buttons (icons) on a menu, and have one for each state. I made use of the protected content property to determine who should see each button (logged in users, logged out users). For an icon button, the property is on the Arrange ribbon.

[Pablo]

I also suggest to use the protected content option to show and hide a login and logout button, then you do not need custom code to change the text, link and icon.

The color of the icon can be set via the 'Icon Color' property.