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Add to the authentication menu

You can add authentication methods to the Front-end (PSF) and customize the design of the authentication menu. To do this:

  1. Configure and enable the authentication method using the Manage the system (PSA) module..

  2. Review the procedures in Changing the layout and Altering text by editing KVG files to learn how to edit the m4 and KVGroup files.

  3. Modify the design of the authentication menu by creating psf.m4 in the custom\ directory with the following tag:

    !!!F_AUTH_<plugin name> 
<tr> 
  TABLE_TDB 
    _<PLUGIN DESCRIPTION TAG> 
  TABLE_TDE 
  TABLE_TDB 
    <input type="image" alt="_<PLUGIN BUTTON TAG>" title="_<PLUGIN BUTTON TAG>" name="<plugin name>" data-src="_PICSDIR/select.png" style="height: 15px; width: 16px;" class="image" /> 
  TABLE_TDE 
</tr>

    To avoid typing the above text, you can copy any of the existing !!!F_AUTH_<plugin name> tags from the source psf.m4 file to the custom file. Modify the custom file accordingly.

  4. Add text for the authentication method by creating en-us-language.kvg in the custom\ directory with the following inner KVGroups:

    "_<PLUGIN DESCRIPTION TAG>" "" = { 
    "text" = "<text to prompt the user with>" 
  } 
  "_<PLUGIN BUTTON TAG>" "" = { 
    "text" = "<alternate text for the select button>" 
  }

  5. Save and close the custom files.

  6. Generate and install the new skin files .

To modify the text for other languages that you have installed, follow the above procedure but replace en-us in the filename and EN_US in the outer KVGroup with the appropriate language code.

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