If a user it directed to a page which requires login, I would like to either redirect the user to the login page or add a login block to that page.
There are Drupal 7 modules to accomplish this. What do we have for Backdrop at this time (either in Backdrop CMS core or in contrib modules)?
Hey @stpaultim 🙂
I have just tested setting the default 403 page under admin/config/system/site-information to point to user/login, and it seems to work for me (make sure to clear caches).
Could also be done by creating a custom theme template I guess, but I've never tried it. You can check other resources online, like https://www.drupal.org/node/15366.
OK, I found the 'Redirect 403 to User Login' module:
https://backdropcms.org/project/r4032login
This does exactly what I was looking for.
(Posted this as @klonos was posting an information response. Thanks Gregory).
Fair enough, this module also adds the fancy feature of redirecting the user back to the page they were trying to access, after the have successfully logged in. So 👍
https://www.drupal.org/project/documentation/issues/2309941
There are no theme hook suggestion for error pages. You have to use the preprocess_page hook to add template suggestions for error pages. Read for example this blog post on redcrackle.com or the documentation Specify 403 and 404 error pages (and the comments).
OK, I found the 'Redirect 403 to User Login' module:
https://backdropcms.org/project/r4032login
This does exactly what I was looking for.
(Posted this as @klonos was posting an information response. Thanks Gregory).