ObjectiveHTML's Authenticate - login and forgot password problems

Question

I'm trying to use https://objectivehtml.com/authenticate and have come across some problems:

Logon Form:

1. How can I trigger a global error so I can verify {global_errors} work? See: https://objectivehtml.com/authenticate/documentation/tag/global-form-variables
2. How do I access a specific field error? {field_errors} does display the first error encountered in the form, but I can't seem to access a specific field error. I've tried {error:email} doesn't work for me.

Forgot Password:

1. How do I specify the form's class and return URL? See: https://objectivehtml.com/authenticate/documentation/tag/forgot-password

Both Forms:

1. How do I persist the form inputs when there is an error and the page is displayed again? I want the email and password to be persisted on form errors.

Answer 1

Login Form

1. Global Errors are triggered after the form has been validation. So if all your required fields have values, and adhere to all the custom validation rules, it will pass the validation. So if your username and password is incorrect, that is a global variable and not assigned to any particular fields. Rather, it applies to all the fields. The core library behind all this is called Base_form.php and it is used for a lot of different things. So Global Errors in Authenticate are different than another add-on.

2. This was a bug that fixed in the latest version (1.2.7). You could have used the {field_error:your_field_name} but that was not working correctly either. So I fixed all this and made a {error:your_field} variable in the process to make things easier.

Forgot Password

The class attribute is global. There are bunch of undocumented parameters actually. I will try to document these next chance I get.

{exp:authenticate:forgot_password return="/some/url/path" class="your-class"}

Both Forms

You can use the post: prefix, like so:

 <input type="text" name="email" value="{if post:email}{post:email}{/if}" id="email">

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