Resellers: Custom Login Page

• Set Up the .htaccess File
• Creating the Custom Login Page

Set Up the .htaccess File

For your custom login page to work, you will need to ensure that the .htaccess file in your home directory is set up correctly. There are two ways of doing this.

Use the Reset login domains tool in WHM

1. Login to your Bluehost reseller account
2. Choose WHM
3. Scroll down to the Plugins section
4. Click the Reset login domains plugin.
5. Click Yes to replace the .htaccess file in your home directory, removing any custom code that might be there now.

Manually modifying the .htaccess file

If you would prefer to modify the .htaccess file manually, located in the home directory, here is the code you will need to use:

# This is the code that handles login., cpanel., and webmail.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^login\. [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^cpanel\. [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^webmail\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(cgi-sys|rhost_login)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-sys/login.cgi [NC,L]

Creating the Custom Login Page

The custom login page will need to be placed in the ~/public_html/login/default.html file. Your customers would log in at http://example.com/login/.

The following are the required lines that must be included in your form. You may style the page as you wish, but the following information must be included.

             <form action="/cgi-sys/login.cgi" method="POST">

The form action must be /cgi-sys/login.cgi, and the method must be POST.

             <input class="lti" name="user" value="">

The user field - the name must be user. Class and value are optional; the value should be set to "" if used at all.

             <input class="lti" name="pass" type="password" value="">

The pass field - the name must be pass, and the type must be password. Class and value are optional; the value should be set to "" if used at all.

             <input type="hidden" name="goto_uri" value="/cpanel">

The name must be goto_uri, the value must be "/cpanel" including the preceding /, and the type must be hidden. If this field is not present or set properly, the login will not work.

             <input id="login_button" type="submit" value="Login">

The submit button - type must be submit, however any other attributes can be modified.

             <span class="error" id="general_error"></span>

This tag is optional but highly recommended. Any errors generated during the login process are sent to this element. You may stylize this as you wish, but the ID must be general_error.