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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi guys</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can anyone help with portal sign-up redirection?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm trying to implement my hotspot so that when a user fires up a browser they are taken to the Wifidog login screen as usual. Here they can login if they already have an account, as usual. However, when they click on 'Create a free account', I want to redirect them to a login page outside of the network, where they can submit their details for consideration by a moderator, who then allows or disallows them an account. I also want the user to be able to browse custom content in a 'walled garden' scenario whilst they're waiting for their account to be authorised.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Is this possible? The problem I can see is that they need to be redirected to another URL hosted on a different network to the hotspot. Is there a way to do this without letting them navigate away from the redirected sign-up page before an account is created, or will they still need to be authenticated against the Postgresql database?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The reason I'm trying to implement this is so that I can allow accounts based on users location details such as the address field in the custom sign-up page, as the deployed hotspot will be in a town centre, and the person I'm building it for doesn't want users who live right next to it to sign-up and 'rinse' the broadband pipe downloading the latest World of Warcraft patch or similar. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I've tried testing redirection from the outset to see if I can redirect to a URL outside of the network before authenticating, but was unsuccessful. I've enabled 'Portal Page Redirection' under Networks, and entered an address in 'URL to show instead of the portal' under Nodes. This works fine when testing locally from the server, as clicking 'Preview Node' takes me straight to the external URL sign-up page. This was to be expected as I was signed in as admin, and therefore authenticated.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">However, when I fired up a browser from a wireless client, instead of being redirected to the custom sign-up page I was taken to the default Wifidog portal.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To recap, my questions are this:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1. Is it possible to redirect for account sign-up to a URL off the network that the Wifidog server is on, or will this not be allowed because the client needs authentication first?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2. If it is possible is there a way of specifying only the domain that the custom sign-up page is on, so that the client can only browse pages on that domain, and cannot 'wander off' into the net before their account is authorised?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I hope I've managed to convey what I'm trying to achieve clearly, let me know if anyone has any ideas.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kind regards</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Wil</FONT>
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