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[Dhawal Doshy]

Chris St. Pierre wrote:
> If all you want to do is change the name from "Horde" to something
> else, a custom login page is a) way more work than you need to do; and
> b) not a complete fix.  You'll still have references to Horde
> scattered throughout the application.

The OP is already aware of this.. and needs a few more changes apart 
from changing the 'Horde' registry name.

- dhawal

> Instead, just change the name in horde/config/registry.php.  Change:
> 
> $this->applications['horde'] = array(
> ...
>     'name' => _("Horde"),
> ...
> );
> 
> to:
> 
> $this->applications['horde'] = array(
> ...
>     'name' => _("Fuzzy Teddy Bears"),
> ...
> );
> 
> or whatever you want.
> 
> Chris St. Pierre
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Nebraska Wesleyan University
> 
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> 
>> Otto Stolz wrote:
>>> Harakiri schrieb:
>>>> Why dont you create a custom login page,
>>> This could be the right approach, but how does it work?
>>>
>>> I need the Imp login, as the user must be able to
>>> choose amongst several IMAP servers, and the login
>>> should imply the pertinent IMAP login.
>>>
>>> Now, all documentation I could find about alternate
>>> login to Imp was just:
>>>
>>> - in http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000261.html:
>> cd /path/to/horde/imp/
>> find ./ -name custom_login.php
>>
>> See this file for a start.. the list archives also has some more on
>> custom_login.php
>>
>> - dhawal
>>
>>>> * Administrator changes:
>>>>   - Support for alternate login screens and redirection on logout.
>>> - in imp/config/conf.xml:
>>>> If this is not false, it is assumed to be the URL
>>>> of an alternate login screen which will be used
>>>> in place of IMP's default one. This setting will
>>>> be ignored if an alternate login screen is con-
>>>> figured for horde.  
>>> I. e. no specification whatsoever (not even a hint)
>>> for that alternate login page.
>>>
>>> So, the question ist: What should that alternate
>>> login page achieve, which PHP variables should it
>>> set, how will it interact with Imp?
>>>
>>> I have tried to figure this out from imp/login.php,
>>> but did not succeed. Apparently, it redirects the
>>> browser to the alternate login page, then exits,
>>> prematurely. Does this mean that I will have to
>>> copy all the code from imp/login.php (except, of
>>> course, that redirection and the templates/login
>>> line) into my alternate login page -- without
>>> really understanding it?
>>>
>>> And does that mean that I will have to repeat this
>>> code analysis, and copying, for every new Imp release?
>>>
>>> The rationale for having all those elaborate con-
>>> figuration options is to avoid re-doing the analysis
>>> and modification of the application code proper.
>>> This will only work when there is a reliable
>>> specification for the possible configuration settings.
>>> So, where can I find the specification for the
>>> alternate Imp login page?
>>>
>>> Thanks, in advance, for any hint.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>   Otto Stolz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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