Where Visitors Log In
Overview
When an experience asks a reader to log in or sign up, such as the Log in button on an access wall, UniSignIn sends them to the login you choose. The choice applies to your whole account: every experience, and logins started from the account menu, checkout or a subscription offer.
| Choice | Where readers log in | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Popup on the page (default) | In a popup over the page they are reading | One website, where readers shouldn't leave the page |
| Shared login page | On your UniSignIn login page, then back to the page they were on | Several websites sharing one login, and longer logins |
| Your own login page | On your website's login page, then back to the page they were on | Sites where readers already have accounts with you |
Popup on the page
Readers log in without leaving the article. Each of your websites keeps its own login, so a reader who uses two of your sites logs in on each. Some browsers, such as Safari, limit logins inside popups and ask readers to log in again more often.
Shared login page
Readers go to your UniSignIn login page, for example account.example.com, log in, and come back to the page they were on, logged in.
- One login for all your sites. A reader who is already logged in there comes straight back when they click Log in on another of your sites, without entering anything.
- Longer logins. Because readers visit the login page directly, browsers keep the login for longer than in a popup.
- Your own domain. Use it only when your UniSignIn login page is on your own domain, such as
account.example.com.
Your own login page
Readers go to your website's login page and come back to the page they were on, logged in. Your site signs them in to UniSignIn as well, see Connect your own login system. Use a page that requires login and has the UniSignIn tag.
Set it
- Go to
Features>Account Center>Authentication. - Under Login, choose Log in with.
- For Your own login page, enter the Login page URL.
- Click Save.
Only the account owner and Super Administrators can change this setting, see Team and Roles.
Your other sites
Readers are only sent back to your project's website and the domains in Features > Account Center > Other Settings > Domains allowlist. Add every site that should share the login.
Logging out on one site logs the reader out of that site only.
Related
- OpenID Connect: let readers log in with your own account system or another provider, with any of these choices.
- Access Wall: ask readers to log in before they read.
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