To add a new authentication mode, follow these steps:
- From the Authentication Modes pane from the Users & Groups tab of the Administrator Dashboard by selecting Authentication Modes from the Settings menu of the Users & Groups sidebar.
Result: The Authentication Modes pane is displayed.
- From the Library column of the Authentication Modes table, click the
Add new mode link.
Result: The New Authentication Mode Details window is displayed.
Note: The AnswerHub authentication modes are mostly used for new OpenID providers. If you need the user to enter a username or screen name, select endpointForm for the Mode and make sure you have %s in your consumer endpoint somewhere.
- Enter the required information in the following fields:
- ID-
- Name-
- Large Image URL -Used to define the large image icon that is displayed in /users/login.html.
- Small Image URL - Used to define the small image icon that is displayed in /users/login.html
- Consumer Endpoint - The endpoint that implements the login functionality for the authentication mode.
- To set Click the Mode drop-down menu and select one of the following authentication modes:
- endpointForm-This is a custom login form that can be used to create a new login mode.
- direct-
- social- These are the authentication modes that are created by social networks.
For example: Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook authentication modes are all social since they were implemented on the AnswerHub platform using Spring's Social respective modules - usernameAndPasswordForm-This is the regular login screen that uses the regularSpring Security authentication
- To set the position that the authentication mode is displayed on the login screen, click the Position drop-down menu and select one of the following:
- rightMiddle
- rightTop
- leftBottom
- leftTop
- leftMiddle
- rightBottom
- Click the Ok (
) button.
Result: A green bar that reads Authentication modes successfully saved. is displayed at the top of the pane, and the authentication mode is added, enabled, and displayed in the Authentication Modes table.
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