[Search-l] single sign-on (was Re: Browser Test)

[Markus Petz]

>There's no easy way to access the local "sessions" in either side, so
>single-sign-on has to be explicit with the user choosing that option
>for now.


In this case the wording should be changed (for now).

1: On the login page(s), checkbox "Remember Login" should read something 
like "Log in both to Wikia and to the search engine (and keep me logged in 
for this session)" <- the duration of the login should be explicitely 
stated, and if unknown because of permanent cookie, it should read "using a 
permanent cookie".

2: On the user profile page*, checkbox "Remember my login on this computer" 
should read something like (if applicable, currently i'm not sure what the 
box does) "Log in both to Wikia and to the search engine (and keep me 
logged in for the session)" or "Log in both to Wikia and to the search 
engine (and log me in automatically when i return)".

3: The login at the left should read something like "Login to Wikia" (not 
to "Search Wikia" because that's too similar to 4).
Alternatively, it could say "Wiki: _Log_In_" (where the underlined part is 
the link).

4: The Login on top right should say something like "Login to Wikia Search" 
or "Login to the search engine" (if this is the function it has, i'm still 
not sure what it does, that's why i say it should be descriptive).
Alternatively - and i find this the better idea, it could be moved to the 
left side beneath the other login link, and say "Search: _Log_In_" (where 
the underlined part is the link).

5: The "Logged In" sign currently appears only on top and therefore is 
misleading. If there are two de-facto separate logins, they should have 
separate "Logged In" signs as well.
Alternatively, both the signs could be moved to the left side and they 
could say "Wiki: _Log_Out_" and "Search: _Log_Out_", respectively.

In any case, the site should not be afraid to be verbose on such 
complicated matters, see the forum for all the confusion it causes right 
now. In the long run, those logins should be either unified (permanent 
login feature de-coupled from unified login!) - or one of the logins 
dropped (the search login, naturally).


*I could only reach the profile page by checking "Remember Login", not with 
logging in on both login links.