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

[Balinny]

Markus Petz wrote:
>> If that helps... I have added to the left Wiki: Log in and Search: Log
>> in. So with the upper link you now
>> have three login links!!
>>     
>
> No, i meant, move it entirely from top to left, so as to get the 
> distinction at first glance.
>
>  > It works depending on where you are. The whole separate logins mislead
>   
>> everything. That's done at
>> skin level, so can't help you. The links say "Log in" even when you're
>> logged :(
>>     
>
> Broke by design :). So you can't remove the top login because then you 
> would loose the logout link. In this case i think it would be better to 
> have two logins as before but with the different wording. Could you do that?
>
> Thanks for being so responsive.
>   
Not exactly. It's a matter of permissions. I can only change things 
customizable via wiki messages. The
top login link, isn't, that's why i left it. But i now realise it has an 
id, so it's hidden now :)
The links say log in because there's no way in the wiki grammar to tell 
if a user is logged in or not. The
change from "Log in" to "Log out" is usually done by the skin, ie. a 
file at Wikia's server. I can't touch that,
and any wikitext to detect that would need an extension, more file access.
Could still be done as a javascript hack, but i don't find it too clean, 
nor is clear what to do with the Search
 log in to know if it's logged in or not, sniff the cookies?? Also, 
arriving at http://alpha.search.wikia.com/login/logout.html
without being logged there means that next time you log in, you'll 
automatically get logged out.