Redirect to CMS page after logging in

Question

On my webshop I don't want the customers to use the customer dashboard. I'm looking for a simple way(for a non-developer) to redirect to a custom CMS page.

Therefore when the customers signs in I want to transfer them to a page named employee-logged-in.html. Is there any easy way to do that?

Answer 1

No, the only thing Magento does by default is to redirect the user to the previous page or to the customer dashboard. This setting is in Admin->System->Configuration->Customer Configuration->Login Options->Redirect Customer to Account Dashboard after Logging in.

If you want something else but you're not a developer, use an extension: http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/customer-redirect-after-login-1.html http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/custom-login-redirect.html http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/custom-login-redirect-pro.html

Answer 2

Magento has a builtin functionality to let you specify WHERE you should be redirected after the login. Please read this link You should set the Admin->System->Configuration->Customer Configuration->Login Options->Redirect Customer to Account Dashboard to NO and then in the login form add an hidden input field named "referer_url"

...
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('customer.form.login.extra')?>
<form action="<?php echo $this->getPostActionUrl() ?>" method="post" id="login-form">
    **<input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="employee-logged-in.html"/>**
    <div class="col2-set">
...

the code above was from default template/customer/login.phtml you shoudl be able to modifiy it even if you are not a "programmer".

Answer 3

Overide magento magento customer Accountcontroller.php using https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9350044/magento-overriding-customer-account-controller

then copy loginPostAction  function to your Accountcontroller.php

then goto loginPostAction function comment

  //remove from logidpost function
     $this->_loginPostRedirect(); 
add this function add 
     $this->_redirect('customcmspage');
return;