Login redirection leads to unrelated article

Question

I am trying to set up a staff page using hidden menu items.

The login point is a public menu item, which should redirect to a menu item with registered access. Unfortunately a successful login redirects to the article (not menu item) associated with an unrelated login module.

Changing the login redirection selection does not impact where I am sent, and when I go directly to the URL i would like it to reach, I can see that it is set up properly.

you can test it at the links below using the login and password test1/54321

roadstosuccess.org/staff

desired redirect would be

roadstosuccess.org/staff/welcome

Answer 1

In the welcome page, you can check what Url is included as a hidden parameter. It is encoded with Base64.

In your case, it has aW5kZXgucGhwP0l0ZW1pZD0yNjM=. You can decode it (http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp) and get "index.php?Itemid=263"

If you need to define a return Url beyond the module parameters, you can just define a module override and fix the Url.

You can find the original layout in modules/mod_login/tmpl/default.php, and the return parameter in line 166.

Ref: Module Layout Overrides https://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides#Module_Layout_Overrides