working with a PHP login system script...

[garrettroyce]

You're fine with what you have, you just need to make a little change:

<input type="text" name="username" <!-- this is wrong, this is your own code -->
<input type="text" name="user" <!-- this is right, this is what is in main.php -->

[rufussweetwater]

okay i fixed that, but now what? I am trying to link the main.php file but I end up getting a bunch of visible code on the WYSIWYG design board. also I changed the login button to link it but I lost my picture and now I just have a brown box with the word 'login' and no picture or CSS is kicking in. heres the code i worked on:

<!--Login Area Starts -->
			<div id="login-area">
				<form action="process.php" method="post" name="Login" id="Login">
					<label>Members Login:</label>
					<div align="center">
					  <input name="user" type="text" id="user" value="<? echo $form->value("user"); ?>" maxlength="32" />
					  <? echo $form->error("user"); ?>
					  <input name="pass" type="password" id="pass" value="<? echo $form->value("pass"); ?>" maxlength="32" />
					  <? echo $form->error("pass"); ?>
					  <input type="submit" src="http://forums.x10hosting.com/images/login-btn.gif" value="Login"  class="login-btn" alt="Login" title="Login" />
					  <br class="spacer" />
				  <span class="style1"><span class="style2"><?
/**
 * User has already logged in, so display relavent links, including
 * a link to the admin center if the user is an administrator.
 */
if($session->logged_in){
   echo "<h1>Logged In</h1>";
   echo "Welcome <b>$session->username</b> <br><br>"
       ."[<a href=\"userinfo.php?user=$session->username\">My Account</a>] &nbsp;&nbsp;"
       ."[<a href=\"useredit.php\">Edit Account</a>] &nbsp;&nbsp;";
   if($session->isAdmin()){
      echo "[<a href=\"admin/admin.php\">Admin Center</a>] &nbsp;&nbsp;";
   }
   echo "[<a href=\"process.php\">Logout</a>]";
}
else{
?></span><?
/**
 * User not logged in, display the login form.
 * If user has already tried to login, but errors were
 * found, display the total number of errors.
 * If errors occurred, they will be displayed.
 */
if($form->num_errors > 0){
   echo "<font size=\"2\" color=\"#ff0000\">".$form->num_errors." error(s) found</font>";
}
?> | Remember Me | <a href="forgotpass.php">Forgot Password?</a></span></div>
			  </form>
			</div>
			<!--Login Area Ends -->

also when i hit login it just opens up main.php in text form on my web browser and does nothing, along with all my other buttons...