Open the login popup immediately when accessing the website

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A user, Đạt_Hoàng, seeks to configure their Discourse forum to immediately display the sign-up modal upon first visit, bypassing the default login-required screen. Lilly initially suggests enabling login required in admin settings, but Đạt_Hoàng clarifies they want the sign-up modal to appear directly, not the login page. Lilly notes this would require customization and suggests the marketplace. Later, Don provides a custom theme component that automatically opens the sign-up modal on first page load per session, which Đạt_Hoàng confirms as the exact solution they needed. The Guest Gate theme component is also referenced as a possible alternative. The thread is merged by JammyDodger to avoid duplication.

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How can I configure the website to open the login popup as soon as it is accessed?

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admin - settings - login required set to enabled.

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if you want more granular controls or a different approach, there is also @Don’s guest gate theme component:

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I want the interface to display like this every time a new user accesses it.

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does enabling admin-settings-login_required not work for you? i just tested it on my forum and it worked.

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It works, but I don’t want it to look like this.

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so you want it to skip that screen and go right to the sign-up modal? even if they don’t already have an account?

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Right, exactly like that. Can you show me how to do it?

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no because that would require some customization of your site and i don’t know of any particular code workaround for the login modal. i suspect it can be done but you may need to post in marketplace if someone else can’t help you here.

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Thank you for your assistance

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Hi all.
How can I make the sign-up modal open when a first time visitor enter my forum?

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This seems like a continuation of your similar question so I’ve merged it together. :+1:

There is the [YourSite]/login link you can use to direct people to (also the [YourSite]/signup for the create account one).

I think the Guest Gate theme component mentioned above would also be a workable option.

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Hello,

I’ve made a theme component which is open the signup modal automatically on the first page load per session. You can install it here. :slightly_smiling_face:

https://github.com/VaperinaDEV/open-signup-modal-on-firstpage-load

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This is indeed the solution I’ve been looking for. Thank you very much