[Beginner] Force Backup Login Design


(Nic Hubbard) #1

I recently locked myself out of a new Squiz Matrix installation because I had applied a System Defined Login Design that didn't have the correct code. When I tried to login, I couldn't, because my login form was not working correctly, so I got a blank screen. All other attempts to get into my system failed since _admin, _login and _edit were all using the login design that I had applied.


So, I remembered an undocumented feature of Squiz Matrix that allows you to force an alternate "backup" login design for cases just like this. All I had to do was use the query string FORCE_BACKUP_LOGIN=1 when I was loading the login screen:


    http://www.matrixsite.com/_admin/?SQ_ACTION=login&FORCE_BACKUP_LOGIN=1


The login isn't pretty, but it is a life saver.

Blog post:
http://www.zedsaid.com/blog/dont-get-locked-out-of-squiz-matrix-use-force-backup-login-design