changed login to ajax added error message for incorret login, closes #36

public/src/forum/login.js

@@ -11,4 +11,31 @@
 			document.location.href = target.getAttribute('data-url');
 		}
 	});	
+
+
+	$('#login').on('click', function() {
+
+		var loginData = {
+			'username': $('#username').val(),
+			'password': $('#password').val(),
+			'_csrf': $('#csrf-token').val()
+		};
+
+		$.ajax({
+			type: "POST",
+			url: '/login',
+			data: loginData,
+			success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+				$('#login-error-notify').hide();
+				window.location.replace("/");
+			},
+			error : function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+				$('#login-error-notify').show().delay(1000).fadeOut(250);
+			},
+			dataType: 'json'
+		});
+
+		return false;
+	});
+
 }());

public/templates/login.tpl

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 			<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button>
 			<strong>Failed Login Attempt</strong> <p></p>
 		</div>
-		<form method="post" action="/login">
+
+		<form>
 			<label>Username</label><input type="text" placeholder="Enter Username" name="username" id="username" /><br />
 			<label>Password</label><input type="password" placeholder="Enter Password" name="password" id="password" /><br />
-			<input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{token}" />
+			<input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{token}" id="csrf-token" />
 			<button class="btn btn-primary" id="login" type="submit">Login</button> &nbsp; <a href="/reset">Forgot Password?</a>
 		</form>
+
+		<span id="login-error-notify" class="label label-important hide">Invalid username/password</span><br/>
 	</div>
+
 	<div class="well span6 {alternate_logins:display}">
 		<h4>Alternative Logins</h4>
 		<ul class="alt-logins">

src/routes/authentication.js

@@ -129,10 +129,9 @@
 		});
 
 
-		app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('local', {
-			successRedirect: '/',
-			failureRedirect: '/login'
-		}));
+		app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('local'), function(req, res) {
+			res.json({success:1});
+		});
 
 		app.post('/register', function(req, res) {
 			user_module.create(req.body.username, req.body.password, req.body.email, function(err, uid) {

src/webserver.js

@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 				app.get('/' + route, function(req, res) {
 					if ((route === 'login' || route ==='register') && (req.user && req.user.uid > 0)) {
-						res.redirect('/account');
+
+						user.getUserField(req.user.uid, 'userslug', function(userslug) {
+							res.redirect('/users/'+userslug);							
+						});
 						return;
 					}