The CustomerSmartLoginControl displays a welcome message for the returning customer along with three buttons. One which will redirect the shopper to their account, another which will redirect them to their cart, and a last one which will log the customer out.

An example of the CustomerSmartLoginControl in use is below:

By changing the values of the control's properties in the SitePages.config file for your Site, you can enable or disable certain behaviors, set certain defaults, alter aspects of the display or otherwise cusomtize your site's implementaion of the control.

The following describes properties pertaining to key functional areas of the control that can be configured to suit your needs.

Properties Inherited from the Base CyberStoreBaseControl

Properties specific to the CyberStoreBaseControl can be listed in the following categories:

• Override Properties
• Contextual Properties

Override Properties

When the IgnoreControl property is set to true, all processing of a control is skipped, and the control's Visible property is set to false ensuring that it is not rendered in the resulting CyberStore page.

Contextual Properties

Contextual properties define specific details about the current instance of the control based on context. Context can be set by any number of factors including the log in state of the Shopper, the Site being visited, or the properties that have been established for a control.

The AttributesBag property is used internal to control processing and is the collection of attributes, or properties, and their values based on how the control is configured. The attributes in this property are set by processing the SitePages.config file as well as any specific declared property values in any registered sub controls. It allows for the passing down of all properties to a control and any registered sub controls.

The ComConfig, UserData and Site_ID properties are read-only values made available to all CyberStore controls to aid in processing and establishing context about the Site and Shopper.

The table below lists and describes sub controls used by the default CustomerSmartLoginControl.

The following is the markup for this control.

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="CustomerSmartLoginControl.ascx.cs"
    Inherits="Dovetail.Ecommerce.Controls.CustomerSmartLoginControl" %>
<@ Register TagPrefix="uc1" TagName="ShoppingCartDisplayItemCount" Src="~/Control/ShoppingCartDisplayItemCount.ascx" >
<div>

<%if (HttpContext.Current.Session["userID"] != null)
  {
      if (HttpContext.Current.Session["userName"] != null)
      {  %>
          <div class="login-message">
        Welcome back,
        <=HttpContext.Current.Session["userName"]>! <a href="/Ecommerce/customermyaccount.aspx" class="infoareaaccount">
            My Account</a></div>
        <%}
      else
      {%>
          <div class="login-message">
        Welcome back! <a href="/Ecommerce/customermyaccount.aspx" class="infoareaaccount">My Account</a></div>
    <}>
    <div>
        <uc1:ShoppingCartDisplayItemCount ID="ShoppingCartDisplayItemCount1" runat="server" />
        <a href="/Ecommerce/CustomerLogout.aspx" class="infoarealogout">Logout</a></div>
    <%}
  else
  {%>
    <div class="login-message">
        Hello. You are not logged in.</div>
    <div>
        <i class="icon-user"></i><a href="/Ecommerce/CustomerLoginForm.aspx" class="infoarealogin">Login</a>&nbsp;
        New? <a href="/Ecommerce/customerregistrationform.aspx">Register </a>
    </div>
    <!--- end  -->
    <}>
</div>

System.Object
   System.Web.UI.Control
      System.Web.UI.TemplateControl
         System.Web.UI.UserControl
            Dovetail.Ecommerce.ControlBases.CyberStoreBaseControl
               Dovetail.Ecommerce.Controls.CustomerSmartLoginControl

Reference

CustomerSmartLoginControl Members
Dovetail.Ecommerce.Controls Namespace