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drupal isn't recognising the page--user--login.tpl.php file. Tried clearing the cache. Still not working. I've never themed the user login page before. Any idea's?

I am running Drupal 7 and I want to theme the whole page. The other page template is being picked up. There isn't any other page--user--login.tpl.php in my theme directory

the page--user.tpl.php is being recognised but the page--user-login-tpl.php is not. bummer because i want the login page to be considerably different to the user page.

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  • what version of drupal are you running?
    – Jimajamma
    Apr 29, 2013 at 14:52
  • What do wou want to change? The whole page or only the form?
    – Rufein
    Apr 29, 2013 at 14:53
  • I am running D7, and i want to theme the whole page.
    – Jeremy
    Apr 29, 2013 at 14:57
  • it's the correct template name then, are other page templates in the same directory being picked up? if there is another page--user--login.tpl.php file elsewhere in your theme's directory structure, that one might be being picked up instead.
    – Jimajamma
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:00
  • stackoverflow.com/questions/8712061/style-drupal-7-log-in-page ?
    – greggles
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:01

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This question is similar to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8712061/style-drupal-7-log-in-page

It looks like you need to also have:

  • a page.tpl.php in your theme for page--anything-else.tpl.php to work
  • a page--user.tpl.php in your theme

You should also always clear the theme cache after adding/removing template files.

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    looked promising! gave it a go. couldn't get it to work.
    – Jeremy
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:06
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    If it works the same way as node.tpl.php, you'll need page.tpl.php in your theme for page--anything-else.tpl.php to work (big if though, I haven't tried it)
    – Clive ♦
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:15
  • what was the issue?
    – Jimajamma
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:31
  • ah ok. maybe i havent got it to work. the page--user.tpl.php file is being recognised however the page--user--login.tpl.php is still not being recognised.
    – Jeremy
    Apr 29, 2013 at 15:35
  • More about having page--user.tpl.php requirement to alter page--user--login.tpl.php --- It's not the exact case. Say, if you want to have a custom comment.tpl.php variation (comment--blog.tpl.php), then you do need the base template in the theme's template folder to work (at least I had to).
    – AKS
    Apr 29, 2013 at 16:21
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 function themename_theme(&$existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
$hooks['user-login'] = array(
    'template' => 'templates/user-login',
    'render element' => 'form',
 );
  return $hooks;
}

Add this code to your template.php file. Then you can create user-login.tpl.php.

Note: Don't forget to clear the cache

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