How can you create a customized page to change user password?

Question

Hello to all,
I would like to create a customized page for a user to change their password. We are using Portal version 3.0.9 on Windows NT/2000. Currently there is a page in portal where a user can change their password.
I tried linking to that page by copying the shortcut url and adding it as an html portlet. The problem is that we want to direct the users to a
page of our choosing when they click on the "cancel" and "ok" buttons. I read in the forums that there is a selfreg.cmd script.
I also read that there is some code that has been available.
Has anyone implemented a customized user password change page? Do you know of any links that might have steps to follow or
more informatioin?
Thanks in advance,
Lindsay

Answer 1

Hi,
I was able to customize the change password screen through a procedure. This is what I did:
* Created a procedure under the Portal30_sso schema:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure reports_chage_password
site2pstoretoken in varchar2 default null
,p_username in varchar2 default null
,p_error_code in varchar2 default null
,p_submit_url in varchar2 default null
,p_done_url in varchar2 default null
,p_pwd_is_exp in varchar2 default null
,p_password in varchar2 default null
is
begin
htp.htmlopen;
htp.headopen;
htp.title ('<TITLE of Page>');
htp.headclose;
htp.bodyopen;
htp.p('<table width="100%"><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><IMG SRC=<directory of image if you want>"><br><hr><br></td></tr>');
htp.p('<tr><td colspan=2 align=center>');
htp.p('<font COLOR="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+2><b>');
htp.header(nsize => 1 ,cheader => 'Change Password');
htp.p('</b></font>');
htp.p('</td></tr><tr><td align=right>');
htp.formopen(curl => p_submit_url );
htp.p('<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+1>');
htp.p ('Username:');
htp.p('</td><td alight=left><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+1>');
htp.p(p_username);
htp.p('</font>');
htp.p('</td></tr>');
htp.formHidden(cname => 'p_username',cvalue => p_username);
htp.br;
htp.p('<tr><td align=right>');
htp.p('<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+1>');
htp.p ('Old Password: ');
htp.p('</font>');
htp.p('</td><td align=left>');
htp.p ( htf.formPassword(cname => 'p_old_password',csize => 30,cmaxlength => 30) );
htp.p('</td></tr>');
htp.br;
htp.p('<tr><td align=right>');
htp.p('<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+1>');
htp.p ('New Password: ');
htp.p('</font>');
htp.p('</td><td align=left>');
htp.p ( htf.formPassword(cname => 'p_new_password',csize => 30,cmaxlength => 30) );
htp.p('</td></tr>');
htp.br;
htp.p('<tr><td align=right>');
htp.p('<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size=+1>');
htp.p ('Confirm New Password: ');
htp.p('</font>');
htp.p('</td><td align=left>');
htp.p ( htf.formPassword(cname => 'p_new_password_confirm',csize => 30,cmaxlength => 30) );
htp.p('</td></tr>');
htp.p('<tr><td rowsapn=2>');
htp.formHidden(cname => 'p_done_url',cvalue => '<the url that you want users to go to when they are done>');
htp.formHidden(cname => 'p_pwd_is_exp',cvalue => p_pwd_is_exp);
htp.formHidden(cname => 'p_password',cvalue => p_password);
htp.formHidden(cname => 'site2pstoretoken',cvalue => site2pstoretoken);
htp.p('</td></tr>');
htp.p('<tr><td align=right>');
htp.formSubmit(cname => 'p_action',cvalue => 'OK');
htp.p('</td><td align=left>');
htp.formSubmit(cname => 'p_action',cvalue => 'CANCEL');
htp.p('</td></tr></table>');
if p_error_code is not null then
htp.br;
htp.fontOpen(ccolor=> 'red', csize=> 4);
if p_error_code = 'auth_fail_err' then
htp.p('Old password is incorrect');
elsif p_error_code = 'pwd_rule_err' then
htp.p('The new password does not follow '||
'the password policies.');
htp.br;
htp.p('Verify with your System Administrator '||
'about the Password Policies');
elsif p_error_code = 'confirm_pwd_fail_txt' then
htp.p('Confirmation for new passord is not '||
'the same as the New Passowrd');
elsif p_error_code = 'null_new_pwd_err' then
htp.p('New password cannot be null');
elsif p_error_code = 'null_old_pwd_err' then
htp.p('Old password cannot be null');
else
htp.p ('Error: ' || p_error_code );
end if;
htp.fontClose;
end if;
end;
* Grant this procedure to PUBLIC
* Update the portal30_sso.wwsso_ls_configuration_info_$:
UPDATE portal30_sso.wwsso_ls_configuration_info_$
SET LOGIN URL = '<YOUR CUSTOM LOGIN URL OR THE WORD UNUSED IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE> http://<MACHINE_NAME>.<DOMAIN>/pls/portal30_sso/portal30_sso.<NAME OF PROCEDURE>';
* After you update the table, go to your account information link, and click on the change password link.
* Then copy the url that you see in your address line
* And if you want a change password link at the top of your portal page, just go to EDIT on your page, then edit the banner defaults. Then in the links add the Lable and the URL. The URL would be the URL you copied from the previous step.
Hope this helps.
I've customized the login page too if you would like some sample code for that. Let me know.
Martin