Multiple Branded Login Pages

Question

Hi
I followed the plumtree enterprise dev tutorial on the plumtree site on multiple branding using different url host headers, using custom activity spaces and PEI, making calls when login action events are triggered. It works for the most part, except for one case:
I have url "X" which uses the default guest account, and url "Y", which uses a custom guest account "guest2". Both urls point to the same plumtree portal.
I can go from Y to X and back to Y. Each time a login action fires and my custom classes swap the guest accounts being used.
Where it doesn't work is if I go from X to Y. I think its because X logs in as the default "guest" account, and once its logged in, even if I go to Y, no login events are fired and my classes don't get a chance to swap the guest account.
Looking at PTSpy, none of the login activity events get triggered so there's no way I can get my code to swap the guest accounts.
Is there another way to force the guest accounts to swap?
We are using Plumtree Portal 5.0.2
Regards
Polan Fong

Answer 1

Hi Eric,
We will be adding a Quick Start for a similar customization to the Developer Center soon. Our approach uses the Login PEI to login the user as a custom guest user based upon the url they use to hit the portal (http://www.mycompany.portal.plumtree.com). The custom guest user allows you to use subportal branding to make the login page match the portal after the user logs in. This is not a perfect solution in the 5.0.2 timeframe, but it works for the login page (guest user browsing has some issues). You could also use the Login PEI to do something similar to what you did in 4.5 with custom login pages.
-- Don