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Hi,
I just setup vB on my site and am trying to figure out how to do a couple things... here's one of them:

I want to create a login form on my homepage, where users can directly login to vBulletin from my homepage. When a user logins from the homepage, it redirects him back to the homepage instead of the forums, and the login form is now changed to a welcome message + the user name...

So please provide the information on where I should change (ok with making php/html changes, just taking too much time to figure out where). I guess I would need at least two pieces: (1) a simple code for the login form with required arguments. (2) a cookie or session check to determine if the user is logged in.... (and the locations where to make the changes)

Thanks in advance.
(I've done a search, but couldn't really find a good solution.)