I have a login area on my index page, the code for the login is:
Code:
<form action="http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/index.php?" method="post" target="_self">
<FONT face="arial, helvetica" size="2" ><B>Log In: </b></font>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="username" SIZE=7 MAXLENGTH=25>
<INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="password" SIZE=7 MAXLENGTH=13>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login">
<input type="submit" value="Login!">
</form>
You could easyly change the templates to have a link to a new log in page, then have that code on the login page.