Reset password widget

Overview

You use the Reset password widget to enable users to reset their password, in case they have forgotten it.

You can give this option to the users in the Login form widget, when users enter their credentials.
The widget requires the user to provide a valid email and sends a link to the email for resetting the password.

PREREQUISITES: You must have configure the email notification settings.
For more information, see Configure email settings.

Place the widget on the page

NOTE: Personalization of this widget is not supported.

You can place a Reset password widget only inside a Section widget.
To do this, perform the following:

  1. Inside a column from the Section widget, click Add widget here…
  2. Select the Login & Users tab.
  3. Click the RESET PASSWORD widget.
    The widget is placed inside the selected column of the Section widget.

RESULT: The widget displays the Email field and the Send button.
You can change these labels in the advanced widget settings.

Widget settings

To open the widget settings, perform the following:

  1. In the page editor, hover over the widget.
  2. Click the toggle menu in the widget label.
  3. Click DotNetCore8 (Edit).
    The Reset password page opens.

In the Select pages section you can do the following:

If you want to provide the users the option to go back to the login page, you can display a link to the page.

To do this, under Login page, click Add (Select page) and select a page from your website.
The page must have the Login form widget.

The Reset password widget displays the Back to login link.

To display link to the Registration page, under Registration page click Add (Select page) and select a page from your website.
The page must have the Registration widget.

In Display setting section, you can do the following:

Change the template

To change the template that the Reset password widget uses, select the new template in Reset password template the dropdown box.

You must first have created a custom template.
For more information, see Next.js pages and templates.

Configure the widget margins

In Margins, you can choose the margins between the text and the column where it is placed.
Choose from the predefined values of none, small, medium, or large.

Save your changes

Advanced widget settings

To open the advanced settings, in the upper-right corner of the Reset password widget page, click  DotNetCore11 (Advanced settings).

  • In Label, you can enter a specific name for this widget. This name will be displayed in:
    • The page editor as a label for the widget when you hover over it.
    • In the treeview with the page structure in the right pane of the page editor.
  • In CSS class, you can enter individual CSS class for the Reset password widget.

Save your changes.

Configure the labels of the widget

You can change the following labels:

LabelDescriptionDefault value
Reset password headerThe label that is displayed when the user is taken to reset the passwordReset password
Password field labelThe label of the field where the user enters the new passwordNew password
Repeat password field labelThe label of the field where the user repeats the new passwordRepeat new password
Security question field labelThe label of the security question dropdown, if implementedSecret question:
Save buttonThe label of the button that sends the newly entered passwordSave
Success messageThe message that indicates that the password was successfully changedYour password is successfully changed.
Error messageThe message that indicated that the password change failedYou are unable to reset password. Contact your administrator for assistance.
Back linkThe text of the link to the login pageBack to login
Required fields error messageThe message that is displayed when a required field is not filled outAll fields are required.
Passwords mismatch error messageThe message that is displayed when the new password and its confirmation do not matchNew password and repeat password don't match.
Forgotten password headerThe label of the widget that is displayed on the frontend pageForgot your password?
Forgotten password labelThe instructional text of the Reset password widgetEnter your login email address and you will receive an email with a link to reset your password.
Email field labelThe label of the username fieldEmail
Send buttonThe label of the button that triggers the password reset requestSend
Forgotten password submit messageThe message displayed after the user sends the request for password changeYou sent a request to reset your password to
Forgotten password link messageThe message that is displayed to instruct the user to follow the link in their email, after they send a request for password changeUse the link provided in your email to reset the password for your account.
Invalid email format messageThe message that is displayed when an invalid email format is enteredInvalid email format.
Field is required messageThe message that is displayed when a required field is not filled outField is required.

Save your changes.

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