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title: "Introduction"
manual: "Frontend Login"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/typo3/cms-felogin:introduction@main"
source: "Introduction/Index.rst"
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# Introduction {#introduction}

## What does it do? {#what-does-it-do}

The Frontend Login for Website Users (felogin) extension is a general
purpose extension for frontend logins. In addition to the actual login
box, it includes several methods for redirecting after login/logout
and includes forgot password functionality.

## Screenshots {#screenshots}

### General Settings {#general-settings}

![General Settings](../Images/GeneralSettings.png)

### Redirect Configuration {#redirect-configuration}

![Redirect Configuration](../Images/RedirectConfiguration.png)

> [!TIP]
> **Hint**
>
> Be sure that in the overall `Access` tab under `User Group Access rights` the content
> element and even the page itself is not set to `Hide at login`, otherwise the redirect
> to the given page will not work.

### Messages Tab {#messages-tab}

![Messages Configuration](../Images/MessagesConfiguration.png)