Automatically Hiding the Login Control from Authenticated Users

Some websites display a login form at the top of every page. That way, registered users can log in at any time to view additional content. The easiest way to add a Login control to all the pages in an application is to take advantage of Master Pages. If you add a Login control to a Master Page, the Login control is included in every content page that uses the Master Page.

You can change the layout of the Login control by modifying the Login control’s Orientation property. If you set this property to the value Horizontal, the Username and Password text boxes are rendered in the same row.

If you include a Login control in all your pages, you should also modify the Login control’s ...

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