[TYPO3-english] Handling of deep linking to protected pages

[Lorenz Ulrich]

Hi everyone

I need some advice in a use-case with protected pages.

I have a mixed setup with pages that need to be protected, while other 
pages are open to public, for example:

- [1] Main page with login form (public)
-- [2] Subpage 1 (protected)
-- [3] Subpage 2 (public)

I would like to have deep linking to the protected subpages:

"An overview about all your inscriptions can be found on 
<www.mypage.com/index.php?id=2>"

If the user is not logged in in FE, he should be redirected to the main 
page [1]. After logging in he should be redirected to page page he 
originally visited [2].


By default, TYPO3 ([FE][pageNotFound_handling] empty) would show the 
content of [1] if the user calls [2] ("The next visible page upwards in 
the page tree is shown."). So he would see the login form but after 
login he is not redirected.

If the PageNotFound handling is activated ([FE][pageNotFound_handling] = 
1), TYPO3 will throw a 404 error. This is good for pages that don't 
exist but bad for pages that are only access protected.


How would you handle this case? Writing a user function that makes a 
difference between access protected and not existing pages and then 
either redirect to the 404 page or to the login page? Would that be a 
useful feature in general/a valid feature request?


Thanks for sharing your opinion.


Lorenz