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Adding a New Captive Portal

Adding a New Captive Portal

Perform the steps in this procedure to add a portal.

  1. Navigate to Captive Portal > My Portals and select the site for which the portal is to be created. Click Create Portal.
  2. Enter a unique Portal Name for your site and select a Layout and Theme Color from the pallet for the portal authentication page. Click Next.
  3. Upload your Logo and a Mobile Background or a Desktop Background. Separate background display images are required for desktop and mobile devices. Images in the JPG and PNG format are supported. Click Next.
    Note:When upgrading from an older release, the one image uploaded is used for both desktop and mobile devices and first theme is applied by default.
  4. Enter the acceptable usage policy for the visitors of your establishment/site and select Policy Statement to prompt users to accept the policy prior to logging in.
  5. Select the supported/permissible authentication methods.
    Email Password – Allows visitors to login using the captive portal. The login credentials are the same as portal users.
    Social Login – Allows visitors to login using their Facebook, Google, Instagram, or LinkedIn credentials.
    One Tap Login - Allows visitors to login without any authentication mechanism.
  6. Select the Language for your portal authentication page. English is the default and the supported languages are, French, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, and Portuguese. Click Next.
  7. Enable Email to collect email information during visitor authentication through Captive Portal; enable Verify Email to verify the collected email information. In case of One Tap Login, you can optionally select additional user data collection such as, phone number, gender, and age.
  8. For visitors to receive the company's newsletter regularly, enable Subscribe to the company's newsletter.
  9. Configure the website redirection options for visitors after successful login into the captive portal.
    Default Success Page – Visitors are redirected to a successfully logged in portal page.
    Original Request URL – Visitors are redirected to the initial URL they tried to browse before authenticating on the portal.

    Specific URL – Visitors are redirected to the URL specified while creating the portal, for example https://www.fortinet .com.

  10. To download the portal for customization, click Download.
  11. Click Save.
    The portals created can be edited and deleted.
    Note: For paid tier users, FortiPresence displays the visitors’ e mail address, mobile number, age, and gender on the portal login pages on their devices.
    This is a sample captive portal created and viewed on the FortiPresence GUI.


Adding a New Captive Portal

Adding a New Captive Portal

Perform the steps in this procedure to add a portal.

  1. Navigate to Captive Portal > My Portals and select the site for which the portal is to be created. Click Create Portal.
  2. Enter a unique Portal Name for your site and select a Layout and Theme Color from the pallet for the portal authentication page. Click Next.
  3. Upload your Logo and a Mobile Background or a Desktop Background. Separate background display images are required for desktop and mobile devices. Images in the JPG and PNG format are supported. Click Next.
    Note:When upgrading from an older release, the one image uploaded is used for both desktop and mobile devices and first theme is applied by default.
  4. Enter the acceptable usage policy for the visitors of your establishment/site and select Policy Statement to prompt users to accept the policy prior to logging in.
  5. Select the supported/permissible authentication methods.
    Email Password – Allows visitors to login using the captive portal. The login credentials are the same as portal users.
    Social Login – Allows visitors to login using their Facebook, Google, Instagram, or LinkedIn credentials.
    One Tap Login - Allows visitors to login without any authentication mechanism.
  6. Select the Language for your portal authentication page. English is the default and the supported languages are, French, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, and Portuguese. Click Next.
  7. Enable Email to collect email information during visitor authentication through Captive Portal; enable Verify Email to verify the collected email information. In case of One Tap Login, you can optionally select additional user data collection such as, phone number, gender, and age.
  8. For visitors to receive the company's newsletter regularly, enable Subscribe to the company's newsletter.
  9. Configure the website redirection options for visitors after successful login into the captive portal.
    Default Success Page – Visitors are redirected to a successfully logged in portal page.
    Original Request URL – Visitors are redirected to the initial URL they tried to browse before authenticating on the portal.

    Specific URL – Visitors are redirected to the URL specified while creating the portal, for example https://www.fortinet .com.

  10. To download the portal for customization, click Download.
  11. Click Save.
    The portals created can be edited and deleted.
    Note: For paid tier users, FortiPresence displays the visitors’ e mail address, mobile number, age, and gender on the portal login pages on their devices.
    This is a sample captive portal created and viewed on the FortiPresence GUI.