Login Process Explained: A Step-by-Step Guide
This HTML snippet represents the and beginning of the of a webpage, likely a login page. let’s break down what it does:
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: This meta tag is for Microsoft’s tile system (used in Windows Start Menu and Taskbar pinning). It sets the color of the tile to a light gray (#F3F3F3).
: Links to a CSS file that likely defines the overall branding (colors, fonts, logo) of the website.
: links to a CSS file for styling Bootstrap popovers (small informational boxes that appear on hover or click). The ?v=a9da8aa is a version number,used for cache busting (forcing browsers to download the latest version of the file).
: Links to a general CSS file for the website’s styling.
Commented-out tags: These are lines that are commented out (using ). They represent CSS files that were potentially used but are currently disabled. They seem to be related to a templating engine (Thymeleaf, indicated by th:href) and potentially other libraries like Chosen and intl-tel-input.The onegini.version, chosen.version, and intl-tel-input.version suggest these are versioned resources.
Another commented-out tag: This one is a bit strange.It attempts to link to a CSS file within a URL, which is not a standard way to include CSS. It’s likely a leftover from a development or testing phase.
BlueConic Integration:
: This preconnects to a domain (w638.roularta.be) used by BlueConic,a customer data platform. crossorigin="" is crucial for CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) when making requests to this domain. This improves performance by establishing a connection early.This indicates the site is tracking user behavior with BlueConic.
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: The tag starts here. data-page="login": A data attribute indicating that this is the login page. This can be used by JavaScript to apply specific behavior or styling.
id="wpautomaticReadabilityBody": An ID likely added by a WordPress plugin (WP Automatic) to improve readability. : The element represents the main content of the document.
: this is a HTML entity representing a carriage return. It’s likely a leftover artifact from the code editor.
roul-wrapper and roul-embedded. These classes likely define the overall layout and embedding context of the page.
: A div with the ID signIn and class roul-screen. This likely represents the entire login screen.
: A div with the class roul-content. This likely contains the actual content of the login screen.
: A div with the class roul-body. This likely contains the main content area of the login screen.
: A row using a flexbox layout, reversed (meaning the columns are displayed in the opposite order).
: A column that takes up 5 out of 12 columns on large screens. It has margin top (mt-2) and bottom (mb-4) and a class roul-engage-content.
: A div with classes control-group and external-idps. This likely contains the social login options.
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