SharePoint 2010 FBA : Forms Login Page

login page location:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\Portno\_forms\default.aspx

my Login page having 2 custom links like Forgot Password and Register page

Warning: this page is not encrypted for secure communication. User names, passwords, and any other information will be sent in clear text. For more information, contact your administrator. 

you can hide above error in the sign in page using below code

  if (document.location.protocol != 'https:' || document.location.protocol != 'http:')       

  SslWarning.style.display = 'none';

//hide Sign in heading 

BODY #s4-simple-card H1

 {

   display:none !important;

 }

login page location

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\Portno\_forms\default.aspx

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderPageTitle" runat="server">

    <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode" Id="ClaimsFormsPageTitle" />

</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea"

    runat="server">

    <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode" Id="ClaimsFormsPageTitleInTitleArea" />

</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderSiteName" runat="server" />

//it will override default error icon

<asp:Content ID="Content4" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderIcon" runat="server">

    <img title="pgclogo" border="0" alt="myLogo" src="/_layouts/images/logo.gif" />

</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content5" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">

    <div id="SslWarning" style="color: red; display: none">

        <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode" Id="ClaimsFormsPageMessage" />

    </div>

    <script language="javascript">

      if (document.location.protocol != 'https:' || document.location.protocol != 'http:')

      {

            var SslWarning = document.getElementById('SslWarning');

            SslWarning.style.display = 'none';

      }

    </script>

    <asp:Login ID="signInControl" FailureText="<%$Resources:wss,login_pageFailureText%>"

        runat="server" Width="100%">

        <LayoutTemplate>

            <asp:Label ID="FailureText" class="ms-error" runat="server" />

            <table width="100%">

                <tr>

                    <td nowrap="nowrap">

                        <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,login_pageUserName%>"

                            EncodeMethod='HtmlEncode' />

                    </td>

                    <td width="100%">

                        <asp:TextBox ID="UserName" autocomplete="off" runat="server" class="ms-inputuserfield"

                            Width="99%" />

                    </td>

                </tr>

                <tr>

                    <td nowrap="nowrap">

                        <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,login_pagePassword%>"

                            EncodeMethod='HtmlEncode' />

                    </td>

                    <td width="100%">

                        <asp:TextBox ID="password" TextMode="Password" autocomplete="off" runat="server"

                            class="ms-inputuserfield" Width="99%" />

                    </td>

                </tr>

                <tr>

                    <td colspan="2" align="right">

                        <asp:Button ID="login" CommandName="Login" Text="<%$Resources:wss,login_pagetitle%>"

                            runat="server" />

                    </td>

                </tr>

                <tr>

                    <td colspan="2">

                        <asp:CheckBox ID="RememberMe" Text="<%$SPHtmlEncodedResources:wss,login_pageRememberMe%>"

                            runat="server" />

                    </td>

                </tr>

                <tr>

                    <td colspan="2" align="right">

                        <asp:HyperLink ID="forgotpassword" runat="server" NavigateUrl="/_layouts/Extranet.ApplicationPages/Membership/forgotpassword.aspx">Forgot Password? &nbsp; </asp:HyperLink>

                        <asp:HyperLink ID="Register" runat="server" NavigateUrl="/_layouts/Extranet.ApplicationPages/Membership/register.aspx">Register here..</asp:HyperLink>

                    </td>

                </tr>

            </table>

        </LayoutTemplate>

    </asp:Login>

</asp:Content>

SharePoint 2010 FBA : Forgot Password Page (asp.net Membergship)

Forgot Password SharePoint 2010 FBA or 

Password Recovery page

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="ForgotPassword.aspx.cs"

    Inherits="Extranet.ApplicationPages.ForgotPassword" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/simple.master" %>

<asp:Content ID="PageHead" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat="server">

</asp:Content>

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderIcon" runat="server">

   <img   title="pgclogo" border="0" alt="PGC Logo" src="/_layouts/images/logo.gif"  />

</asp:content>

<asp:content id="Main" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">

<div>

// Please update your MembershipProvider name here

     <asp:PasswordRecovery ID="PasswordRecovery12" BorderPadding="4" Runat="server" MembershipProvider="SQLMembershipProvider" >

      </asp:PasswordRecovery>

      

</div>

</asp:content>

<asp:Content ID="PageTitle" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderPageTitle" runat="server">

    Forgot Password

</asp:Content>

<asp:content id="PageTitleInTitleArea" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea"

    runat="server">

Forgot Password

</asp:content>

namespace Extranet.ApplicationPages

{

    public partial class ForgotPassword : UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase

    {

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

        }

       //protected void PasswordRecovery1_SendingMail(object sender, MailMessageEventArgs e)

        //{

        //    e.Message.IsBodyHtml = false;

        //    e.Message.Subject = "New password on Web site.";

        //}

        //it allows access this page to anonymous users by overriding AllowAnonymousAccess method

        protected override bool AllowAnonymousAccess

        {

            get

            {

                return true;

            }

        }

    }

}

web.config change

<system.net>

    <mailSettings>

      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="update your address">

        <network

        defaultCredentials="true"

        host="yourhostname"

        port="25"

        />

      </smtp>

    </mailSettings>

  </system.net>

Membership connectionstring

 <add connectionStringName="SQLConnectionString" passwordAttemptWindow="5" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="true" passwordFormat="Hashed" description="Stores and Retrieves membership data from SQL Server" name="SQLMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" minRequiredPasswordLength="5" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" />

SharePoint 2010: Hide error icon in sign in or login page

Sharepoint 2010 FBA: Hide error icon in sign in page 

<style>

//this will hide the icon

.s4-simple-iconcont

{

    display:none;

}

//it will change height, border and width 

BODY #s4-simple-card

{

margin: 25px auto 0px !important;

width: 700px !important;

height:300px !important;

}

BODY #s4-simple-content

{

margin-left:0px !important;

}

BODY #s4-simple-card H1

{

display:none !important;

}

</style>

SharePoint 2010 : How do i change error icon in sign in page

//add below content placeholder to your sign in page 

 <asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderIcon" runat="server">

   <img   title="pgclogo" border="0" alt="PGC Logo" src="/_layouts/images/logo.gif"  />

</asp:Content>

Sharepoint 2010 FBA users not found in People Picker

In IIS Manager, browse to the Central Admin web application. Explore the folder and find the web.config file. Open in Notepad.
Find the <PeoplePickerWildcards> node and use the following:

<PeoplePickerWildcards>

    <clear />

    <add key="FBA" value="%" />

  </PeoplePickerWildcards>

still if you are having same problem follow this post, it could be sql server permissions issue.

http://suryapulipati.blogspot.com/2012/06/exception-occurred-when-trying-to-issue.html

Warning: this page is not encrypted for secure communication. User names, passwords, and any other information will be sent in clear text. For more information, contact your administrator. The server could not sign you in. Make sure your user name and password are correct, and then try again.

First make sure user is avilable in the database that you are trying to log in. if user is in database and not able log in follow below post.
Here is the post to resolve this error

http://suryapulipati.blogspot.com/2012/06/exception-occurred-when-trying-to-issue.html

if you are getting "access denied" error you have add user to sharepoint group.

An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The security token username and password could not be validated. + FBA Sharepoint 2010

This error might be caused due to various reasons

Main reason :Service account has not added to your FBA database.

IIS >Application pools > SharePoint Central Administration v4  > Advanced settings >

under process model > identity > you can see service account  here

2nd reason :  check your web service web.config file, you need to include below code 

Go to IIS Manager>SharePoint Web Services\SecurityTokenserviceapplication

Or

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\WebServices\SecurityToken\web.config 

<system.web>

    <roleManager>

      <providers>

        <add connectionStringName="SQLConnectionString"

            applicationName="/"

            description="Stores and retrieves roles from SQL Server"

            name="SQLRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />

      </providers>

    </roleManager>

    <membership>

      <providers>

        <add connectionStringName="SQLConnectionString"

            passwordAttemptWindow="5"

            enablePasswordRetrieval="false"

            enablePasswordReset="true"

            requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"

            applicationName="/"

            requiresUniqueEmail="true"

            passwordFormat="Hashed"

            description="Stores and Retrieves membership data from SQL Server"

            name="SQLMembershipProvider"

            type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />

      </providers>

    </membership>

  </system.web>

</configuration>