Adding a New portal

Perform the steps in this procedure to add a portal.

Navigate to Portal > Portal Settings and select the site for which the portal is to be created. Click Add Portal.
Enter a unique Portal Name for your site and select a Theme and Color from the pallet for the portal authentication page. Click Next.
Upload your Company Logo and a Background Image. 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.
Enter the acceptable usage policy for the visitors of your establishment/site and select Show Policy to prompt users to accept the policy prior to logging in.
Select the supported/permissible authentication methods.
Portal Login – 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.
No Login - allows visitors to login without any authentication mechanism.
SMS Login – allows visitors to login using a One Time Password (OTP) sent via SMS on the user provided mobile number. Attach a specific SMS provider to this portal. To configure the SMS provider, see Portal Settings.
Click on the SMS Template Settings () icon to customize the default SMS text. The %OTP% variable MUST be a part of the SMS text, irrespective of whether the default SMS text is customized or not.
The %OTP% variable translates to the actual OTP in the text message sent to the user provided mobile number. The user will not be able to save the message if the %OTP% variable is not present.
Note: This feature is available only for paid tier users.
If you do not select any of the above options, the portal authenticates the visitor without any credentials.
Select the Language for your portal authentication page. English is the default and the supported languages are, French, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, and Portugese. Click Next.
You can optionally modify the GDPR Consent Details as per requirement. The GDPR page is enabled by default, you can disable it while creating a site, see Site Management.
Enable Collect Email to collect email information during visitor authentication through Captive Portal; enable Verify Email to verify the collected email information.
For visitors to receive the company's newsletter regularly, enable Subscribe to the company's newsletter.
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.
To download the portal for customization, click Download.
Click Save.
The portals created can be edited and deleted.
This is a sample captive portal created and viewed on the FortiPresence GUI.

Adding a New portal

Perform the steps in this procedure to add a portal.

Navigate to Portal > Portal Settings and select the site for which the portal is to be created. Click Add Portal.
Enter a unique Portal Name for your site and select a Theme and Color from the pallet for the portal authentication page. Click Next.
Upload your Company Logo and a Background Image. 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.
Enter the acceptable usage policy for the visitors of your establishment/site and select Show Policy to prompt users to accept the policy prior to logging in.
Select the supported/permissible authentication methods.
Portal Login – 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.
No Login - allows visitors to login without any authentication mechanism.
SMS Login – allows visitors to login using a One Time Password (OTP) sent via SMS on the user provided mobile number. Attach a specific SMS provider to this portal. To configure the SMS provider, see Portal Settings.
Click on the SMS Template Settings () icon to customize the default SMS text. The %OTP% variable MUST be a part of the SMS text, irrespective of whether the default SMS text is customized or not.
The %OTP% variable translates to the actual OTP in the text message sent to the user provided mobile number. The user will not be able to save the message if the %OTP% variable is not present.
Note: This feature is available only for paid tier users.
If you do not select any of the above options, the portal authenticates the visitor without any credentials.
Select the Language for your portal authentication page. English is the default and the supported languages are, French, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, and Portugese. Click Next.
You can optionally modify the GDPR Consent Details as per requirement. The GDPR page is enabled by default, you can disable it while creating a site, see Site Management.
Enable Collect Email to collect email information during visitor authentication through Captive Portal; enable Verify Email to verify the collected email information.
For visitors to receive the company's newsletter regularly, enable Subscribe to the company's newsletter.
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.
To download the portal for customization, click Download.
Click Save.
The portals created can be edited and deleted.
This is a sample captive portal created and viewed on the FortiPresence GUI.