How to avoid the Joomla Component Login page

You described it perfectly above. SCLogin is a module. The way Joomla works is that every page must have a component section. Modules simply 'decorate' the component view in some way. There is no way to setup a URL to only a module. URLs only point to a specific component, and on that page you could show any modules you want. For instance, this site has the SCLogin module in the top right, but the component view of this page is the forum.

Based on the above, I hope that helps explain why there's no way to point directly to the SCLogin module. Joomla and other extensions will automatically redirect to the standard Joomla Login (or Register) pages (which is the user component) when a user tries to visit an unauthorized page. Some extensions can override the redirect to take them to a different component view (like a login/register page for JFBConnect, JomSocial or other authentication provider), but there's no way for a module to override the redirect to the login/register page.

Thanks,
Alex

Yes, it's possible to override the standard Joomla user component. No, we don't plan to do it. Here are the main reasons:
* JFBConnect has a registration page, but it's only shown after the user has tried to authenticate with a social network. It's not a landing page on its own and users shouldn't be redirected to it.
* The SCLogin module is a login module only. It doesn't support registration. Even if we were to set it up to be a login component, it wouldn't offer much more additionally over the Joomla login component. The SCLogin module is a upgraded login module with template overrides, popups and other features, but few of those would apply to a component version of that module.

I hope that helps explain, but if you need anything else, please let us know.

Thanks,
Alex

Ahh.. if that's what you're mainly trying to do, please use the "Integrate with Joomla Login" setting in JFBConnect. That will automatically add the social login buttons to the login and register pages of Joomla.

Let me know if that helps or if you need anything else.

Thanks,
Alex

Correct that you'd need to use CSS to override those styles. Every template and site is different, so it's impossible for us to make a one-size fits all style.

To get you started on the login page, use the following:
2) Our automatic integration only works with the Joomla login and registration page. It doesn't work for all other components. You can use the following tag to add the login button yourself:
{jfbclogin}
You can also customize it quite a bit, like showing only certain providers or even custom images for each provider:
{jfbclogin providers=facebook,twitter,instagram}
For more details on all tag options, see our social network Easy Tag documentation.

Thanks,
Alex