Customizing Drupal 7 Login

template.php

<?php

function THEMENAME_theme() {
  $items = array();
  // create custom user-login.tpl.php
  $items['user_login'] = array(
  'render element' => 'form',
  'path' => drupal_get_path('theme', 'THEMENAME') . '/template',
  'template' => 'user-login',
  'preprocess functions' => array(
  'THEMENAME_preprocess_user_login'
  ),
 );
return $items;
}

user-login.tpl.php

<?php
 
    print drupal_render($form['name']);
    print drupal_render($form['pass']);
    print drupal_render($form['form_build_id']);
    print drupal_render($form['form_id']);

?>
<!-- Print create account and password reset links -->
<div class="custom-login-links">
 <a href="/user/register" title="Create an account">Sign up</a> |
 <a href="/user/password" title="Reset your password">Forgot your password?</a>
</div>

<?php print drupal_render($form['actions']); ?>