gistfile1.html

<!-- The login form does a POST to _session. If the login succeeds, the user will be redirected to the url in 'next'-->
<form action="/_session?next=/mydb/_design/mydb/home.html" method="POST">
  <!-- The username field should be named "name" -->
  <label for="user_name">Username</label><input type="text" id="user_name" name="name" /><br />

  <!-- The password field should be named "password" -->
  <label for="pwd">Username</label><input type="password" id="pwd" name="password" /><br />

  <input type="submit" value="Log In" />
</form>