Menu Builder - New "Feature Link" for Login

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When building a site it would be useful to to be able to add a Feature Link to a menu that starts as Login and when activated it would expand to show a login form (similar to how the Search and Cart boxes expand out from the menu).

There are a handful of great features we could bake into this Feature Link. Some examples include:

• Successful login changes the Login link to a Logout link so you can easily logout as well.
  • The more "complex" alternative option is the Login link could change to a Welcome <user> or <icon> <user> (similar to what shows in the admin bar. Hovering this item would expand a submenu with user specific links such as My Profile and Logout
  • Going this route the submenu might be very basic at first but could be customizable via the menu builder at some point as sub-items below the Login link.
• On the backend it would be nice to be able to define an optional redirect parameter. For example, a successful login might automatically take a user to their profile page or dashboard of some kind. If no redirect parameter exists users would just remain on the current page after successful authentication.
• The flyout box could include a Forgot Password link which would direct users into the standard WP authenticaiton screens (still retaining redirect capabilities to return users to the right page)