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[Employer Sync 6.1] Rewrite employer login & signup copy (no 'register a new account')

TL;DR: Replace the "separate account / register a new one" copy on the employer login page with the migrated-employer story. While in the file, fix the live setError('email', …) bug — the form field is named identifier, so the email-side error never renders today.

Context​

The employer login page in jodapp-web was built before the sync. It tells employers their JodGig and JodApp accounts are separate, and that they must register a new account to use JodApp. After the sync lands, that story is wrong — the JodApp account is the JodGig account.

Problem​

A migrated employer who reads the current page goes to /employers/sign-up. Signup collides on their already-synced email (Identities::User has a unique index on email) and fails. The copy is actively pushing users into a broken path.

There is also a real bug in the same file: setError('email', ...) references a form field that does not exist (the field is named identifier). The email-side error never renders today. Fix this while you are in the file.

Direction​

In app/routes/employers/employers-login-page.jsx, replace the copy:

  • Heading: Log in to JodApp
  • Description: Post and manage your job ads. Use the same email and password as your existing account.
  • Remove the existing description in full ("This is a separate account…", "You will need to register…", "We will be merging…"). All three are now false.
  • Submit button: Log in (was Login to JodBoard).
  • JodGig pointer: move below the form, render as Alert variant="light" with border, text: Managing gig (short-term) jobs? Go to {gigPortalHostname}.
  • Footer: replace the btn btn-link "Sign up here" with a plain Card.Footer line: New to JodApp? Create an employer account (link wraps the last three words). Demote it — signup is no longer the primary secondary action; "Forgot password?" (already in the form) is.
  • Page meta title: Employer Log In — JodApp (was Sign In).

Fix the live bug: change every setError('email', …) in this file to setError('identifier', …). The form field is identifier.

Update the inline error string to mention phone too (the field accepts both): Invalid email, phone number, or password.

The same wording applies to the signup page (app/routes/org/org-sign-up-page.jsx) — its "Already have an account? Login" line stays; just check the surrounding copy does not imply JodApp and JodGig are separate accounts.

Full layout, components, and class plan are in the UI/UX review attached to 6.5; this issue is the copy-only slice that can ship immediately.

Acceptance​

  • All four copy strings updated.
  • setError('email', …) → setError('identifier', …) everywhere in the login page.
  • A test renders the page and asserts the new heading + description + button text.
  • No reference to "register a new account", "separate account", or "merging accounts" remains in the employer-facing pages.