diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a547bf3..3a2b7b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.env
+.env.*
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index ef0bf83..899ddbc 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import AppRoutes from './routes/AppRoutes';
 import CampfireAppBar from './components/AppBar';
+import { useNavigate, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 function App() {
+  const [isLoggedIn, setIsLoggedIn] = useState(false);
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const location = useLocation();
+
+  const handleLogin = (isLoggedInState) => {
+    setIsLoggedIn(isLoggedInState);
+    if (isLoggedInState) {
+      navigate('/dashboard');
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <div>
-      <CampfireAppBar />
-      <AppRoutes />
+      {location.pathname !== '/login' && <CampfireAppBar isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} onLogin={handleLogin} />}
+      <AppRoutes isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} onLogin={handleLogin} />
     </div>
   );
 
diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/assets/css/App.css
similarity index 81%
rename from src/App.css
rename to src/assets/css/App.css
index b9d355d..49a0137 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/assets/css/App.css
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
   margin: 0 auto;
   padding: 2rem;
   text-align: center;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+  caret-color: transparent;
 }
 
 .logo {
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/assets/css/index.css
similarity index 76%
rename from src/index.css
rename to src/assets/css/index.css
index 08a3ac9..463fc3c 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/assets/css/index.css
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ a:hover {
 body {
   margin: 0;
   display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
   place-items: center;
   min-width: 320px;
   min-height: 100vh;
@@ -66,3 +68,26 @@ button:focus-visible {
     background-color: #f9f9f9;
   }
 }
+
+.page-enter {
+  opacity: 0;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+.page-enter-active {
+  opacity: 1;
+  transition: opacity 300ms;
+}
+.page-exit {
+  opacity: 1;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+.page-exit-active {
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 300ms;
+}
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diff --git a/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo.png b/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179f5bd
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo.png differ
diff --git a/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo_no_bg.png b/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo_no_bg.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179f5bd
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo_no_bg.png differ
diff --git a/src/components/AppBar.jsx b/src/components/AppBar.jsx
index f7438b1..fcd7924 100644
--- a/src/components/AppBar.jsx
+++ b/src/components/AppBar.jsx
@@ -1,26 +1,46 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { AppBar, AppBarSection, AppBarSpacer } from '@progress/kendo-react-layout';
 import { Button } from '@progress/kendo-react-buttons';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Link, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+const CampfireAppBar = ({ isLoggedIn, onLogin }) => {
+    const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+    const handleLogout = () => {
+        onLogin(false);
+        navigate('/login');
+    };
 
-const CampfireAppBar = () => {
     return (
-        <AppBar position="sticky">
-            <AppBarSection>
-                <Link to="/dashboard">
-                    <Button look="flat">Dashboard</Button>
-                </Link>
-                <Link to="/editor">
-                    <Button look="flat">New Post</Button>
-                </Link>
-            </AppBarSection>
+        <div>
+            <h1 style={{ color: "#ff5733", textAlign: "center" }}>Campfire Logs</h1>
+            <AppBar position="sticky" style={{ backgroundColor: "#edbd7d"}}>
+                <AppBarSection>
+                    <AppBarSpacer style={{ width: 800 }} />
+                    <Link to="/dashboard">
+                        <Button look="flat">Dashboard</Button>
+                    </Link>
+                    <AppBarSpacer style={{ width: 10 }} />
+                    <Link to="/editor">
+                        <Button look="flat">+ New Post</Button>
+                    </Link>
+                </AppBarSection>
 
-            <AppBarSpacer style={{width: 32 }} />
+                <AppBarSpacer style={{width: 50 }} />
 
-            <AppBarSection>
-                <Button look="flat">Logout</Button>
-            </AppBarSection>
-        </AppBar>
+                <AppBarSection>
+                    {isLoggedIn ? (
+                        <Button look="flat" onClick={handleLogout}>
+                            Logout
+                        </Button>
+                    ) : (
+                        <Link to="/login">
+                            <Button look="flat">Login</Button>
+                        </Link>
+                    )}
+                </AppBarSection>
+            </AppBar>
+        </div>
     );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/LoginComponent.jsx b/src/components/LoginComponent.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4df0f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/LoginComponent.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Input } from '@progress/kendo-react-inputs';
+import { Label } from '@progress/kendo-react-labels';
+import { Button } from '@progress/kendo-react-buttons';
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Notification, NotificationGroup } from '@progress/kendo-react-notification';
+
+const LoginComponent = ({ onLogin }) => {
+    const [username, setUsername] = useState('');
+    const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
+    const [error, setError] = useState('');
+
+    const handleSubmit = (event) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+
+        const mockUsername = import.meta.env.VITE_MOCK_USERNAME;
+        const mockPassword = import.meta.env.VITE_MOCK_PASSWORD;
+
+        if (username === mockUsername && password === mockPassword) {
+            onLogin(true);
+        } else {
+            console.error("Invalid username or password");
+            setError("Invalid username or password. Please try again.");
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                setError('');
+            }, 50000);
+        }
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+                <div>
+                    <Label htmlFor="username">Username: </Label>
+                    <Input style={{ border: '1px solid #edbd7d' }} type="text" id="username" value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} autoComplete="username" />
+                </div>
+                <div>
+                    <Label htmlFor="password">Password: </Label>
+                    <Input style={{ border: '1px solid #edbd7d' }} type="password" id="password" value={password} onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)} autoComplete="current-password" />
+                </div>
+                
+                <Button look="flat" type="submit">Login</Button>
+                <div>
+                    <NotificationGroup style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                    {error && (<Notification type={{ style: 'error', icon: true }} closeable={true} onClose={() => setError('')}>
+                        <span>{error}</span>
+                        </Notification> )}
+                    </NotificationGroup>
+                </div>
+            </form>
+        </>
+    );
+};
+
+export default LoginComponent;
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diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index d249a6f..683f359 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { StrictMode } from 'react';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import 'campfire-logs-dashboard/dist/css/campfire-logs-dashboard.css';
-import './index.css';
+import './assets/css/index.css';
 import App from './App.jsx';
 
 createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
diff --git a/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx b/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
index 3a33106..33f57e4 100644
--- a/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-const Dashboard = () => {
+const Dashboard = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <h1>This is the Dashboard Page</h1>
+        <div ref={ref}>
+        </div>
     );
-};
+});
 
 export default Dashboard;
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diff --git a/src/pages/EditorPage.jsx b/src/pages/EditorPage.jsx
index 151c9fa..e8e671a 100644
--- a/src/pages/EditorPage.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/EditorPage.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-const EditorPage = () => {
+const EditorPage = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <h1>This is the Editor Page</h1>
+        <div ref={ref}>
+            <h1>This is the Editor Page</h1>
+        </div>
     );
-};
+});
 
 export default EditorPage;
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diff --git a/src/pages/Login.jsx b/src/pages/Login.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b922d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/Login.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import LoginComponent from '../components/LoginComponent';
+import Logo from '../assets/images/campfire_logs_square_logo.png';
+
+const LoginPage = React.forwardRef(({ onLogin }, ref) => {
+    return (
+        <div ref={ref}>
+            <img src={Logo} alt="Campfire Logs Logo" width="350" height="280" />
+            <hr style={{ backgroundColor: '#edbd7d', height: '2px', border: 'none' }}/>            
+            <LoginComponent onLogin={onLogin} />
+        </div>
+    );
+});
+
+export default LoginPage;
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diff --git a/src/pages/NotFound.jsx b/src/pages/NotFound.jsx
index 9636ea2..0f9732d 100644
--- a/src/pages/NotFound.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/NotFound.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-const NotFound = () => {
+const NotFound = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <h1>404: Page Not Found</h1>
+        <div ref={ref}>
+            <h1>404: Page Not Found</h1>
+        </div>
     );
-};
+});
 
 export default NotFound;
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diff --git a/src/routes/AppRoutes.jsx b/src/routes/AppRoutes.jsx
index baff392..4c963a6 100644
--- a/src/routes/AppRoutes.jsx
+++ b/src/routes/AppRoutes.jsx
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Routes, Route, Navigate, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { CSSTransition, SwitchTransition } from 'react-transition-group';
 
 import Dashboard from '../pages/Dashboard';
 import EditorPage from '../pages/EditorPage';
+import LoginPage from '../pages/Login'; 
 import NotFound from '../pages/NotFound';
 
-const AppRoutes = () => {
+const AppRoutes = ({ isLoggedIn, onLogin }) => {
+    const location = useLocation();
+    const nodeRef = React.useRef(null);
+
     return (
-            <Routes>
-                <Route path="/" element={<Dashboard />} />
-                <Route path="/dashboard" element={<Dashboard />} />
-                <Route path="/editor" element={<EditorPage />} />
-                <Route path="*" element={<NotFound />} />
-            </Routes>
+        <SwitchTransition>
+            <CSSTransition key={location.pathname} nodeRef={nodeRef} classNames="page" timeout={300}>
+                <div ref={nodeRef}>
+                    <Routes location={location}>
+                        <Route path="/" element={isLoggedIn ? <Dashboard /> : <Navigate to="/login" />} />
+                        <Route path="/dashboard" element={isLoggedIn ? <Dashboard /> : <Navigate to="/login" />} />
+                        <Route path="/editor" element={isLoggedIn ? <EditorPage /> : <Navigate to="/login" />} />
+                        <Route path="/login" element={<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />} />
+                        <Route path="*" element={<NotFound />} />
+                    </Routes>
+                </div>
+            </CSSTransition>
+        </SwitchTransition>
     );
 };