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Show guests a custom index page?

jpmjpm New
in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

I want guests/non-logged in users to see the most minimal login page consisting of just login and password. Can that be done?

I don't want them to see any other information (top header with the forum name, etc)

Thanks.

Answers

  • 422422 MVP

    www.yourdomain.com for non logged in users

    and ...

    wait for it ...

    just a little longer ...

    www.yourdomain.com/forum/ for logged in users

    et Voila

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  • jpmjpm New

    Hah.

    VF is installed in mydomain/community

    And both users go to http://mydomain/community/

    Is there some template I need to edit that gets displayed for logged in vs. non logged in users?

  • peregrineperegrine MVP

    @jpm said:
    Hah.

    VF is installed in mydomain/community

    And both users go to http://mydomain/community/

    Is there some template I need to edit that gets displayed for logged in vs. non logged in users?

    read up on themehooks, default.master.tpl and default.master.php

    and test for login

    I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.

  • lifeisfoolifeisfoo ✭✭✭

    It's possible to check if current user is a guest or not directly from .tpl?

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  • UnderDogUnderDog MVP

    @lifeisfoo said:
    It's possible to check if current user is a guest or not directly from .tpl?
    @lifeisfoo said:
    It's possible to check if current user is a guest or not directly from .tpl?

    Look in the .tpl files how it's done with signin link or full menu, the answer to your question requires the same logic

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  • 50sQuiff50sQuiff ✭✭
    edited March 2013

    Forgive me if I'm not reading your question correctly, but it sounds like you just need this plugin:

    http://vanillaforums.org/addon/privatecommunity-plugin

    Then you just need to hide the header with CSS, targeting the entry pages with body.Entry

  • vrijvlindervrijvlinder MVP

    You could also make a landing/intro html page with only the login button . Then add that page to the forum folder. Then route the page to be the default page people reach when they go to forum.

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  • 422422 MVP

    or for guests use css to hide everything but the login register buttons pmsl

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  • lifeisfoolifeisfoo ✭✭✭

    Thank you all for the many solutions provided. Now I'll try using themehooks.

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  • x00x00 MVP

    Unless it fairly small an cosmetic you usually don't use controlling logic in the the templates or views.especially if it to display a totally different page.

    Keep your views clean.

    grep is your friend.

  • x00x00 MVP

    please have a look at my plugin mobile default route

    http://vanillaforums.org/addon/mobiledefaultroute-plugin

    You can use the same principle but just ckeck the session.

    grep is your friend.

  • lifeisfoolifeisfoo ✭✭✭

    @x00 said:
    Unless it fairly small an cosmetic you usually don't use controlling logic in the the templates or views.especially if it to display a totally different page.

    Keep your views clean.

    Resolved using themehooks (CategoriesController_BeforeRenderAsset_Handler, etc).

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