Posted by zilvervos on Mon, Aug 07, 2023 - 1:38pm --- Updated: Aug 07 '23 - 1:39pm

Hi.

I am finally developing a Backdrop site for my local political party as a replacement for the current Wordpress site, which was hastily set up by someone else for the local elections 1,5 year ago. Now that I dropped TwitterX, I want to start using the website as one of the main channels of communication with our constituency.

As I am setting up a basic site structure, one of the small things that I encountered so far is that don't manage to get rid of the user account menu at the top right corner any page (in the Header Block): it still shows up when I chose "Menu: None" in the Header Block configuration:

Any help on this is welcome.

By the way: it was very easy to set up a Backdrop install at my webhost (Vimexx.nl). They offer the Softaculous Installer, which has an option to install Backdrop and it worked out of the box.

Screenshot of Backdrop CMS page in Softaculous installer

Erik Wesselius
Bennekom, The Netherlands

Accepted answer

Okay, I figured out how to get rid of the login link: remove it from the Account menu.

Most helpful answers

You can install in a few ways

You can install in a few ways:

Git clone 

  • git clone git@github.com:backdrop-contrib/bee.git
  • Then add an alias

You can download the phar file from the latest release

The readme has instructions but the key is getting it somewhere on your system and adding an alias. 

Then navigate to the folder where Backdrop is installed and run bee status  to check it is working

There is a Wiki for it here:

There is a Wiki for it here: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/bee/wiki . Any queries, just ask (I'm the maintainer of bee)

Instead of deleting the Login

Instead of deleting the Login link, you could just display the Account menu someplace else. Or just remember, like said above, that the path is /user (it's not an actual directory but a dynamically created path).

Also, as noted above, make sure to check every Layout when disabling the Menu in the Header Block and saving the layout. And then you can also clear all caches by going to "Back to Site" > "Flush all caches" in the top menu. Just to make sure.

Comments

Mon, Aug 07, 2023 - 1:42pm by laryn

Eric,

I see you changing the home page layout in the screenshot and referencing "at the top right corner any page" in the text. Did you also change that setting in the "Default layout"?

Side note: I'll often use the "Copy Blocks" module to set up a region that is shared among many layouts and just needs to be updated in one place.

Mon, Aug 07, 2023 - 2:12pm by zilvervos

Hi Laryn,

Thanks for that info. I have now also changed the settings for the Header Block in the Default layout.

But the user account menu still shows up, both on the Home page and on any other page…

Mon, Aug 07, 2023 - 2:31pm by zilvervos

Okay, I figured out how to get rid of the login link: remove it from the Account menu.

Wed, Jan 08, 2025 - 10:57pm by port80

I removed it from the account menu but now I can't log in.  I thought I could  use  sitename/user but no dice.  What can I do?

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 12:22am by yorkshirepudding

Hi @port80. You can go to /user/login to login, either by typing manually or put a link in a better place.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 1:02am by port80

Thank you for the reply.  I tried adding /user/login to my url but got a "page not found".  What am I doing wrong?   

I'm checking out for the night, but will check the forum in the morning.  I appreciate the help.  I'm looking forward to using Backdrop. Thinking now that I'd better use git on my site.  

.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 1:10am by yorkshirepudding

Your URL should look like: 

https://www.example.com/user/login

You can't just add /user/login to any address

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 7:37am by port80

Will do when I get back to my laptop.  I am puzzled, I don't have a /user directory.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 7:51am by herb

Instead of deleting the Login link, you could just display the Account menu someplace else. Or just remember, like said above, that the path is /user (it's not an actual directory but a dynamically created path).

Also, as noted above, make sure to check every Layout when disabling the Menu in the Header Block and saving the layout. And then you can also clear all caches by going to "Back to Site" > "Flush all caches" in the top menu. Just to make sure.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 10:26am by port80

Maybe starting over with a fresh install is the best option.  I can't flush the caches because no access to the site.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 10:39am by yorkshirepudding

If you have command line access and can install Bee then you can clear caches and create login links from the command line, but I don't if that is possible for you or not.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 10:44am by port80

Yes, I have command line access, no experience with Bee, but I'll check it out.

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 11:01am by port80

Thanks, I'm looking at it now, can I install from cli or is it best to dowload zip into home directory and extract?

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 11:08am by yorkshirepudding

You can install in a few ways:

Git clone 

  • git clone git@github.com:backdrop-contrib/bee.git
  • Then add an alias

You can download the phar file from the latest release

The readme has instructions but the key is getting it somewhere on your system and adding an alias. 

Then navigate to the folder where Backdrop is installed and run bee status  to check it is working

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 - 11:37am by port80

Thanks. I need to leave soon for a couple of hours.  I want to have all the time I need to add Bee.  As soon as I get back will install .