Removing login buttons from Joomla template frontpage layout

Last Updated:

June 1st, 2015

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By default, the Login link (button) is visible at the top of every page of several templates or themes like GK News2, Music State or CloudHost. If you don’t want the Login link to be displayed, you can easily disable/hide it using two alternative methods.

In some templates like News 2 you can find [LOG IN] button

Recommended method to disable LOG IN link in Joomla

1. In GK Template configuration – choose FEATURE tab
2. Empty whole URL from “Login URL” field

   

3. Remember to Save changes. Now Login button should disappear completely.

Note: Even if you hide the Login link, you can still log in to your site by going to your Login page using link in Menu or publishing login module on selected position.

Alternative method to hide Login button

Above method can be useful when you are using Gavick template for Joomla or WordPress in which this button can’t be disabled using template settings option.

#gkLogin {display: none;}

Guide : How to use Custom CSS in Joomla templates Also WordPress template framework allows you to use override.css file – check Advanced Settings section inside Gavern WP framework to enable this feature.

This article was first published March 21st, 2014