By django6 on

What is the easiest way to create a different looking layout for a home page for anonymous users vs every other user? I don't need the theme to be different, I want it to look basically the same. But I need to restrict access to certain areas and hide blocks from anonymous users and I want there to be some addition blocks that anonymous users see that logged-in members do not see. (An intro video, a purchase membership button, an overview of what's "inside" if they join, etc.)

I have the content_access module installed and it works quiet well, but it doesn't allow adjusting access for menus and blocks. (only content types and nodes). So I believe I will need something else to accomplish this, but I could be wrong.

Edited by: VM; Moved to appropriate forum

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vm commented

panels.module (dependant on ctools.module) and the views.module

one can also create a custom page-front.tpl.php file for the theme and hack away it at. More information on template suggestions in the theme developers handbook in the documentation area.

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markconroy commented

or you can click on 'Configure' beside any of the blocks in Admin >> Site Building >> Blocks and set them to only show up for anonymous users.

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django6 commented

Thanks Mark, I hadn't stumbled on that configure option for blocks yet. I think that's probably the simplest solution for me right now. I do need to spend some time learning views and panels too, so thanks for that advise.

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django6 commented

I think hacking away at php files is not my first choice. I'll look into the panels/ctools/views option, but can you give me an idea how those modules would work together to structure a different front page layout?

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vm commented

Actually it's as simple as copying page.tpl.php to page-front.tpl.php and adjusting as one sees fit. removing and adding the HTML that you want to add or remove.

With reference to panel/ctools/views module there is a plethora of documentation on these modules. Tutorials found with google and here on d.o. If you have a specific question after you install them on a test site and read through some of the documentation feel free to ask it, otherwise you're asking others to regurgitate information that is already available.