Call to action - encourage new users to participate

[Lilly]

@Jacob_Peebles

• make the ‘login’ button say ‘ask’ - which might apply to both new and existing users
• I would make the modal use a cookie or some session information to know if is should say ‘welcome back’ or ‘welcome to your new community’ and present the appropriate form
• I would get rid of the hamburger menu and make it a person icon (I think that’s more universal) and point that to the modal mentioned above

Ok here are some options.

1. change login button

go to admin -> site texts then type “Log in” in the top filter field. A list will show up and it should be the one at the top called js.Log_in - edit that one

result (on mobile):

2. welcome banner with cookie control

If you use the Versatile Banner component and make your own banner, there are cookie-related controls for how it behaves for users. Alternatively, you can fork it and make your own custom banner.

3. hamburger menu replacement

In a new or existing local theme or theme component, click the “Edit CSS/HTML” and go to the “Head” tag and put this:

<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.11">
        api.replaceIcon('bars', 'user');
</script>

result:

I don’t believe that pointing it to a modal is possible without some custom programming work. Does that mean you want to hide the whole sidebar menu for anon users? if so, this theme component has that functionality.