I’ve got an issue with getting plenty of page views, but not a lot of posts on my forum forum.cleanenergyreviews.info. I’ve done a bit of user testing, and seems that there is some confusion about how to actually post something when they first arrive at the site. Is there a way to show the “New Topic” button when users are logged out, which would direct them to log in? I know I can do that with a URL, and I have done that now in the Nav, but curious as to why you do no show the “New Topic” button for logged out users also? I’m assuming there’s a good reason.
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We already have a Reply button visible to not logged in users and even a Like triggers the display of the pop up to subscribe to the site.
We have also a reminder that will appear to every returning user via the site setting enable signup cta
That said, you will find several topics about it that explain why we do not show the button to non-registered users and also several ways (as you have already discovered) to get around the obstacle.
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@dax I’m sorry that I’m not clear about the last part of your reply. Are you suggesting there is a way to display the " + New Topic " button for viewers who are not logged in? If so, how?
I’m in the same boat as @MartyMeh. I want viewers to instantly see the " + New Topic " button and be able to click it, and have them redirected to the login page, and function exactly as the " Reply " button does. Is it possible?
Hi @jord8on, it seems not. I worked around by creating a link in the header. In my case I called it “Ask a question”.
The easiest way is to create a new button on the header, next to the icon or the logo. See
You can use a simple link as https://yoursite.com/new-topic? so that user logged in can open a new topic from every page of your site, users who are not logged in who click on the button will be sent back to the login page and after the login back again to the composer.
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J’ai vraiment apprécié cette suggestion, @dax – j’ai utilisé Custom header links (icons) pour résoudre ce problème (bien que nous utilisions également actuellement Custom Header Links pour la navigation globale).
Lorsque vous êtes connecté, cela ouvre un panneau d’édition dirigeant vers notre catégorie par défaut (catégorie non catégorisée personnalisée).
Vue déconnectée, cliquer sur les mains levées dirige vers la connexion et ressemble à ceci :
Lorsqu’un utilisateur connecté ou déconnecté passe la souris dessus :
Le jury délibère encore pour savoir si le glyphe de la main levée était un bon choix, nous allons laisser la carte thermique nous le dire. Il n’est pas beaucoup cliqué jusqu’à présent – mais les clics sur la recherche ont augmenté.
Merci, encore une fois.