How to remove account button and replace with simple account|login links

Question

I am using my own custom version of the RWD theme and want to remove the account button with the icon next to it and replace it with two simple account|login links that go to the account login/signup page.

Can anyone tell me how this can be achieved?

Answer 1

Try this in your local.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">

    <default>


        <reference name="top.links">

            <!-- Remove cart, checkout and wishlist top links -->
            <remove name="checkout_cart_link" />
            <remove name="wishlist_link" />

            <!-- Remove my account top links -->
            <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/></action>

        </reference>

    </default>

        <!-- getting rid of login logout links in top .links -->
        <customer_logged_in>
            <reference name="top.links">
                <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="customer/getLogoutUrl"/></action>
            </reference>
        </customer_logged_in>
        <customer_logged_out>
            <reference name="top.links">
                <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="customer/getLoginUrl"/></action>
            </reference>
        </customer_logged_out>


</layout>

In your phtml use this

<ul>
                        <li>
                        <?php if(Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn()){ ?>
                        <?php
                        $customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer();
                        $cusname = $customer->getFirstname().' '.$customer->getLastname();
                        $name = substr($cusname,0,18)."..";
                        ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('checkout/cart'); ?>"><?php echo "Hi "."$name"  ?> &nbsp;</a>
                            <ul  class="subaccount">
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('customer/account'); ?>">Profile</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('sales/order/history'); ?>">Order</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('wishlist'); ?>">Wishlist</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('newsletter/manage'); ?>">Newsletter</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('review/customer'); ?>">Review</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('customer/account/logout'); ?>">Logout</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        <?php } else { ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('customer/account/login'); ?>">Login / Register</a>
                        <?php } ?>
                        </li>
                </ul>