Remove Account from Website

Question

I have found a lot of posts asking this question but I haven't found any answers that work for my website.

I would like to remove the "ACCOUNT" link at the top-right corner of the page. I am running Magento 1.9.2.1 and using the RWD theme.

I have tried removing the link in a local.xml file:

---

<default>
     <reference name="top.links">
         <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/></action>
     </reference> 
</default>

---

I have tried disabling all the modules that Amit recommends here: How to remove ACCOUNT and CART from website?

I'm able to change the wording by using the Translate Inline tool but I can't remove it entirely (unless I switch to the default theme, it's not displayed then).

Furthermore, all the files I've gone through that add the link say "My Account" and in my website it says "ACCOUNT" so this leads me to believe I'm not editing the correct files.

How do I remove the link?

Answer 1

Go to the following path

app\design\frontend\rwd\default\template\page\html\header.phtml

Find the following code

            <div class="account-cart-wrapper">
            <a href="<?php echo $this->helper('customer')->getAccountUrl(); ?>" data-target-element="#header-account" class="skip-link skip-account">
                <span class="icon"></span>
                <span class="label"><?php echo $this->__('Account'); ?></span>
            </a>

Now commenting the following lines

<!--  <a href="<?php echo $this->helper('customer')->getAccountUrl(); ?>" data-target-element="#header-account" class="skip-link skip-account">
                <span class="icon"></span>
                <span class="label"><?php echo $this->__('Account'); ?></span>
            </a> -->

This is working perfectly for me

Let me know if you have any query

Thanks

Answer 2

What do you want to remove..."My Account" or the complete "Account" menu ? Removing the complete menu can be done with 'removeblock' like:

<reference name="the.parent.name.where.the.block.is.nested.in">
   <remove name="name.in.layout.not.blockclassname"/>
</reference>

Best to do this in your own layout.xml file.

Or if you want to remove just one link, like this one:

<default>
    <!-- Mage_Customer -->
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer">
          <label>My Account</label>
          <url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/>
          <title>My Account</title>
          <prepare/>
          <urlParams/>
          <position>10</position>
          </action>
    </reference>
</default>

But you have to understand the fall back pattern of Magento. I'm using a theme called RDW now. So i have to change this to customize the RDW theme. So, if RDW has this in one of his xml layout files, changing the underlaying theme file 'base/default' for example doesn't work. Because it will use the RDW folder, assuming you didn't create your own fall-back order.

If you put this just as an example in: {app/design/frontend/{package}/{theme}/layout/customer.xml}

<default>
  <reference name="top.links">
    <!-- line 162: Mage_Page_Block_Template_Links -->
    <action method="removeLinkByUrl">
      <!-- line 312: Mage_Customer_Helper_Data -->
      <url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/>
    </action>
  </reference> 
</default>

The link will be removed, but it's a bad practis to change core files. So you create your own layout xml file and register it in a config.xml or better, create your own 'theme' on top of the previous one. So, it's easier to undo it.

But you have to re-ask a DESIGNER... or read the (designer) manual.

Good luck and happy hacking....

(Ps: Don't forget to flush layout & block cache. And never CHANGE MAGENTO CORE FILES. Doesn't matter if the sollution works. If you don't know always read the manual. Most awnsers on the internet including this forum can bite you in the future :-)