Will this work?

[MensaMod]

My admin would like me to revise our board's login screen to tell new users to refer to a separate website for our registration process.  Not being a php programmer, much less being familiar with the SMF conventions, I'd appreciate it if someone could check my one-line revision to the Login.template.php file:

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function template_kick_guest()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $modSettings, $txt;

...;
// Show the message or default message.
echo '
<p class="information centertext">
', empty($context['kick_message']) ? $txt['only_members_can_access'] : $context['kick_message'], '<br />
// ', $txt['login_below'], ' <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">', $txt['register_an_account'], '</a> ', sprintf($txt['login_with_forum'], $context['forum_name_html_safe']), '
', $txt['login_below'], ' <a href="https://www.us.mensa.org/connect/sigs/sig-listing/">'get registration instructions for '</a> ', sprintf($txt['login_with_forum'], $context['forum_name_html_safe']), '
</p>';



Thanks.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You can just redirect them to the website registration page -

index.php

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// The main controlling function.
function smf_main()
{
global $modSettings, $settings, $user_info, $board, $topic, $board_info, $maintenance, $sourcedir;

/// Register redirect
if (isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] == 'register')
{
redirectexit('http://www.simplemachines.org');
}

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[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Except, the code in the OP isn't trying to replace the register link - it is trying to supplement it with another link to instructions about the process.

[MensaMod]

Correct, Aleksi.  The admin has reasons for having the SMF portion of the registration process manual-only.  As we understand it, that precludes using the registration page.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Couple of syntax errors.  Try this -

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// Show the message or default message.
echo '
<p class="information centertext">
', empty($context['kick_message']) ? $txt['only_members_can_access'] : $context['kick_message'], '<br />
', $txt['login_below'], ' <a href="https://www.us.mensa.org/connect/sigs/sig-listing/">get registration instructions for </a> ', sprintf($txt['login_with_forum'], $context['forum_name_html_safe']), '
</p>';



You'll need to tidy up $txt['login_with_forum'] in Login.english.php.

[MensaMod]

I expected there was at least something wrong in there.

Thanks for the quick help.

[MensaMod]

Sorry, need just a little more hand-holding.  I found that line in Login.english.php:

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$txt['login_with_forum'] = 'with %1$s.';

but I don't understand how I need to change it on order to "tidy up."

[Sir Osis of Liver]

The text displays as 'get registration instructions for with'.  Just delete 'with'.

[MensaMod]

Duh.     Thanks.

[Steve]

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