Hikashop cpanel query

-- HikaShop version -- : 3.4.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.8.12
-- PHP version -- : 7.1

Hello, I have created a menu link to access the Hikashop User Control Panel and it all works OK, however once logged in, if the user clicks the link again it shows a logout button (I have created a separate logout link), when I need it to show the account options again.

Is this possible?

I have attached current settings for the menu item below;

Hi,

You need to change the type of the menu item and choose "hikashop user control panel".
The user control panel menu item already handle automatically if the user is logged in or not and direct to the user login form if not, which will then redirect to the control panel after the login.

I tried that already and I get a 'please login' message?

Hi,

There is an issue with the SEF on your website.
When the control panel of HikaShop checks that the user is logged in and finds that it's not the case, it adds that please login first message and redirects to the login URL of the com_users components. Here is the code doing that:
monosnap.com/file/LC6ZGPqfN7tEh3mT787cF3Qdh2CotZ
However, on your website, when I click on the "my account" menu item, I get redirected to the URL /logout?return=aHR0cHM6Ly90ZXN0LmxlY29uY2VwdHMuY29tL215LWFjY291bnQ= :
monosnap.com/file/K20as2JLcPUjiC1fxhEKccDyFlCPQB
So there is a problem because that $url = 'index.php?option=com_users&view=login'.$url; shouldn't be SEFed by Joomla to /logout?return=aHR0cHM6Ly90ZXN0LmxlY29uY2VwdHMuY29tL215LWFjY291bnQ=
I'm not sure why it's doing that. Maybe you're using a SEF extension like sh404SEF and it messes with that, or there is something else which changes the URL like a system plugin or some customization.

Hmm, I'm not using any SEF extension, however I do have code in my .htaccess file to filter out /index.php?

Hi,

did you configure any menu items of a type of the "com_users" component of Joomla ?
If you disable them, does it help ?

I've just seen this plugin - not entirely sure what it does.

Hi,

That's the plugin which adds the "user account" button on the user control panel on the frontend.
It's not linked to your issue.