[JFReyes]

Hi all:

My application has both a front and back end. I'd like to hide the backend menu until after the admin user logs in. How would I do that while keeping the default layout structure? Thanks for the help.

[andy_s]

You should render menu only if !Yii::app()->user->isGuest and has permissions to view admin page (if you are using RBAC).
Simple case:

if (!Yii::app()->user->isGuest)
    $this->widget('CMenu', ... );

[JFReyes]

Thanks for the tip, andy_s! I'll start with the simple case because I haven't installed RBAC yet, but it's coming.