# Signup w/o paid membership option

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153 "2020-09-17T19:01:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/sage/32/9597_2.png) [@Sage](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Sage)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/1 "2020-09-17T19:01:04Z")

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I’m looking to change the functions after a member is logged in (using Penang theme).

When a logged in member goes to the “Account” tab it shows the message below and the “Subscribe Now” button then leads to a “Choose your subscription” page with pricing options.  
 ![Screen Shot 2020-09-17 at 11.47.56 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/4/41665ea8dc2096e6868a5e587135e75b205ec0f8.png)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-09-17 at 11.48.54 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/0/0fbc318da1f679bc9cd878a2de1fa554c0ff6bf3.png)

We will only ever have free content, so I want to get rid of this message and button entirely. I tried changing this here from:

```
      <h1 class='c-archive__title'>{{t "You're a subscriber to free members updates"}}</h1>
      <p class='c-archive__description'>{{t "You are subscribed to free updates from {siteTitle}, but don't have a paid subscription to read all the posts." siteTitle=@site.title}}</p>
      <hr>
      <p><a class='c-btn c-btn--action' href='/signup/'>{{t 'Subscribe Now'}}</a></p>

```

to

```
      <h1 class='c-archive__title'>{{t "You're a subscriber to free updates"}}</h1>
      <p class='c-archive__description'>{{t "Thanks for becoming a member of {siteTitle} 🎉}}</p>
    </div>

```

But when uploading the zip on the site I got this error message about an invalid handlebar:

- `default.hbs` : Parse error on line 26: …a\>
 {{else}} ----------------------^ Expecting ‘OPEN\_ENDBLOCK’, got ‘INVERSE’

Anyone else have suggestions for how to **keep** member functionality but get rid of payment and subscription options?

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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Prakash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/abhishek_prakash/32/8599_2.png) [@Abhishek\_Prakash](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Abhishek_Prakash)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/2 "2020-09-18T06:16:27Z")

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Have you connected to Stripe or put a membership price from the Ghost dashboard-\>Labs?

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**Author:** ![Sage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/sage/32/9597_2.png) [@Sage](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Sage)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/3 "2020-09-18T17:20:53Z")

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Membership is turned on but I haven’t done either of those and don’t plan to since it will all be free content.

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/4 "2020-09-18T18:19:54Z")

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> [@Sage](#):
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> - `default.hbs` : Parse error on line 26: …a\>  
> {{else}} ----------------------^ Expecting ‘OPEN\_ENDBLOCK’, got ‘INVERSE’

This suggests you have a syntax error in the file; you’ll need to provide more context (e.g. the first 27 lines of `default.hbs`) to get help resolving it

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**Author:** ![BrettPlayMC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brettplaymc/32/9329_2.png) [@BrettPlayMC](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BrettPlayMC)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/5 "2020-09-23T19:52:42Z")

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Any update on this? I am also hoping to do the same!

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**Author:** ![ahmadajmi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/ahmadajmi/32/23173_2.png) [@ahmadajmi](https://forum.ghost.org/u/ahmadajmi)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/signup-w-o-paid-membership-option/17153/6 "2020-09-23T21:57:58Z")

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There is a syntax issue in the second line.

So, instead of:

`<p class='c-archive__description'>{{t "Thanks for becoming a member of {siteTitle} 🎉}}</p>`

It sould be:

`<p class='c-archive__description'>{{t "Thanks for becoming a member of {siteTitle} 🎉" siteTitle=@site.title}}</p>`