put login form into the nav bar. Proof of concept - needs a bit of UI tweaks.

include/channel.php

@@ -1908,4 +1908,18 @@ function channel_manual_conv_update($channel_id) {
 
 	return intval($x);
 
+}
+
+
+function remote_login() {
+
+		$o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('remote_login.tpl'),array(
+			'$title' => t('Remote Authentication'),
+			'$desc' => t('Enter your channel address (e.g. channel@example.com)'),
+			'$submit' => t('Authenticate')
+		));
+		return $o;
+
+
+
 }

include/nav.php

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ EOT;
 	}
 	else {
 		if(! get_account_id())  {
+			$nav['login'] = login();
 			$nav['loginmenu'][] = Array('login',t('Login'),'',t('Sign in'),'login_nav_btn');
 		}
 		else
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ EOT;
 	}
 
 	elseif(! $_SESSION['authenticated']) {
+		$nav['remote_login'] = remote_login();
 		$nav['loginmenu'][] = Array('rmagic',t('Remote authentication'),'',t('Click to authenticate to your home hub'),'rmagic_nav_btn');
 	}
 

view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css

@@ -2104,4 +2104,8 @@ dl.bb-dl > dd > li {
 .app-icon {
 	font-size: 80px;
 	text-align: center;
+}
+
+.rmagic-button {
+	margin-left: 10px;
 }

view/tpl/nav.tpl

@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@
 				</li>
 			{{/if}}
 
-			{{if $nav.loginmenu && !$userinfo}}
-				<li class="{{$nav.loginmenu.0.2}} hidden-xs">
+			{{if $nav.login && !$userinfo}}
+				<li class="nav-login hidden-xs">
 					<a data-toggle="dropdown" href="{{$nav.loginmenu.0.0}}" title="{{$nav.loginmenu.0.3}}" id="{{$nav.loginmenu.0.4}}">{{$nav.loginmenu.0.1}} <span class="caret" id="loginmenu-caret"></span></a>
 					<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
-						{{foreach $nav.loginmenu as $loginmenu}}
+					{{$nav.login}}
+					{{$nav.remote_login}}
+
+					<!--	{{foreach $nav.loginmenu as $loginmenu}}
 						<li role="presentation"><a class="{{$loginmenu.2}}" href="{{$loginmenu.0}}" title="{{$loginmenu.3}}" role="menuitem" id="{{$loginmenu.4}}">{{$loginmenu.1}}</a></li>
-						{{/foreach}}
+						{{/foreach}} --!>
 					</ul>
 				</li>
 				{{foreach $nav.loginmenu as $loginmenu}}

view/tpl/remote_login.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<a href="rmagic" class="btn btn-default rmagic-button">{{$title}}</a>