well this worked, I forgot to call the snippet un-cached. OOPS
<?php
include_once ($modx->config['base_path'] . "manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php");
$modx->runSnippet('WebLogin', array('amptype'=>'simple', 'loginFormTpl'=>'LoginFormTpl'));
echo $modx->getPlaceholder('user.username');
?>
I should point out for anyone looking at this, that this is not the way to do this.
That conditional is already inside the snippet, so the trick is to just pass a template that has the links I needed.
I will have to come up with a way still to hide it on the login page, so it doesn’t show up when the full login form is shown.
now I’d just like to log-out with a link instead of a button...