Revert "fixed the broken index page. however the realtime tree updates dont work on the welcome page, only work on a specific view page"

This reverts commit e05760fd94c1538f25c3283e907b23ac03fd1032.

Attempting to revert the commits on master re: realtime updates.
Revert "the real time updates of tree based on renewed data finally works."

This reverts commit 38a481c5d76a49d3d31220f8b778fbcf3a97822e.

Attempting to revert the real-time updates of the tree, again.
did two things: 1, re-fixed rendering of html tags in panel. 2, changed application controller to fix guest login issues