Hide pages from non members?

wii · 2010-12-22 09:33:59

My client needs a website with hidden section for non members, I have never done this before and I always use Textpattern, is there a way to have this functionality using Textpattern?

Thanks

jakob · 2010-12-22 09:44:18

You have a number of alternatives:

Use txp:password_protect if you just want to hide a section behind a single password. Advantage: simple to setup. Disadvantage: single password for all members. If someone stops being a member, you need to change the password for everyone. Also it only works at an article level.
Use ign_password_protect (possibly in combination with mem_self_register) to set up separate accounts and logins for each member. You can use a separate user database. Advantage: full-blown solution. Disadvantage: it can be a bit tricky to get set up.
Use rvm_if_privileged for users who have an account for the backend. Disadvantage: no separate user database. Users have to log in via the backend. Advantage: rock solid!

See also this article for further explanations.

redbot · 2010-12-22 09:45:29

Hi,
probably rvm_privileged will help you.

edit. Jakob was faster

Last edited by redbot (2010-12-22 09:46:55)

wii · 2010-12-22 10:23:12

Thanks, I will ask my client, I think the simple txp:password protect could be enough.

els · 2010-12-22 17:41:07

jakob wrote:

Also it only works at an article level.

What exactly do you mean, Jakob? As far as I know you can use it inside if_section tags (or any conditionals for that matter) to password protect a specific part of a site.

jakob · 2010-12-22 22:49:38

Sorry, I didn’t word that very well. I was referring to what jeremy wrote in the article linked to above:

TXP provides the built-in tag <txp:password_protect /> and I wrote a more flexible variation … However, these tag-based solutions have some shortcomings when applied anywhere except directly in an article. From a practical perspective, this means that one cannot easily password protect an entire section merely by including a password protect tag in the page template.

There’s a note to similar effect on the tag description page (also linked above), but I must admit I’ve not tested out whether this is still valid for more recent txp versions.

els · 2010-12-22 23:52:33

Thanks Jakob, I wasn’t aware of that. Would a solution like this be too simple?

<txp:if_section name="section1">
   <txp:password_protect login="login" pass="pass" />
<txp:else />
   <txp:if_individual_article>
      <txp:if_article_section name="section1">
         <txp:password_protect login="login" pass="pass" />
      </txp:if_article_section>
   </txp:if_individual_article>
</txp:if_section>

Last edited by els (2010-12-22 23:52:53)

aslsw66 · 2010-12-23 01:42:15

Wouldn’t it be better to implement ign_password_protect using just a single user_id?

At least it would make it easier to change a password if you needed to (eg. if the password escaped into the ‘wild’). And it would also make it easier to scale up to multiple users if required.

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