Members Only Blog

2006-07-04 @ 11:11:43

blogsome
smarty-templates

here.

I had a thought on the way home: how to make a blog that only registered users can see. Basically, it will use a similar method how the template decides whether or not to show the captcha. From the Blogsome site, and my comments.html:

      {if $captcha_image_URL != "" && $blog_user_level == -1}
        {$captcha_hidden_form_fields}
        <p>
            <input type="text" name="captcha_value_typed"><img src="{$captcha_image_URL}" align="center"><br>
            Anti-spam measure: please retype the above text into the box provided.
        </p>
      {/if}

So, we should be able to use the following code:

    {if $blog_user_level == -1}
        This blog is members only.  Please {wp_loginout}.
    {else}
        All content goes here.
    {/if}

Of course, you’ll want do disable just anyone from registering, else it defeats the purpose of it… I’ll try to test this on my test blog over the next couple of days.