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Aug 18, 2006, 7:16 PM
Jobu
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Login/Logout Toggle on Static Pages
I have succesfully installed GCommunity. I was wondering, on my static pages, how do I insert code (JavaScript I assume) to toggle the login/logut depending on whether the user is logged in?

If someone is logged in, I want to show: "Logout"

If someone is logged out, I want to show "Login/Register"

THanks!
Aug 18, 2006, 7:58 PM
Jobu
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Aug 18, 2006, 7:58 PM
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Sweet! Didn't see the SSI option!

In user_ssi_login.html, I have:

Code:
<%if comm_username%>
<li><a href="http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi">My Profile</a> | <a href="http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=user_logout">Logout</a></li>
<%else%>
<li><a href="http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi">User Login/Registration</a></li>
<%endif%>


Now I can call things properly from static pages using:

Code:
<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=ssi_login"-->


However, this doesn't appear to work from within my Links templates. I also tried using the same code as above that I have in user_ssi_login.html, but it always returns <li><a href="http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi">User Login/Registration</a></li>, whether I am logged in or not.

In short, how do I insert code into my Links templates to check if I am logged in to community, and then print different HTML depending on if I am logged in or not?

Thanks!

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Jobu: Aug 18, 2006, 8:08 PM
Aug 18, 2006, 8:41 PM
Jobu
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Aug 18, 2006, 8:41 PM
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Re: [Jobu] Login/Logout Toggle on Static Pages In reply to
I did it!

Code:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

function getCookie(name){
var cname = name + "=";
var dc = document.cookie;
if (dc.length > 0) {
begin = dc.indexOf(cname);
if (begin != -1) {
begin += cname.length;
end = dc.indexOf(";", begin);
if (end == -1) end = dc.length;
return unescape(dc.substring(begin, end));
}
}
return null;
}


// Tests if the session id value is set and if the user is logged in
if (getCookie("Community_Name")) {
document.write("<li><a href='http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi'>My Profile</a> | <a href='http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=user_logout'>Logout</a></li>");
} else {
document.write("<li><a href='http://www.WiredBIZ.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi'>User Login/Registration</a></li>");
}


-->
</script>
Aug 19, 2006, 11:08 AM
jdgamble
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Aug 19, 2006, 11:08 AM
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If you didn't want to use javascript and you wanted to use SSI... this might be of help:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=271341#271341

- Jonathan
Aug 19, 2006, 11:14 AM
Jobu
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Aug 19, 2006, 11:14 AM
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In Reply To:
If you didn't want to use javascript and you wanted to use SSI... this might be of help:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=271341#271341


Yeah, I saw that and that was really helpful as well. However, the SSI does not work from within non-lnks/community/forum PHP or CGI pages, so this was my solution for all pages.
Aug 19, 2006, 12:28 PM
jdgamble
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Aug 19, 2006, 12:28 PM
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Well log.php can be called from ANY perl, php, or shtml file related or not related to links, so YES, it can work! It could also be easily translated to log.cgi if necessary. I personally just try and avoid as much javascript as possible to keep the possible errors to a minimum.

Tongue

- Jonathan