Hiding New products to unauthorised customers

[alexsmith2709]

Hi,
On my store i wish to hide the "new products" box from unauthorised customers. I know i can set "Customer Shop Status - View Shop and Prices" to 1 in the admin panel but that completely removes all the side boxes which i dont want to do.

I have done some searches but cant find anything that fits my needs. I saw people suggesting to use the code:

$show_categories= false;

if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
  // run the code
    $show_categories= true;
} else {
// do not run the code
  $show_categories= false;
}  

if ($show_categories == true) { 

but i have no idea where i would put that. My guess would be in the whats_new.php but then i dont know where to put it in there. (i know the variable would change in this statement).

I would be grateful of any help.

Thanks

[Ajeh]

Do you want to block the New Sidebox from Customers not logged in or not logged in and not Approved?

[alexsmith2709]

I would like to block it from anyone not logged in and not approved. I would be very happy if this is achievable.

Thanks

[Ajeh]

  if ($_SESSION['customers_authorization'] != xx && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

where XX is the value you want used ...

[alexsmith2709]

Where do i put this code? Is it in whats_new.php?
Im not really sure what to do with it. I've tried putting it in whats_new.php but with no luck. I doesnt show the sidebox to customers not logged in (which is a start) but when an unauthorised user logs in they can see the sidebox.

Thanks

[Ajeh]

This is for the sidebox ...

In the file:
/includes/modules/sideboxes/your_template_dir/whats_new.php

You should use the code:

//  if ($random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {
  if ($_SESSION['customer_id'] && $_SESSION['customers_authorization'] == 0 && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

I left out the $_SESSION['customer_id'] ...

Or you could code that to test if the $_SESSION['customers_authorization'] is set and if it is equal to 0 ... either way should work ...

You can adapt the code for other areas of the Catalog ...

On some of the code, you will also need to determine if the Products are considered new or not ...

You can look in the New Product Module in the:
/includes/modules/new_products.php

to see how it tests for new products ...

For the module itself, you can again turn it off based on the IF that is used in the whats_new.php sidebox ...