ez page off/on?

[munchie]

hi all,

i was wondering whether it is possible to have the "login" link on the ez page header and have this changed to "logoff" if the customer has logged in?

what files would need to be edited or process needed to do this? also, can this be done with an image? i.e. have an image change from "login" to "logoff" button if user is signed in?

any help appreciated!

[stevesh]

Not sure what you're asking. That would be the title of an EZ page, which you can change in Admin - Tools - EZ Pages.

[munchie]

sorry, its www.teenybooks.co.uk

as you can see, there is a login nav link at the top right and also i recently added a logoff link on ez page which is there permenantly atm as well as a login image on the right.

im trying to understand which would be best, either changing the ez page link to not appear if it is a guest visitor viewing and to appear if customer is logged in or to change the login image to show another image when customer is logged in.

would any of these options be possible?

[munchie]

Not sure what you're asking. That would be the title of an EZ page, which you can change in Admin - Tools - EZ Pages.

i understand that that is the way to create an ez page...but is there a way to create a log off easy page that ONLY shows on the ez page header when the customer is logged in?

[gjh42]

You would need to add some custom code to /includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_header.php.

<?php if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { ?>
<div id="navEZPagesTop">
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?></a><?php echo ($i < $n ? EZPAGES_SEPARATOR_HEADER : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Wrap a test around the <a href=" line to check for the ez-page being processed and display the login link only if not logged in and the logoff link only if logged in.
Replace the above code with this:

<?php if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { ?>
<div id="navEZPagesTop">
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
  if (!($var_linksList[$i]['name'] == 'Login' and $_SESSION['customer_id']) or !($var_linksList[$i]['name'] == 'Logoff' and !$_SESSION['customer_id'])) { ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?></a><?php echo ($i < $n ? EZPAGES_SEPARATOR_HEADER : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php  } //end if 
} // end FOR loop ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Be sure the names are spelled and capitalized the same in the code and the page title.

[munchie]

thanks gjh for your efforts in helping me to resolve this issue. i will do as you say when i get home and update on the progress!

[munchie]

You would need to add some custom code to /includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_header.php.

<?php if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { ?>
<div id="navEZPagesTop">
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?></a><?php echo ($i < $n ? EZPAGES_SEPARATOR_HEADER : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Wrap a test around the <a href=" line to check for the ez-page being processed and display the login link only if not logged in and the logoff link only if logged in.
Replace the above code with this:

<?php if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { ?>
<div id="navEZPagesTop">
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
  if (!($var_linksList[$i]['name'] == 'Login' and $_SESSION['customer_id']) or !($var_linksList[$i]['name'] == 'Logoff' and !$_SESSION['customer_id'])) { ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?></a><?php echo ($i < $n ? EZPAGES_SEPARATOR_HEADER : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php  } //end if 
} // end FOR loop ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Be sure the names are spelled and capitalized the same in the code and the page title.

hi,

i have jus replaced the code but nothing appears to have changed? would it be possible to clarify the last line "Be sure the names are spelled and capitalized the same in the code and the page title"?

i literally replaced the code above as instructed and the "logoff" ez page still shows regardless of whether im logged in or not...am i suppose to change something? or add a "login" ez page too?

[gjh42]

What are the precise titles of the login and logoff ez-pages? The code needs to use those exactly in order to work.

Looking at your site, the login button is not related to ez-pages at all, so you could either scrap that button and make an ez-page internal link pointing to the login page, or keep the button and remove the code that tests for it in ez-pages.

My advice would be to keep login/logoff functions in one place (showing alternately depending on status), either as links in the ez-pages menu or as buttons where your Login button is. You could use code similar to the above to switch buttons.

[munchie]

What are the precise titles of the login and logoff ez-pages? The code needs to use those exactly in order to work.

Looking at your site, the login button is not related to ez-pages at all, so you could either scrap that button and make an ez-page internal link pointing to the login page, or keep the button and remove the code that tests for it in ez-pages.

My advice would be to keep login/logoff functions in one place (showing alternately depending on status), either as links in the ez-pages menu or as buttons where your Login button is. You could use code similar to the above to switch buttons.

many thanks for your quick reply gjh42. i would prefer that the buttons switch from login to logoff but where would i place the code to enable the switch or the button images depending on whether customer is login/logoff? at the moment the image is hardcoded within the tpl_header.php i think and not implemented using css. the code above doesnt make much sense to me as my php knowledge is fairly limited.

thanks for the help in advance.

[gjh42]

Post the area of tpl_header.php where the login button is coded, and I can show you how to implement the switch. There is no CSS involved in any case here, unless you wanted to tweak the position of the button(s).