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baldonius

I have implemented AdSense code onto my Vanilla forum site by creating and editing a default.master.php for my custom theme. It works fine, but to stay safe I want to dynamically add the following line:

google_adtest = “on”;

...into the AdSense code whenever I am logged into the forum. I know that whenever I am logged in the forum shows the 'Dashboard' link in the menu, which doesn't show for normal users, and the PHP for that is simply:

$this->Menu->AddLink('Dashboard', T('Dashboard'), '/dashboard/settings', array('Garden.Settings.Manage'), array('class' => 'Dashboard'));

...since I based my default.master.php file off Vanilla's default.

So can you help me out guys?

peregrine

php code could be

if (Gdn::Session()->CheckPermission('Garden.Moderation.Manage')) {

Bleistivt

Since you are using a default.master.php, you should try what @peregrine posted.

In smarty you could do

{if $User.Name == "YOUR_NAME"}
    ...
{/if}

x00

@Bleistivt best not to use a name, use permission an assign a role.

Bleistivt

Yes, if you wanna go the smarty way, the best would be to build a custom smarty Plugin, but just using whats there, there is not much of a choice:

I wish Vanilla would at least assign the UserID to a smarty variable.

But OP is using a php template anyway, so theres no need for this.

baldonius

Thanks for the tips.

hgtonight

You could use the block permission smarty tag:
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/2.1/library/vendors/SmartyPlugins/block.permission.php.

peregrine

@Bleistivt said: I wish Vanilla would at least assign the UserID to a smarty variable.

https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/master/library/core/class.smarty.php#L46

you could ask them to add this line after line 46 on github.

'UserID' => $Session->User->UserID,

x00

It is really easy to add smarty functions. You can do in a themehooks file.

R_J

@x00 said:
It is really easy to add smarty functions. You can do in a themehooks file.

Like this:
/themes/MyTheme/class.mythemethemehooks.php

<?php defined('APPLICATION') or die();

class MyThemeThemeHooks implements Gdn_IPlugin {
    public function Setup() {
        return true;
    }

    public function Gdn_Smarty_Init_Handler($Sender) {
        $Sender->plugins_dir[] = dirname(__FILE__).DS.'SmartyPlugins';
    } 

And that:
/themes/MyTheme/SmartyPlugins/function.is_moderator.php

<?php defined('APPLICATION') or die();

function smarty_function_is_moderator($params, &$smarty) {
    if (Gdn::Session()->CheckPermission('Garden.Moderation.Manage')) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

peregrine

@r_j the above is grist for a new tutorial in the tutorial category. don't let it get lost in the noise.

R_J

@peregrine said:
r_j the above is grist for a new tutorial in the tutorial category. don't let it get lost in the noise.

Done