Dispay Username Across Multiple Scripts

tubby · May 2009

Hi,

I have a fairly large site. I got vanilla working with my wordpress blog. I have several other scripts that do not require user management. What I'd like to do is have the vanilla Sign-in/Sign Out and Register links display sitewide so that when a users signs-in, it will display Username (Sign Out).

I've attempted to do this with the Page Manager ext to no avail. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

sirlancelot · May 2009

PageManager is only for managing pages created with that extension. To have those links on your pages you need to emulate the boot-process of Vanilla.

Have a look at the first few lines of Vanilla's index.php:

include("appg/settings.php");
$Configuration['SELF_URL'] = 'index.php';
include("appg/init_vanilla.php"); // You might consider changing this to `init_ajax.php` for faster execution

That will start the core of Vanilla and give you access to $Context and $Context->Session which holds the user's information.

For displaying the links, take a look at themes/menu.php near the top:

echo '<div id="Session">';
	if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) {
		echo str_replace('//1',	$this->Context->Session->User->Name, $this->Context->GetDefinition('SignedInAsX'))
			. ' (<a href="'
			. FormatStringForDisplay(AppendUrlParameters(
				$this->Context->Configuration['SIGNOUT_URL'],
				'FormPostBackKey=' . $this->Context->Session->GetCsrfValidationKey() ))
			. '">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('SignOut').'</a>)';
	} else {
		echo $this->Context->GetDefinition('NotSignedIn') . ' (<a href="'
			. FormatStringForDisplay(AppendUrlParameters(
				$this->Context->Configuration['SIGNIN_URL'],
				'ReturnUrl='. urlencode(GetRequestUri(0))))
			. '">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('SignIn').'</a>)';
	}
	echo '</div>';

That should get you to what you want.

If you want to hide your pages from unregistered users (if you have public browsing turned off), you can add this line right after the first 3 lines that start the core:$Context->Session->Check($Context);
I hope this helps.

tubby · May 2009

thanks

Dispay Username Across Multiple Scripts

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