[Forum] Specific Sidebar Block viewable only by Usergroup/Registered Users

[Cosmic Trigger]

I want a specific block in my sidebar to only be viewable by logged in users not by guests. is this possible?

[Steve Machol]

Sorry, there is no function to do this. This requires modifying the code. We cannot officially support code modifications or forums running modified code, however you can try searching or asking for help with this over at www.vbulletin.org.

[CThiessen]

Hi,
Every Block use a specified template.
For Example a HTML Block use "block_html"

So you have to create an extra Template: e.g. "block_html_user"
For that template copy the code of the normal Template.

At the top add:

<vb:if condition="$show['member']">

at the end:

</vb:if>

than use that template for the User block.
If the normal template is used only once, you might change the original template.

Greetings Christian

[Cosmic Trigger]

of course, so simple, i can't believe i didn't figure that out myself, cthiessen, thank you very much.

mr machol, i thought maybe there was an option to do it that i was just missing, but thanks for clarifying.

[brandondrury]

Every Block use a specified template.

I'd vastly prefer to handle this on the php end of the block as the actual aesthetics will be identical on all of my sideblocks. Anyone know the correct variables and syntax for this? I usually need 2-3 hours to figure out which variable combination will work in the given scope.

I know, I'm headed to vB.org.

Brandon