Menu Title Changes For Registered Users
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- SimonJ621
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Hi,
I'm new to Joomla, but have been getting familiar with the basics over the past few days. One trouble spot I am having is trying to change the name of one of my menu items when a user is logged in. I'm using the Simplex theme. Here are the details:
When a user is not logged in the menu should be:
Home | Medical Information | Premium Medical Service | Contact
When a user is logged in, it should be:
Home | Medical Information | Member Forums | Talk to the Dr. | Account Information | Contact
There is probably a very simple solution, so I apologize for the beginners question. Here is what I attempted...
I made two menus, one was mainmenu (the default) and the other was usermenu. The main menu was the first menu above, all public. The user menu was the second menu, all private. I then put both modules in the same position. In index.php of the template, I tried to modify the following code:
Before:$menu_name = $this->params->get("menuName", "mainmenu");
After (I modified):if ($user->guest) { $menu_name = $this->params->get("menuName", "mainmenu"); } else { $menu_name = $this->params->get("menuName", "usermenu"); }
This didn't work. Instead, some of the links had a confused security. The home link did not ask me to login, but the Medical Information, Premium Medical Service, and Contact links did ask me to login. When I logged in, there was no difference in the menu.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Jason
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- Nanci Memory
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SimonJ621 wrote:
When a user is not logged in the menu should be:
Home | Medical Information | Premium Medical Service | Contact
When a user is logged in, it should be:
Home | Medical Information | Member Forums | Talk to the Dr. | Account Information | Contact
I made two menus, one was mainmenu (the default) and the other was usermenu. The main menu was the first menu above, all public. The user menu was the second menu, all private. I then put both modules in the same position. In index.php of the template, I tried to modify the following code:
You only need one "mainmenu."
In the menu mark the links you want everyone to see as public.
Mark the links for registered users as registered.
Mark the links for an additional user (yourself, staff, etc.) as special.
The user will be able to see the menu as assigned according to the level you have set for each user.
To test this set up users for each, then login as each user and preview.
An alternative is to have a mainmenu that everyone sees.
And an additional menu left or right that only registered users see on the specified pages you assign them to.
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- SimonJ621
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Thanks for the quick reply. The reason for me creating 2 menus is because one of the menu items that is seen by a user not logged in needs to change or disappear when a user is logged in. The traditional way of showing additional content when a user is logged in works partly, but I also need to alter or remove a menu item when a user is logged in.
I hope I'm explaining this well.
Thanks!
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- Ben Lee
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This is a contribution from one of the members here:
http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?f=94&t=58656&start=0&rb_v=viewtopic#p305276
I've got a pretty big list of various things here that you can scan through when you're looking for something like this:
http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?f=2&t=54455&rb_v=viewtopic#p283196
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- SimonJ621
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@Ben
Your tips and tricks post is great. That is going to keep me busy for hours
The first link you sent mentioned this:Well, come to realize, hey... in RT, the menu's don't even need modules. So I removed the mainmenu and guestmenu modules but left the menu's themselves intact.
Is this how all RT templates work?
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- Ben Lee
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- I wouldn't say that it works this way for ALL rockettheme templates, but for a good number of them. I also wouldn't say to delete any menu modules that you are using either. You want to keep the menu modules there, but you can unpublish them. The position that the main menu is displayed in pulls the menu info for the menu you define...by default, mainmenu.
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- SimonJ621
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Thanks for all the information. I'll detail my solution:
This solution allows for a menu to change (not just add new links) when a user is logged in.
1. Copy the 'mainmenu' (this is the menu for the 'guest'), make the needed changes and name it 'membermenu' (this is the menu for the 'member').
2. I disabled both modules for these menus (optional).
3. I then made the following addition to index.php for the specific Template:
Above the rt_styleloader.php include, put the following code:
$user = & JFactory::getUser(); if ($user->guest) { $menu_name="mainmenu"; } else { $menu_name="membermenu"; }
To understand the details, this resource helped me immensely: link
I am also thinking of using metamod instead of the above solution ( link ). This extension seems very handy. Does anyone have experiences with it? pros? cons?
Thanks again for all the help, without which I'd still be digging through documentation trying to find a solution.
Best,
Jason
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- Ben Lee
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Thanks for posting your solution :cheesy: ! I've added this link to the "Various Tweaks and Tips" section of the post below:
http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?f=2&t=54455&p=283223&rb_v=viewtopic#p283223
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