Code for private (invisible) pages

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  xcott · Member · Jan 21, 2007 at 8:51 am

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  Hiya,

  I altered my theme so that some pages are only visible when users are logged in. I’m not sure if my code is the best way to do this.

  I added this function to my theme’s functions.php:

  
function exclude_secrets() {
global $wpdb;
$myquery = $wpdb->get_col("select post_id from $wpdb->postmeta where meta_key='secret';",0);
if( $myquery )
$mystring = "&exclude=" . implode(",",$myquery);
else $mystring = "";
return $mystring;
}


  …and then I changed my theme’s header.php page code to:
  
... if ( ! is_user_logged_in() )
wp_list_pages('title_li=' . exclude_secrets() );
else
wp_list_pages('title_li=');


  Then if I write a page, I add ‘secret’ as a custom field. It will only be visible when I am logged in. Is this an ok way to solve this, or does anyone forsee a horrible flaw?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 21, 2007 at 9:10 am

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  Are you on WordPress.com, or WordPress.org? Because we are running on a shared blogging platform over here, and without the Custom CSS upgrade nobody can edit their template.

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  xcott · Member · Jan 21, 2007 at 9:20 am

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  I apologize: this is a hack for a wordpress blog off-site.

  Also, this hack does not genuinely restrict access to a private page! It only prevents it from appearing as a clickable link in the menu.

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  drmike · Member · Jan 21, 2007 at 3:11 pm

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  Closing thread since it’s for the other site.