@talia and others. I followed the directions and things seemed to work for me:
1. I created a members.php file which I then put in my theme’s folder in wp-content\themes\TheTheme\:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Members Only
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content">
<?php if (is_user_logged_in()) { ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class="contenttext">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<? } else { ?>
<h3>Sorry But You Must Be Logged in to View This Page</h3>
<div class="post">
Sorry, but this area is only for registered, logged-in users. If you are a registered user,
please login to the site. If you would like to register, please email <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
<form name='loginform' id='loginform' action='<?php echo get_bloginfo('wpurl');?>/wp-login.php' method='post'>
<label>Username
<input type='text' name='log' id='log' value='' size='20' tabindex='1' />
</label>
<label>Password
<input type='password' name='pwd' id='pwd' value='' size='20' tabindex='2' />
</label>
<label>
<input name='rememberme' type='checkbox' id='rememberme' value='forever' tabindex='3' />
Remember Me</label>
<p class='submit'>
<input type='submit' name='submit' id='submit' value='Login »' tabindex='4' />
<?php //use a hidden field to return them to the page they came from ?>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; ?>" />
</form>
</div> <!-- /post -->
<?php } ?>
</div><!-- /content -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
2. In the WP admin section, when writing or editing a page, a new box appears in the Advanced Options section, “Page Template”. Here, choose which template your page is to belong to, “Members Only” or default.
3. To hide the members only pages from the navigation menus I used the Hide Pages plugin.
My aplogies if you’re annoyed that a lot of the code could ‘obviously’ be hacked to gether from the other posts, but I thought it useful to assemble it in one place.
One last thing: wouldn’t it be great if after a member has logged in that the pages that were hidden from the naviagtion menus became visible?! I looked at the Hide Pages code but it’s not tremendously hack friendly to a php newbie like me. Any suggestions?
