Best way to advise "Guests" they need to login to veiw sellers details

[Greg H]

I have set my site so that guests can see all ads but cannot see sellers details.

I am looking for the best way to advise these users that they need to login to view sellers details.

Ideally I would like to have it so when a Guest is veiwing an ad, where the sellers details usually are a link shows advising them to register/login to veiw sellers details.

Any doing something like this ?

Thanks

[Lhotch]

In the viewlisting.tpl.php template at the top above where the fields are populated I would simply do a check to see if the user is logged and if they are not logged in display text telling them if they register/log in they can see users details so they can contact them.

{if $smarty.session.username=='' || $smarty.cookies.username==""}
display your message here
{/if}

[Mike-N-Tosh]

What I do is place a message in two places.

In the showlistings(2).tpl.php I have the following code at the top of the page:

PHP Code:

{if $smarty.session.userlevel==5}
    <table width="80%" align="center">
        <tr>
            <td>Welcome Guest! Although you can browse all of our listings,<br>
            You must be registered and <strong>logged in</strong> to<br>
            see the seller information or contact the seller.</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
{/if}


This way, the message will show at the top of any page that shows listings.

In addition, in the viewlisting(2).tpl.php file(s) I have the following code similar to what lhotch has shown in his example:

PHP Code:

{if $smarty.session.userlevel==5}
    <tr>
        <td>You must be logged in to see the seller or contact the seller</td>
    </tr>
{/if}


userlevel=5 limits this being viewed by a guest otherwise it is not shown.

-Mike

[Greg H]

Thank you both, this works nicely and is exactly what I was looking for.

Cheers