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DougS
Khoros Oracle
14 years ago

Display different custom content modules to users of different ranks (Freemarker)

Big thanks to Kaela for this information!   Description This component displays different "custom content" modules based on what rank a user has. If they have the "Lithium Guru" rank, they see ...
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Claudius
Boss
14 years ago

I tried to adapt this example to display different custom content based on different roles but I can't get hold of the current user's roles.

 

And as a bonus question: When I try to use this freemarker code in Custom Content it shows a "This widget could not be displayed." message instead. Is Freemarker code not allowed within Custom Content?

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AdamN
Khoros Oracle
14 years ago

Hi Claudius,

 

A couple of notes...

 

First, I'd suggest double checking to ensure that you're using the correct REST API method. To get the user's roles, the call should look like:

/users/id/${user.id?c}/roles

 

Second, a user can have only one rank at a time, whereas they can have multiple roles. So the approach for determining whether a user has a particular role is a bit different than just seeing what their rank is. Here's an example I posted previously of showing specific content to only Administrators or Moderators:

 

 

<#assign user_has_role = false />
<#if user.registered >
	<#list restadmin("/users/id/${user.id?c}/roles").roles.role as role>
		<#if role.name?? && (role.name == "Administrator" || role.name == "Moderator")>
			<#assign user_has_role = true />
		</#if>
	</#list>
</#if>

<#if user_has_role >

Show to users with role

</#if>

 

 

It may be easier to adapt the example above. I hope this helps!