Restrict download page only to logged in pilots

[Alex]

how can i restrict access to my downloads page only to logged in pilots.

i tried this

<?php

if(!Auth::LoggedIn())

{

?>

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/registration"><strong>Register</strong></a></li>
   <li><a href="<?php echo url('/login'); ?>"><strong>Pilot Log In</strong></a></li>

<?php

}

else

{

?>

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/downloads"><strong>Downloads</strong></a></li>




<?php

but that doesnt work

[James142]

how can i restrict access to my downloads page only to logged in pilots.

i tried this

<?php

if(!Auth::LoggedIn())

{

?>

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/registration"><strong>Register</strong></a></li>
   <li><a href="<?php echo url('/login'); ?>"><strong>Pilot Log In</strong></a></li>

<?php

}

else

{

?>

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/downloads"><strong>Downloads</strong></a></li>




<?php

but that doesnt work

Switch the

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/registration"><strong>Register</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo url('/login'); ?>"><strong>Pilot Log In</strong></a></li>

With the

<li><a href="<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/downloads"><strong>Downloads</strong></a></li>

?

[mark1million]

Just add this at the top of that tpl,

<?php
if(Auth::LoggedIn() == false)
{
  echo 'Please login to view this page.';
  return;
}
?>

You can also hide in the nav bar by putting the line under the section if logged in.

[Alex]

is there a way to prevent access to the index page. specifically the downloads. i tried to add .zip tothe htaccess file and that worked, but then when legitimate pilots tried to d/l the got the 404 error?

[mark1million]

Hi im not quite following what you need, that code above will prevent joe bloggs from accessing the downloads.

[mark1million]

In fact looking at my site the index page of the downloads should already be protected for logged in users already.

[Tom]

Mark is right. Downloads page is, by default, only available to logged in users.

Open up core/modules/Downloads/Downloads.php and check, it should look something like this:

class Downloads extends CodonModule
{

public function index()
{
	if(!Auth::LoggedIn())
	{
		echo 'You must be logged in to access this page!';
		return;
	}

	$this->set('allcategories', DownloadData::GetAllCategories());
	$this->render('downloads_list.tpl');
}

And so on.