Hide content from registered users in PHPBB3

You might have been in forums where they show ads to guests but not to registered users. Ever wondered how do they do that? Of course there are specific hacks and plugins which do exactly this, but perhaps you’re looking for the most simple and unobtrusive solution. This is exactly what the code in this post offers: it is extremely simple to implement, yet not every PHPBB3 admin knows it.

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Hide modules from registered users in Joomla 1.5

While Joomla 1.5 allows hiding modules from guests (and just show them to registered users), it lacks the ability to do the opposite, namely hiding modules from registered users. Of course such thing can be very useful when there are modules inviting users to register (how pointless to show them to already registered users!), or modules showing advertisements to guests.

As said, the backend does not allow you to set a module to show to guests only, but this can be very easily done in a couple of minutes and minimal effort with a simple hack to the template code. NO need to install plugins or add-ons! It is a simple yet very useful trick.

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Summer holidays

Hey there everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I’m back from a three week long holiday to the United States; that’s why I did not post new stuff and why some comments took weeks to be moderated. I thought I’d share some pictures of Chicago I took myself during that time (amazing city btw), I hope you like them! if you’re interested, the full collection is hosted at my Flickr page. Very soon I’ll be publishing more pics of Montréal (Canada), Boston and New York.

That ain’t all: regarding computers, a local company has recently hired me to set up their online presence and their e-commerce platform. This means I might be sharing contents related as well to what I might learn new in that area (e-commerce CMS and so on)…

I wish you all a nice summer time, and enjoy your holidays (if you have)!

Aleix