Customer must be logged in to see catalog

[dlyxzen]

Hi,

 

i have had a search through the forums but couldnt fine exactly what i was after.

 

Basically i dont want the catalog viewable at all without the user being logged in, i had thought about making a new file with just the login.php include however this is all connected the other includes etc: and is hard to seperate from the rest of the page (im not that php savvy)

 

i had a look through contributions also but could not find exactly what i need, which is when a customer enters the url mydomain/catalog , the new user or existing customer login is displayed,

 

any help would be really appreciated, main reason for this is that we dont want our competitors to be able to check out prices so easily !! :) :)

 

 

cheers

 

barry

[natewlew]

Depending on what you want you will want to put this code in the index.php and product_info.php:

// if the customer is not logged on, redirect them to the login page

if (!tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) {

tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));

}

[dlyxzen]

Depending on what you want you will want to put this code in the index.php and product_info.php:

 

hi natewlew, so pasting this code in the index.php and product info page will straght away direct them to the login page, which is exactly what i want however this page still displays pricing information in the left and right columns, im just wondering if there is a way to direct them to that login without it being embedded with the rest of the catalog (if that makes sense haha)

 

cheers

[natewlew]

If you don't want the whats_new,specials etc.. to show up. Here is an example that would remove the whats new from your catalog if someone wasn't logged in. In the /includes/column_left.php I have:

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php');

If you don't want anyone to see that until they login add:

if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) {

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php');

}

 

Notice that it's the same as my last post exept I left out the "!". You will also have to edit the /includes/column_right.php.

[dlyxzen]

If you don't want the whats_new,specials etc.. to show up. Here is an example that would remove the whats new from your catalog if someone wasn't logged in. In the /includes/column_left.php I have:

 

If you don't want anyone to see that until they login add:

Notice that it's the same as my last post exept I left out the "!". You will also have to edit the /includes/column_right.php.

 

thanks natewlew, i will give this a go, thanks for your help !

[dlyxzen]

if i place this in the application_top include will this mean any webpage they are tryign to view will redirect to login page should they not be logged in ?

[robr]

If all you want is for competitors not to check pricing then this may work http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,601

I have never used it so can offer no recommendations

 

Robr

[worldpar]

I wanted the same thing. For no one to view prices unless they were logged on.

I didn't care about the prices on specials, or what's new showing on the log in page, cause I can control them and it is a little tease for the customer.

I added this code

// if the customer is not logged on, redirect them to the login page

if (!tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) {

tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));

}

 

after the first line, ie:

<?php

/*

$Id: privacy.php,v 1.3 2003/09/30 16:22:42 serg Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

require('includes/application_top.php');

// if the customer is not logged on, redirect them to the login page

if (!tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) {

tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));

}

in

catalog/privacy.php

catalog/shopping_cart.php

catalog/shipping.php

catalog/advanced_search_result.php

catalog/product_info.php

catalog/product_reviews_info.php

catalog/advanced_search.php

and

catalog/index.php

 

This closes the whole site from being accessed unless the user is loged on.

Except Contact us, and Conditions of Use.

If you wanted to block those just add code to

catalog/conditions.php

and

catalog/contact_us.php