Thread: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

Does Classipress have the ability to force users to register/login to see or use the email contact box?

Any of this possible? Thanks.

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser?

this is not an option built into the theme, but I believe you can offer that option if you are comfortable working with the template files.

find the code that controls the email form in single.php and modify the code with this:

<?php if (is_user_logged_in()){ ?>

// Insert Email Form Here

}
else {
echo "Sorry, you must be logged in to contact the Seller by email.";
};
?>

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser?

Fantastic - took me a while to figure it out but worked a treat! Thank you very much!!
Only had to tweak a few bits.

Here's the modified code and placement:

<?php if (is_user_logged_in()){ ?>

<form... ***form code here****
</form>

<?php } else {
echo "Sorry, you must be logged in to contact the Seller by email.";
};
?>

Thanks again.

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

THank YOu! This is what I've been looking for for months. In single.php Where do I put this? Do I cut the form code out, or do I copy and paste? I think I will put this php around the form code I guess.

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

No need to remove any existing code. Add the additional code straight before the form tag starts and straight after the form tag ends as illustrated above.

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

Ah got it, working now Thanks so much for sharing this!!

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

Simple but very useful. Why don't we make this an option in Classipress control panel?

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

This feature will be available in 3.0.

Re: Register in order to email an advertiser - solved!

This is a bit of an old thread, but thought I would add something else to it, at least until 3.0 is released...
As you only want to display this to logged users, then it is good to give those who are not yet members or logged in the ability to click a button and either Login or Register right from that box.

So here is what I added to the code to display a Login and Register button right below the "Sorry, you must be logged in to contact the Seller by email":

In single.php:
To style it, add this to your chosen template style, in my case blue.css:
You may wish to specify the the selector more accurately, but for me this works in my design.
You should then see this on your website when not logged in: