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Template Question

Hello,

I wish to put a link in the left.vm template file. However, I only want 
the link to show up after a user logs in and I need to know the users 
login name. I assume that this can be done with some simple javascript 
as the pseudo code below shows:

<script language="javascript">
if (username.equals("")==false){
    document.writeln("<a 
href="http://mysite.com/jetspeed/mypage?"+username+">Click me</a>");
}

But I'm not sure how to obtain the current user's login name and what 
would be the value before someone logs in?

Thanks for you help,
Joe




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Re: Template Question

Posted by Joe Sulewski <jo...@cobre.com>.
Stefan,

Thanks for the pointer, it worked perfectly.
Joe


Stefan Kuhn wrote:

>Hi Joe,
>what you want to do is not a job for JavaScript, but for Velocity (it's a 
>server side question, JS is for client side). Have a look in top.vm - it 
>shows the login form or not depending on if a user is logged in. For getting 
>user name, have a look how the edit account (username) message is made in 
>top.vm
>Stefan
>
>Am Dienstag, 20. August 2002 15:26 schrieben Sie:
>  
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I wish to put a link in the left.vm template file. However, I only want
>>the link to show up after a user logs in and I need to know the users
>>login name. I assume that this can be done with some simple javascript
>>as the pseudo code below shows:
>>
>><script language="javascript">
>>if (username.equals("")==false){
>>    document.writeln("<a
>>href="http://mysite.com/jetspeed/mypage?"+username+">Click me</a>");
>>}
>>
>>But I'm not sure how to obtain the current user's login name and what
>>would be the value before someone logs in?
>>
>>Thanks for you help,
>>Joe
>>    
>>
>
>  
>




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Re: Template Question

Posted by Stefan Kuhn <sk...@ice.mpg.de>.
Hi Joe,
what you want to do is not a job for JavaScript, but for Velocity (it's a 
server side question, JS is for client side). Have a look in top.vm - it 
shows the login form or not depending on if a user is logged in. For getting 
user name, have a look how the edit account (username) message is made in 
top.vm
Stefan

Am Dienstag, 20. August 2002 15:26 schrieben Sie:
> Hello,
>
> I wish to put a link in the left.vm template file. However, I only want
> the link to show up after a user logs in and I need to know the users
> login name. I assume that this can be done with some simple javascript
> as the pseudo code below shows:
>
> <script language="javascript">
> if (username.equals("")==false){
>     document.writeln("<a
> href="http://mysite.com/jetspeed/mypage?"+username+">Click me</a>");
> }
>
> But I'm not sure how to obtain the current user's login name and what
> would be the value before someone logs in?
>
> Thanks for you help,
> Joe

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