Different content for guests and logged in users

[Ollie]

Evening everyone, 

I've been doing some searching on here and I can't seem to find the information I'm after. I remember years ago there was some code you could use to display a certain message to someone if they were a guest and then have this different if they are logged in. 

I'm wanting to use it to show different information at the top of my forum based on whether a user is logged in or a guest. If anyone knows what code to use I would be so appreciative!

Thanks,
Ollie

[elli]

Here's one way to accomplish what you're after:

{if !$[current_user.is_guest]}
  This message is for members and staff
{else}
  This message is for guests
{/if}

Note the exclamation mark preceeding $[current_user.is_guest] — the exclamation is called a "not" operator. It says if the current user is not a guest, show the following message, otherwise (else), show the next message. This would go in your forum's HTML templates. For example, Admin > Themes > Layout Templates > Forum Wrapper.

Let me know if you have more questions.

[Ollie]

 Genuis! Thank you so much elli 

You're a star!