Display posts based on Custom Capability

I am attempting to create a page template that will show only the posts for specific users with a given custom capability. I have incorporated some of the input from “Creating a Client Portal” video to set up users and posts, i.e. by utilizing custom capabilities. My problem, however, is creating the feed that only shows posts with the assigned custom capability. I have scoured the API and support forums but thus far have not found what is needed. My last effort used the is_permitted_by_s2member() function, which did not work. Basically I want to filter the post with custom capability equal to the designation and then display only these posts.

Any ideas? Thanks!!

Hello Jeremy,

Have you looked into advanced conditionals?

You can find some documentation under Dashboard -› s2Member® -› API / Scripting -› Advanced PHP Conditionals.

You can find a video on it here:
Video » s2Member (Advanced Conditionals)

Hope this helps. :)

Thanks Eduan. I had looked through all the Advanced Conditionals previously and could not figure it out using the examples provided. However your reply did get me thinking in a different way. I decided to simply add a category labled “Private” and use that coupled with the custom capabilities to create a template page that would should only personal content for the logged in user. Here is the code:

  <?php
     query_posts( $query_string . '&cat=47' ); // gets only posts from the private category (check your id)
     global $more; $more = 0;
     
     if ( have_posts() ) {
         while ( have_posts() ) {
         the_post();
             if ( is_permitted_by_s2member()) {  // only if the user is permitted to view the post will it be displayed
             ....post info here...
             }
          }
     } else {
	  echo '<p>You have no private posts.</p>';
	 }
 ?>
 

The only drawback of this method is that it does not check to see if the user actually has a private post prior to getting into the loop. That is, there could be private posts for other members but not this one. In that case, have_posts will be true and the else element will not display. I’ll have to work on that piece later. Not sure how to get that to work off the bat.