Hiding ads using Shortcode / PHP conditionals

Hi

I’ve been using S2Member on an existing site for six months and it has changed my life. THANK YOU!

I am thinking about using it on a new site, so before I upgrade my licence to ‘Unlimited Sites’, I was hoping that someone could confirm something.

If I want to hide ads from members, I know that I can use Shortcode / PHP conditionals. I’m currently using these to hide other content on my current site, but I wanted to check… if I’m using conditionals to hide ads from logged-in members, the ad script is never executed, is it? That would obviously be against the terms of service of the ad companies as the script would be executed but the ad wouldn’t be displayed to visitors.

Apologies for my ignorance, but am I correct?

Thanks!

@markwarner

If I want to hide ads from members, I know that I can use Shortcode / PHP conditionals. I’m currently using these to hide other content on my current site, but I wanted to check… if I’m using conditionals to hide ads from logged-in members, the ad script is never executed, is it? That would obviously be against the terms of service of the ad companies as the script would be executed but the ad wouldn’t be displayed to visitors.

This is correct, it would be completely excluded :-)

Fantastic… thanks for your response.

Time to upgrade!

Just to follow up on this… is it possible to use these conditionals outside of the post / page content and widget areas?

I’ve tried inserting this code…

<?php if(is_user_logged_in()){ ?>
    Content for anyone that is logged in, regardless of their Membership Level.
<?php } else { ?>
    Some public content.
<?php } ?>

… inside a ‘hook’ area (provided by my site’s theme) at the top of every page. But it’s not working… it’s just showing both types of content.

Thanks!

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by  Mark Warner.

Managed to fix this… the PHP wasn’t executing when inserted via the theme’s hook, but inserting it directly into the theme’s code worked OK.

Thanks!