How to add Log in link to header.

Hello,

I’d like to replicate your log in link with the drop down method that you are currently using for your s2member site. I am a pro member but the widget is taking up too much space in the sidebar and I wondered if you could lead me in the right direction on how to achieve this.

Thanks in advance,

Kelli

Thanks for your inquiry. ~ We appreciate your patience :-)

The login widget you see at the top of s2Member.com was constructed using the s2Member Pro Login Widget function in PHP, and then styled to match our site. Please see this article in the s2Member Codex for further details about the s2member_pro_login_widget() function. It can be integrated into a custom theme if you like.

You rock. I’ll start there!!!

Thanks, Jason!!

Hi Jason,

I need a bit of help with this one. I’m trying to work my way through coding and php and having some trouble if you could point me in the right direction, please?

To be clear, to add the log in/register links to the header, I need to add some code to my child theme functions file. I’ve come up with this but getting errors:

01. if (!function_exists (“s2member_pro_login_widget”))
02. {
03. function s2member_pro_login_widget ($options = FALSE, $args = FALSE)
04. $options => array
05. array(“signup_url” => __(%%automatic%%),
06. “login_redirect” => __(“”),
07. “logout_redirect” => “%%home%%”,
08. {
09. $args = (is_array ($args)) ? $args : array (“before_widget” => “”, “before_title” => “

“, “after_title” => “

“, “after_widget” => “”);
10. /**/
11. return eval (‘ob_start(); c_ws_plugin__s2member_pro_login_widget::widget($args, $options); $ob = ob_get_clean(); return $ob;’);
12. }
13. }
14. ?>

I would really like to do this myself but I’m afraid I will destroy my site without a bit of help. Could you please give me the basic rundown of the steps I need to take to achieve my goal?

and add this to my header.php file….

< ?php

if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
echo 'Logout’;
} else {
echo ‘Login‘;
}

?>

Thank-you for your inquiry.

To be clear, to add the log in/register links to the header, I need to add some code to my child theme functions file. I’ve come up with this but getting errors:

01. if (!function_exists (“s2member_pro_login_widget”))
02. {
03. function s2member_pro_login_widget ($options = FALSE, $args = FALSE)
04. $options => array
05. array(“signup_url” => __(%%automatic%%),
06. “login_redirect” => __(“”),
07. “logout_redirect” => “%%home%%”,
08. {
09. $args = (is_array ($args)) ? $args : array (“before_widget” => “”, “before_title” => “
“, “after_title” => “

“, “after_widget” => “”);
10. /**/
11. return eval (‘ob_start(); c_ws_plugin__s2member_pro_login_widget::widget($args, $options); $ob = ob_get_clean(); return $ob;’);
12. }
13. }
14. ?>

All of this code should not be needed. Instead, you should just call the function directly, like this:

<?php echo s2member_pro_login_widget(); ?>

The info provided in Jason’s link shows what arguments you can pass to this function. For instance, if you’d like to change the title when not logged in, you would do the following:

<?php
$args = array('title' => 'My New Title');

echo s2member_pro_login_widget($args);
?>

That is about as far as we can go with custom code. Please see s2Member® » Support Policy » Within Scope. If you need any further assistance with setting this up, we recommend posting a job listing on http://jobs.wordpress.net/ or http://elance.com/.