alternative unauthorised page

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lmv Reply #1, 18 years, 2 months ago

we have a page giving multiple choices with links
(in the document content section <a..>-type) among them to pages that this or that individual user is not authorised to.

naturally he/she ends up on the standard site-wide Tools/Configuration-indicated unauthorised-page.

we would like him to stay in such case on the link-page itself or go to an unauthorised pages written for that situation.

is there a way to change the standard unauthorised-page, is there a tag we overlook?
can we determine which individual -depending on the situation- unauthorised pages users should be directed to?

in other words is there a possibility of having alternative unauthorised pages?

thanks for pointing in the right direction
lmv

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Ryan Thrash Reply #2, 18 years, 2 months ago

Sorta... create a series of user groups for your different users. On the unauthorized page create a snippet that then forwards to the "real" unauthorized page for that group. We did something similar recently for another use, but this would work. It showed either a client or a staff dashboard in the menu, one page that redirected to the real location based on the user group, effectively a conditional weblink but using a document instead.

<?php
// redirect to doc ID 100 (staff dashboard) if a member of staff, otherwise redirect to 101 (user dashboard)

$docId= $modx->isMemberOfWebGroup(array('Staff')) ? $modx->makeUrl('100') : $modx->makeUrl('101');

if ($docId) $modx->sendRedirect($docId);
?>

Ryan Thrash, MODX Co-Founder
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lmv Reply #3, 18 years, 2 months ago

Great Ryan, thanks !

That is a good direction to go to

thanks again, lmv

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lmv Reply #4, 18 years, 2 months ago

and for the record: it works like a charm !!

boy do I love MODx & its creators
lmv