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correct linking for members

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    IG88 Reply #1, 15 years, 9 months ago
    How do I write a link that will give 2 possibilities? If I want to send some of my web members to one page and others to another, how do I write the link out?

    For example:

    <a href="[~id#1~]">link name</a>


    How do I write that to include another page( [~id#2~] ), so that depending on the users authorization they will be sent to one or the other page?

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      bob1000 Reply #2, 15 years, 9 months ago
      You could use the MemberCheck snippet: http://modxcms.com/MemberCheck-541.html

      Or you could use PHx, something like: 
      [+phx:mo=`myWebgroup`:then=`<a href="[~id#1~]">link name</a>`:else=`<a href="[~id#2~]">link name</a>`+]
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        IG88 Reply #3, 15 years, 9 months ago
        Thank you,

        The PhX worked well. I am wondering now how to add a third link for if it is a guest and not logged in. I think I need to add a parameter for a default redirect page.
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          IG88 Reply #4, 15 years, 9 months ago
          Figured it out by just adding another mo to the call:

          [+phx:mo=`myWebgroup`:then=`<a href="[~id#1~]">link name</a>`:mo=`myWebgroup2`:then=`
<a href="[~id#2~]">link name</a>`:else=`<a href="[~id#2~]">link name</a>`+]


          *Spaced for fitting in the code window
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            IG88 Reply #5, 15 years, 9 months ago
            Actually it does not work, nor do I see anything in the phx documentation that would help in setting a string for 3 different choices. Anyone know if this is possible?

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              IG88 Reply #6, 15 years, 9 months ago
              Any one know the answer to this one?
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                bob1000 Reply #7, 15 years, 9 months ago
                I don’t think PHx can do this. I wanted to do something similar but PHx doesn’t have an elseif conditional. You could use nested PHx calls so that the first call checks one web group and displays one link. The else statement can call a chunk:
                [+phx:mo=`webGroupA`:then=`<a href="[~id#1~]">link name</a>`:else=`{{nextGroupCheck}}`+]

                In the {{nextGroupCheck}} chunk you can call PHx again to check the second web group and display two other links:
                [+phx:mo=`webGroupB`:then=`<a href="[~id#2~]">link name</a>`:else=`<a href="[~id#3~]">link name</a>`+]

                It might not the neatest way of doing it but it should work.
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                  IG88 Reply #8, 15 years, 9 months ago
                  One problem with this for me though. The original link is already in a Chunk. How do I call another Chunk inside of a Chunk.

                  I just have not learned that yet.
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                    bob1000 Reply #9, 15 years, 9 months ago
                    I don’t think there is a problem with this. Have you tried it?
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                      IG88 Reply #10, 15 years, 9 months ago
                      Yes.
                      In one Chunk named Loginmenu I have the following:
                      <h2>Main</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.site.com/">Home</a></li>
<li>[+phx:mo=`Vendors`:then=`<a href="[~40~]">My Account</a>`:else=`{{nextGroupCheck}}`+]</li>
<li><a href="[~43~]">Brides</a></li>
<li><a href="[~1~]">Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="[~30~]">FAQ</a></li>
</ul>


                      In the nextGroupCheck Chunk I have:
                      [+phx:mo=`Registered Members`:then=`<a href="[~5~]">My Account</a>`:else=`<a href="[~2~]">Login</a>`+]