ive got {member_id} in my sidebar and main center column on the same page. in the sidebar it prints out as “0” and in the main column as “1”. it seems the sidebar is right - when im logged in it says 1 and when logged out 0. but in the main column it always says 1 even after logging out.

id like to use the member_id value to show content to user only if they are logged in, so:

possible?

I had something similar to this with IP address, it turned out that it was inside and outside a weblog tag (as in the same variable name is used inside EE for different uses).  I’d guess that it could be that member_id in the main_column is pulling back the id of who wrote the content, not who is logged in.

Just a guess…?

you guessed right, thanks! problem solved

Hey guys

If you want to show the member_id of a logged in user whilst in a weblog entries loop, you need to use:

Hoping this helped.

Cheers

Jim

Jim,

That {logged_in_member_id} tip is huge. I couldn’t work out why the member_id was not working correctly.

Thanks a lot,

Seamus

Nesting, probably. Using it inside of {exp:weblog:entries} or some other tag?

Hi Ingmar,

It is inside an embedded template, so I suppose it is nested.
Thanks,

Seamus