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Hi,

I can not get to the bottom of this problem.

My author_id=“current_user” tag does not work correctly. I am trying to display posts by the currently logged in user. When I use “current_user”, nothing displays. When I hardcode the member_id then it displays correctly. I know that the correct user is logged in because I use {logged_in_member_id} as a test.

I do not have the dynamic caching turned to yes. I have the correct status confirmed and also the post is not in the future.

What else could be the problem? something in the ‘security and sessions’ settings??

best
Florian

The constant would be CURRENT_USER, actually, like so:

author_id="CURRENT_USER"

Can you try that, please?

I was hoping that somebody had some thoughts on this.
Would there be an alternative way of doing this? different tag than author_id ?

Hm, sorry? You can also try username=“CURRENT_USER”, of course.

that’s actually the code that I used. the upper case one. it also does not display anything.

It wouldnt matter how the member gets registered and what member group the belong to, right? I have cartthrob register the member after signup, and then member group is a custom one. From my limited knowledge, this author_id tag should stil work though. How else would I display only the logged in members entry?

(ps: I am using this for a order history page .. )

Can you show us a little more of your code? What version and build are you using? Any extensions?

username=“CURRENT_USER” also displays all entries. I have tried that before.

silly question. It is ok to be logged in in Internet explorer and then open up a new tab in the browser to go to my test template to test this out? I have nothing on the test template but the one entry code for testing, so not even a log in form. But I am logged in in the same browser in different tab.

test template just uses a very simple code.

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="orders" username=“CURRENT_USER” status="paid|open" }
{title}

{username}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

version ee 1.6.7

extensions:
fieldrame
edit tab ajax
onsubmit
file
favorites
category checkboxes
cartthrob
google analytics
multi relationship
lg tiny mce

username=“CURRENT_USER” seems even more messed up. even if I hardcode this with an actual username, I get weird restuls. always displays the first two entries. but not the actual entries that belong to the user.

should i disable extensions? and try again

ok, I added three things..
dynamic - off
show future entries - yes
status - not closed

for some reason that worked..

Yes, that makes sense: that way you are showing all statuses (except, obviously, close) regardless of entry date. I am glad you found a solution 😊