Hey everyone, not sure how much use this will get right away, but I'm already thinking up some ideas for it myself.

It is now possible to show NEWS CONTENT based on certain conditions. It is suited for limiting access to parts of the article to certain users or user groups, or from certain IP addresses.

MosIf accepts wildcards * and ? which makes it extremely versatile.

MosIf currently supports the following conditions: user name, user type, user group.

This is available to all registered users that can contribute news articles that appear on the front page.

Usage:
{mosif parameter|operator|list}some content{else}other content{endif}

parameter : username | usergroup | usertype | ip
operator : = | !=
(= -equals | != -not equals)
list : text[,text]

Wildcards (*,?) are allowed. ? = any one character, * = any number of characters

Apropriate values for:
username : any name like john, batman, wilddog etc.
usergroup : public, registered, special
usertype : registered, author, editor, publisher, manager, administrator, super administrator
ip : 127.0.0.1, 212.230.221.7 etc.


NOTES:
1. MosIf tags can span multiple lines
2. Conditions and names are case insensitive
3. You can put a space before and after the commas and equal sign for clarity
4. MosIf constructions CANNOT be nested



Examples:

a) With EQUAL (=):
==================






b) With NOT EQUAL (!=):
=======================
Everybody but John are allowed to see this!


c) With else:
=============
Hello Stranger. What are you doing here?
Who is your ISP?


Hope to see this being put to good use in the future... oh, and if you're not registered and reading this... my news articles in the future may hold great surprises to those who are Registered and reading it!

Post edited by: wastedzombie, at: 2005/08/05 11:33

For those of you who need a complete example to go by (that would probly be me!) here is my first one I wrote which you've probly read on the Home Page.

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Not a registered member of Braingell yet? What are you waiting for...?



This is just a quick notification to those of you who are able to write frontpage news articles letting you know about the cool new MOS If - Else feature. You can read about it in the Forums here on Braingell.

Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts)

This line holds a special message only I can read! Hehe!



Have fun everyone, and enjoy the new News article feature! I'm having a blast with it!

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That is the whole news article... I wrote it in about the same time it took you to read it... nothing fancy.. and looking back I could have made more use of the else function. Oh well... I had fun, now let see you do it! Your turn! See how creatively you can use it! Well, actually if you're really creative, I may not see! Hehe!

PS. You don't have to start the mosif at the begining of a new line for it to work, you can add it in anywhere you need it... just thought I should mention that. Just don't forget to endif at the right place.

good luck

I know... it doesn't work in forums

Now another cool feature I need to learn.

Mad mad stuffs.. I failed with it..