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I am creating a site that is ONLY for members, does every template have to be wrapped in a
{if logged_in} template {/if}
{if logged_out} {redirect='login'} {/if}
Is there a better and more flexible way? I will be having multiple member groups and I am using layouts, does that mean my if statement has to be in the wrapper template because whenever I do an "if" statement around the layout tag it does not work.
I have no idea what your actual setup is, but I general find that a best practice is to utilize embeds for control features as well as consistency. Here is an example: Two template groups, one call embeds, one called pages.
Your pages template will all look like this:
{embed="embeds/_header"}
Whatever you want in here, cochise.
{embed="embeds/_footer"}
and then your _header.html template looks like this:
{if logged_out && segment_1 != "login"}
{if segment_1 == "account" && segment_2 == "password"}
<!-- don't redirect, we're on a password reset request page -->
{if:elseif segment_1 == "account" && segment_2 == "reset_password"}
<!-- don't redirect, we're on a the actual page were you set a new password -->
{if:else}
<!-- not logged in and not trying to reset password -->
{redirect="login"}
{/if}
{/if}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html language="en">
<head>
<!-- and so on -->
In this example, any user that is not logged in gets forced to the log in page, and it automatically will be processed on every page you embed your header on. I'm not familiar with layouts really so this may not apply perfectly. Also this example works for an application where registration is closed and users are manually registered by an admin; you could just add some extra conditionals to allow for a registration page.
