Title: User Area Content Question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# User Area Content Question

 *  Resolved [Will White](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willpcg/)
 * (@willpcg)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/)
 * I’ve recently started brainstorming with my coworkers about rebuilding our company’s
   website. I’m pretty familiar with WP and very familiar with CSS but when an idea
   came up that I wasn’t sure could be accomplished within the WP CMS I came running
   to the forums.
 * The Feature: We’d like to set up a “Client Login” area on our site using the 
   user setup of WP. Once logged in we’d like each client to be directed to a page
   specifically created for them, that we can add content to for them to download.
   We’d also like to ensure other clients cannot view each others areas.
 * By doing this we could make things available on a client by client basis for 
   them to download. Instead of trying to email or yousendit a 50 megabyte file 
   to a client, we could upload it via ftp, toss a link on their page, and let them
   download it directly.
 * I have no clue how I could even start developing this. Any suggestions, even 
   just concept-wise?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/#post-1227240)
 * I’m going to be doing something like this. Here is how I have it planned. When
   a user logs in they already go to their own special area, with access to a profile
   page and a truncated dashboard. So the only thing to do really is customize the
   profile/dashboard to include the extra content you want your clients to see. 
   It should be relatively easy.
 *  Thread Starter [Will White](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willpcg/)
 * (@willpcg)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/#post-1227268)
 * You, my friend, just saved the day. I hadn’t thought about altering the current
   landing page instead of creating a new one. Duh!
 * The only thing I still wonder about is how I’m going to make the content different
   based on the user. I want Client A to be able to see their documents only, and
   not have access to the documents I upload for Client B, C, D etc.
 * Thanks a bunch and best of luck on your site build-out.
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/#post-1227387)
 * Its very easy to get userdata from within the WP framework– [get_currentuserinfo()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo)
   for example.
 *  Thread Starter [Will White](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willpcg/)
 * (@willpcg)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/#post-1227459)
 * That did it. I can set it up now using the functions listed in your link to pull
   the necessary info. Thank you very much.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-area-content-question/#post-1227459)
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