User registration/features

  • Anonymous

    22 years ago

    I just installed WordPress and it’s been great so far. However, I have some questions regarding User Registration which I wasn’t able to find an answer to.
    1. What are the benefits of being a ‘0’ grade user? I mean, I can’t seem to find any good reason for registration unless you are promoted to grade 1. Then again, I might not have looked deep enough. So I’m assuming being ‘0’ is like being unregistered.
    Why would I make people on my site register if they don’t get anything in return, upon registration?
    2. How can users access other users’ profiles? When posting a comment, there doesn’t seem to be a link to user profiles.
    And, totally undrelated:
    3. Is it possible to change templates for different categories? I’m assuming it isn’t. So what is the easiest way to use different layout for different sections? Is such a thing possible at all?
    I’m sorry for the stupidity of these questions, but I’m still a learner…

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  • kashirow

    (@kashirow)

    22 years ago

    1) You have to put in the benefits for there to be any. 🙂 I’ve made it so that some special things are only available to registered and logged in users, for example.
    2) That’s because when you comment, it has nothing to do with user profiles, it doesn’t read them or reference them in any way.
    3) Yes, it is possible and quite easy. Make several stylesheets, one for each category, and code it something like this:

    <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    @import url(
    "<?php echo $siteurl;
    switch ($category_name) {
    case "thiscategory" : echo "thatcss.css";
    case "thatcategory" : echo "thiscss.css";
    default: echo "defaultcss.css";
    }
    ?>" );
    </style>

    That will make any by-category archive display use different css files.

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