Suggestions on where I can find info on MT login. I would like to communicate to the user whether he/she is logged in (ie "you're not logged in" or Welcome Bob). thanks

Well, if a user is logged in, their name will appear in the top MT menu bar - it says user:kristine (with a link to my profile) when I'm logged in.  If a user is not logged in, they won't get to that part of the screen at all; only the login window.

Does that help?
Kristine

Kr

Thanks for the response. At least I know I should be a bit more clear about what I would like to do.

User comes to my site/weblog and sees current posts, a cal, archives, etc, and a message in the side bar that says, "You're not logged in .. there are 3 users active". Once logged in, the side bar message would read, "Dario is logged in and so is Joe, Harry and Ted"

This is to be a family site and I would like to keep bits of it secure, as well as use the user authentication process to take care of webmail (but that is a seperate thread).

Does that explain it better?

Maybe you could use javascript to check for the presence of the MT login cookie?

Sorry. Is there an icon for me being a non-technical person. I am technical enough to get into trouble, but little else.

Girlie - do you know of a canned solution? Or some useful reading material?


regards
Dario