A Custom Page for Registered Users showing particular elements to a particular user?

Question

Ok then Joomla Masters, Fasten your seat belts!

It's quite complex but I will try my best to elaborate my goal.

I want to make a custom page which will only be accessible to the Registered users of my Joomla Website but I want it to display different elements to different users. Here's an example :

Supposition : Two Registered Users (User1 and User2)

When User1 opens the custom page, it should display the text "ABC"

&

When User2 opens the same custom page, it should display the text "XYZ"

But, the catch is I should able to edit that page for any particular user. I mean, i should be able to show any particular user, the stuff i want to.

Is there any body to help me out and push the limitations of Joomla user management to a next level?

Answer 1

I want some kind of script which when detects a specific logged in user should execute a specific code for that user only, is that possible?

You can use something like this:

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if( $user->username == 'Saibbyweb' )
{
     // code for Saibbyweb
}
elseif( $user->username == 'Lodder' ) 
{
    // code for Lodder
}
else 
{
    // else just some standard stuff
}

Answer 2

Lodder's answer is great, but it might be better if you compare ids and not usernames, since the latter can change.

Try this:

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if( $user->id == 32 ) // Saibbyweb's
{
     // code for Saibbyweb
}
elseif( $user->id == 15 ) // Lodder's id
{
    // code for Lodder
}
else 
{
    // else just some standard stuff
}

Answer 3

You can use the core profile plugin to do this. Here is a Tutorial for Joomla2.5 to create a plugin to adding custom user profile fields. You can adapt this tutorial for Joomla 3.3.0, too.

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla-25/user-profile/copy-user-profile-plugin