Here's a litte howto I wrote but I'd like some feedback on it. I'm not sure if exposing the user object like this presents a big hole, and i should instead try a different way of presenting these variables? Any thoughts? ----------------------------------------------------------- = Adding user permissions-specific content in mediawiki. = ----------------------------------------------------------- The way that templates are used in media wiki does not automatically enable user-permission-modifiable content to be specified in the template. you have to let it access the user object. in the default template, after function execute( ){ add global $wgUser; and all of a sudden you have access to all the properties. so now you can do fun stuff like <?php if (!$wgUser->isAllowed('edit') ): ?> [the edit controls] <?php endif ?> <?php if ( $wgUser->isAnon() ): ?> anonymous users prohibited from viewing this page <?php else ?> [the page] <?php endif; ?>