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Halvard Bastiansen
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Halvard Bastiansen
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Halvard Bastiansen
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 14,886 Points

How to view page content based on user types?

I just finished this course - https://teamtreehouse.com/library/user-authentication-with-express-and-mongo

In the course we learn how to hide content from non-logged in users and show new content to logged in users. But what if we have multiple types of users? For example student, teacher and admin.

Any idea how we can do that?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The login process can establish the user type, and that can be used to prepare the pages. The actual technique will vary with the back-end language that is used.

I tend to work with C# and ASP.NET, which offers a role-based authorization system that can easily custom pages based on user roles.