"$perms->has()" in a template?

Sorry, here's the code again without angle brackets:

mt:SetVar name="Permit" value="mt:perms->has("Blog Administrator")"
mt:If name="Permit" eq="true"
HAS IT!!!!!
mt:GetVar name="Permit"
mt:else
DOES NOT HAVE IT!!!!!
mt:GetVar name="Permit"
mt:If

Sorry! One last time. Forgive me, I'm new to MT!

<mt:SetVar name="Permit" value="<mt:perms->has("Blog Administrator")>">

<mt:If name="Permit" eq="true">

        HAS IT!!!!!

        <mt:GetVar name="Permit">

<mt:else>

DOES NOT HAVE IT!!!!!

<mt:GetVar name="Permit">

</mt:If>

What are you trying to achieve?

This will be calculated when the template is published not when the page is viewed. Also, there is not an MT tag called perms.

I was wanting to create a section on the page that changed if the authenticated user had a certain permission. I'm not used to the "publish" model, so I didn't think about it not working from that perspective.

If you're using dynamic templates you could do that sort of thing, although your syntax is incorrect. If you're using static publishing, the best way to handle it is by detecting the MT user cookie via PHP or Javascript. To do this, you'll want to make sure that your cookie domain and cookie path settings cover not only the MT installation but also the blog pages.

Thanks, Jay.

I would like to stick with static publishing (except this one section needs to dynamic). Any chance you could point me to a resource that would show an example of using the MT user cookie to toggle content? Would I just be including a php file in my static page, and that php page would be responsible for determining what content is shown?

It's definitely not plug-and-play like that. However, if you're using PHP, it's just a matter of checking the cookie and calling exit (or some other nice page) if the user cookie isn't set.

Is the cookie stored securely? So if I was checking the cookie for administrator rights, it would not be possible for someone to spoof the cookie and gain authorization they should not have?