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+1  Q: 

Will wordpress login functionality do anything?

I'm building a website and I've decided to use wordpress for the totally public parts (e.g. the blog, about us, etc.), but I still want to have a separate area for registered users of the website that would contain user specific info and options (like chat). My PHP knowledge is limited, but I can learn how to code login scripts etc. if I need to.

My real question is, can I use the registration and login functionality that is built in to wordpress, or will I need to create my own login DB and scripts so that I can have this user specific content?

+2  A: 

Of course you can use build-in login functionality! The required function is is_user_logged_in().

Additionally, you can install any of chat plug-in.

Edited: to retrieve user profile data -> get_profile()

Ankit Jain  2010-08-12 19:58:51
And there's a good way to access user data?
Rafe Kettler  2010-08-12 21:19:59
see edited answer. there is get_profile(). Better you check out http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/ for list of all functions.
Ankit Jain  2010-08-12 23:01:35

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