[gizmo4321]

The code wasn't intended to work in a template; it was intended to work in an independent PHP-rendered page.

You are getting into uncharted territory for me here; I <THINK> what you need to do is write a PHP-based plugin that sets a global var that you can then evaluate in the template. The plugin would look similar to the code I gave you earlier, except it wouldn't need the includes.

if(is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, REGISTERED_USER_GROUP))
$m_IsRegisteredUser = TRUE;
else
$m_IsRegisteredUser = FALSE;

Then, in your template code, you would have this:

<if condition="$m_IsRegisteredUser">
Do Registered User Stuff
<else>
Do Non-Registered User stuff
</if>

Now, I haven't got the foggiest idea if this will actually do what you want, but it might be worth a shot.