How to customize the customer account after login according to user group

Question

I need to show the different options according to group of the customer in MY ACCOUNT section.

For example, I need to show only My profile, Account Information, social media accounts link in the MY ACCOUNT section of the customer dashboard. Some of links will be custom controller actions so how I can show these link and manage the session so that all this happened only when the customer is login.

Answer 1

Step 1: Go To ( YourTemplate/customer/account/navigation.phtml )

Step 2: Replace This Line: <?php $_count = count($_links); ?>

<?php $_count = count($_links); /* Add or Remove Account Left Navigation Links Here -*/
    unset($_links['account']); /* Account Info */     
    unset($_links['account_edit']); /* Account Info */            
    unset($_links['tags']); /* My Tags */
    unset($_links['invitations']); /* My Invitations */
    unset($_links['reviews']);  /* Reviews */
    unset($_links['wishlist']); /* Wishlist */
    unset($_links['newsletter']); /* Newsletter */
    unset($_links['orders']); /* My Orders */
    unset($_links['address_book']); /* Address */
    unset($_links['enterprise_customerbalance']); /* Store Credit */
    unset($_links['OAuth Customer Tokens']); /* My Applications */
    unset($_links['enterprise_reward']); /* Reward Points */
    unset($_links['giftregistry']); /* Gift Registry */
    unset($_links['downloadable_products']); /* My Downloadable Products */
    unset($_links['recurring_profiles']); /* Recurring Profiles */
    unset($_links['billing_agreements']); /* Billing Agreements */
    unset($_links['enterprise_giftcardaccount']); /* Gift Card Link */
?> 

if you want to do this in module then override

<customer_account>
   <reference name="customer_account_navigation">
      <action method="setTemplate"><template>modulename/customer/account/navigation.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</customer_account>

for checking the session

checing the session of user

if(!Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn()){
             $this->setFlag('', 'no-dispatch', true);

        $this->_redirect('customer/account');
        return ;
    }

getting the customer group

$customerData = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer();
$customerData->getGroupId()