theme function : user is logged in ?

[airtonix]

I want to test whether the user is currently logged in as the admin, and enable the site template to show various things.

how does one go about this? i tried ,

1. including cookied_functions.php
result : blank page
2. using login_cookie_check()...
result : not available to the theme.
3. reading some obvious global variables like $_COOKIE or $_SESSION...
result : nothing contained there.

[ccagle8]

I think we can probably add another function to be available to the theme developer inside of theme_functions.php. I will try and get a quick function available for the 2.0 release