Re: [Rails] Advise on signing up users and activating their accounts

2014-01-27 Thread Bizt
Hi guys, thanks for the many responses. I guess I've been doing it slightly wrong then, glad to have a better idea of how it is most commonly implemented. And yes, I've discovered Devise and used that within my site. Great addition, much better than doing it all myself (as I said, I'm new to

[Rails] Advise on signing up users and activating their accounts

2014-01-24 Thread Bizt
I'm new to Rails but so far I've completed the Rails Tutorial book and applying that stuff to my first proper app. Later I will tackle implementing user authentication (sign up, sign in, sign out) In the book it demonstrates very well how to sign users up, validate, etc. Usually in my PHP apps

Re: [Rails] Advise on signing up users and activating their accounts

2014-01-24 Thread Blaine LaFreniere
On 1/23/14, 6:34 PM, Bizt wrote: Anyway could someone perhaps comment on what is the most commonly practiced technique for activating users I would suggest the Devise gem, which is pretty commonly used. It's very thorough and complete. It comes with the ability to recover passwords via e-mail,

Re: [Rails] Advise on signing up users and activating their accounts

2014-01-24 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Bizt martyn@gmail.com wrote: In the book it demonstrates very well how to sign users up, validate, etc. Usually in my PHP apps I have a process of allowing the user to signup, then they are sent a link to confirm their email address, then (from that link in

Re: [Rails] Advise on signing up users and activating their accounts

2014-01-24 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Jordon Bedwell envyge...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Bizt martyn@gmail.com wrote: In the book it demonstrates very well how to sign users up, validate, etc. Usually in my PHP apps I have a process of allowing the user to signup, then