I actually utilized the method from the post and right after you register a new user the script/server terminal window used to start the server provides the information as well.
Thanks a bunch for the reply. Cheers Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2009, at 12:51 PM, jrgoodner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Josh, Carl's suggestion should work, but at first I was having > similar issues...For me, I was having trouble activating the user. > Carl suggested this (forgive me if you've already seen this): > > Within the terminal, type this: > >> ./script/console >> me = User.find(1) >> me.activate > > It also helped to add the following line of code to the > user_controller file. To do this correctly, you should copy > user_controller.rb and paste a copy in your app/controller directory > (in order to override the community engine file--I'm also a newb, so > please correct me if I'm wrong) > > Within the "create" method, paste this: > > @user.activated_at = Time.now > > That way, during development, whenever a user is created, it is > automatically activated. Helped me out a bit. > > Best of Luck, > Jared > > On Mar 24, 2:53 am, Joshua Needham <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm still not quite getting what needs to be input to activate a user >> from the console. >> >> I've tried several different methods and none turned out, and I'm >> fairly new to Ruby and Rails so and code snippet for the console >> would >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> I found the code that needs to be run but can't figure the structure. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Joshua Needham >> Extreme Newbie >> >> On Feb 21, 10:09 pm, jrgoodner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Carl, Thanks man! She Works! >> >>> On Feb 21, 7:27 pm, Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> :-) >> >>>> User.activate is a method, it does all of the things required to >>>> activate the account. If you type in exactly what I wrote, and then >>>> try to login it will work. I apologize for not being explicit >>>> enough. >>>> If that doesn't work, then you may need to also call me.save >> >>>> Read the code, that is the best way to learn how everything works. >> >>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:23 PM, jrgoodner <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> Thanks Carl--which aspect of the User Table to do I need to >>>>> change? >>>>> And to what? >> >>>>> On Feb 21, 6:01 pm, Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Using the console find the user and activate it >> >>>>>> ./script/console >> >>>>>>>> me = User.find(1) >>>>>>>> me.activate >>>>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:59 PM, jrgoodner >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>>> No, I haven't--I was wondering if that was the issue. How do I >>>>>>> activate it if I don't have the site set up for email? >> >>>>>>> On Feb 21, 4:41 pm, Nicholas Nam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> Not sure if it's required for admins, but did you activate >>>>>>>> the account? >> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:35 PM, jrgoodner >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> Hey there, i'm a Super Noob to both ROR and Comm Engine. >>>>>>>>> It's all set >>>>>>>>> up, but I'd love to create more categories, and I'm unable >>>>>>>>> to sign in >>>>>>>>> to the website. >> >>>>>>>>> I signed up, then used the rake command to turn a user into >>>>>>>>> an admin. >>>>>>>>> But when I attempt to log in, this pops up: >> >>>>>>>>> "Uh oh. We couldn't log you in with the username and >>>>>>>>> password you >>>>>>>>> entered. Try again?" >> >>>>>>>>> Any ideas? >> >>>>>>>>> On another note, Comm Eng is friggin wonderful. So far, it >>>>>>>>> has saved >>>>>>>>> me quite a bit of time! Thanks in advance fellas/ladies! >> >>>>>>>>> --Jared > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
