On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Wes Gamble <we...@att.net> wrote: > All, > > I am wanting to build a fairly full featured login/registration system for > my Radiant end-users (content consumers, not authors or reviewers). > > Obviously, Radiant does come with a built-in authentication/authorization > system for administrative users. I am trying to decide between exposing the > existing Radiant auth system to end-users (and possibly) customizing it, or > using something like devise, which gives me much richer functionality. > > I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's experience with either: > > a) using the built-in Radiant "lib/login_system" to manage end users
DO NOT do this. This system will change and as a result you'll need to keep your updates to the user model in sync. If the people registering are not editors, then don't jam them into the editor model. > or > b) using something else and challenges faced by using that something else > alongside Radiant. > > Many thanks, > Wes We will eventually pull out the editor auth stuff and make it configurable too, but check out the extension registry to see how other extensions do it (some piggyback the user model which you should avoid) http://ext.radiantcms.org/extensions/155-reader http://ext.radiantcms.org/extensions/122-members http://ext.radiantcms.org/extensions/179-member http://ext.radiantcms.org/extensions/12-ba -- Jim Gay Saturn Flyer LLC http://www.saturnflyer.com 571-403-0338
