restful_authentication

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Install:

You can add the source of some plugin projects to script/plugin

ruby script/plugin --source http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/

then you can install the plugin

ruby script/plugin install restful_authentication

Generate:

ruby script/generate authentication user sessions --include-activation

Add to config/routes.rb

map.activate '/activate/:activation_code', :controller => 'users', :action => 'activate'

and add an observer to config/environment.rb

config.active_record.observers = :user_observer

Try these for some familliar URLs if you like:

map.activate '/activate/:activation_code', :controller => 'users',

:action => 'activate', :activation_code => nil

map.signup '/signup', :controller => 'users', :action => 'new'

map.login '/login', :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'new'

map.logout '/logout', :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'destroy'

Edit in model/user_mailer.rb:

YOURSITE

ADMINEMAIL

Edit your email settings

Edit environments/development.rb, test.rb, deploy.rb with email settings:

# Email settings

ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {

:tls => true,

:address => "smtp.mail.com",

:port => "333",

:authentication => :plain,

:user_name => "USERNAME",

:password => "PASSWORD"

}

If you use smtp server with TLS authentication you can use this plugin

ruby script/plugin install http://svn.douglasfshearer.com/rails/plugins/action_mailer_optional_tls

Then configure the environments/development.rb, test.rb, deploy.rb with email settings: