Easier to activate new users

app/controllers/application.rb

@@ -54,5 +54,15 @@ def require_authentication
         true
       end
     end
+
+    def require_officer
+      unless logged_in? && current_user.officer?
+        flash[:warning] = "You are not an officer."
+        redirect_to root_path
+        false
+      else
+        true
+      end
+    end
 
 end

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 class UsersController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_filter :require_activation, :only => [:edit, :update]
 
+  before_filter :require_officer, :only => [:activate]
+
   # GET /users
   # GET /users.xml
   def index
@@ -64,4 +66,21 @@ def destroy
     end
   end
 
+  def activate
+    @user = User.find(params[:id])
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @user.update_attribute(:activated, true)
+        format.html do
+          flash[:notice] = "User was successfully updated."
+          redirect_to(@user)
+        end
+        format.xml  { head :ok }
+      else
+        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
+        format.xml  { render :xml => @user.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end

app/views/sessions/new.html.erb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <% form_tag session_path do %>
       <label for="openid_url">OpenID:</label> <%= text_field_tag "openid_url" %> <%= submit_tag "Sign In" %>
     <% end %>
+    <p class="note"><strong>New Users:</strong> To register, sign in using your OpenID.<br/>If you aren't sure what OpenID is, don't worry, you probably <a href="http://openid.net/get/" title="How do I get an OpenID?">already have one</a>.</p>
   </div>
 
   <script type="text/javascript" id="__openidselector" src="https://www.idselector.com/selector/30fee8db4c5ef346b039606ef0f406ff6b851b84" charset="utf-8"></script>

app/views/users/index.html.erb

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
     <tr>
       <th>Name</th>
       <th>Email</th>
+      <th></th>
     </tr>
 
   <% for user in @users %>
     <tr>
       <td><%=h user.name %></td>
       <td><%=h user.email %></td>
+      <td><%= link_to "activate", activate_user_path(user), :method => :put unless user.activated? %></td>
     </tr>
   <% end %>
   </table>

config/routes.rb

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
     map.users "/users",     :action   => "index"
     map.user  "/users/:id", :action   => "show"
+
+    map.activate_user "/users/:id/activate", :action => "activate", :conditions => { :method => :put }
   end
 
   map.root :controller => "application", :action => "splash"

db/migrate/20090129025840_add_officer_to_users.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddOfficerToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :users, :officer, :boolean
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :users, :officer
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20081110215532) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090129025840) do
 
   create_table "open_id_authentication_associations", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer "issued"
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.boolean  "activated",    :default => false
+    t.boolean  "officer"
   end
 
 end

public/stylesheets/screen.css

@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ h1 a:focus, h1 a:hover, h1 a:active {
   margin: 1em 0;
 }
 
+#new-session p.note {
+  margin-top: 1em;
+  line-height: 1.2em;
+}
+
 /* Flash Messages --------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #flash {

spec/fixtures/users.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ jasper:
   identity_url: http://ambethia.com/
   time_zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
   activated: true
+  officer: true
 
 dedguy:
   name: James B Seaman