working forms, database, model, controller

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ def new
   def create 
   	@user = User.new(params[:user])
   	if @user.save
-  		flash[:success] = "Post save message"
+  		flash[:success] = "POST save message"
+  		redirect_to '/success'
   	else 
   		render 'new'
   	end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-  attr_accessible :email
+  attr_accessible :email, :usertype
 
   before_save { |user| user.email = email.downcase }
 
   VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
   validates :email, :presence => true, :format => { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX },
   								 :uniqueness => { case_sensitive: false } 
- 	validates :type, :presence => true 
+ 	validates :usertype, :presence => true 
 end
+
+#fans have a :type = 1, artists with :type = 2

app/views/static/success.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<% provide(:title, "Thank you!") %>
+
+<p>Success!</p>

app/views/users/_artist_form.html.erb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<%= form_for(@user, :type => "1") do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @user do |f| %>
 <%= f.text_field :email, :placeholder => "Enter your email" %>
+<%= f.hidden_field :usertype, :value => "2" %>
 <%= f.submit "Submit", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
 <% end %>

app/views/users/_fan_form.html.erb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<%= form_for(@user, :type => "2") do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @user do |f| %>
 <%= f.text_field :email, :placeholder => "Enter your email" %>
+<%= f.hidden_field :usertype, :value => "1" %>
 <%= f.submit "Submit", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
 <% end %>

app/views/users/new.html.erb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <% provide(:title, "Sign up for beta access") %>
+	Fan?
 	<%= render 'users/fan_form' %>
-
-	<%= render 'users/artist_form' %>
+	Artist?
+	<%= render 'users/artist_form' %>

config/routes.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	resources :users
 
 	root :to => "users#new"
+	match 'success' => 'static#success'
 
   # The priority is based upon order of creation:
   # first created -> highest priority.

db/migrate/20120503034727_add_type_to_users.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class AddTypeToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
-  	add_column :users, :type, :string 
-  	add_index :users, :type
+  	add_column :users, :usertype, :integer 
+  	add_index :users, :usertype
   end
 end

db/schema.rb

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
     t.string   "email"
     t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
-    t.string   "type"
+    t.string   "usertype"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email", :unique => true
-  add_index "users", ["type"], :name => "index_users_on_type"
+  add_index "users", ["usertype"], :name => "index_users_on_type"
 
 end