Archiving Users

 * you can now archive users
WIP:
 * make it so that you can see the archived users
 * move the delete / impersonate functions to the User edit screen

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class UsersController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :require_user
-  before_filter :decode_user_type, :except => "modify_users"
+  before_filter :decode_user_type, :except => "archive"
 
   append_before_filter :authorized?
   include SortHelper
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def index
     sort_init 'last_name'
     sort_update
     params[:sort_clause] = sort_clause
-    @users = @user_type.search(params)
+    @users = @user_type.active.search(params)
   end
 
 
@@ -80,11 +80,15 @@ def impersonate
     end
   end
 
-  def modify_users
-    debugger
+  # Archive users
+  def archive
+    # The list of users is sent to this method using the "on" value.  Therefor we grab all the
+    # elements in the params array that has a value of "on" and process them.
+    params.reject{|k,v| v !="on" }.keys.each do |id|
+      User.find(id).archive
+    end
 
-    puts "I got #{params[:change_to]}"
-    render :nothing => true
+    redirect_to users_url
   end
 
   private

app/models/user.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 	validates_existence_of 	:site
 
   named_scope :active, :conditions => { :active => true }
+  scope :archived, :conditions => { :active => false }
 
 	# Search for a user using the 'will_paginate' plugin
 	def self.search(params)
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def self.user_types
     types = []
     types << {'All (active)' => nil} << {'Students' => Student}
     types << {'Teachers' => Teacher} << {'Teacher Assistants' => TeacherAssistant}
+    types << {'Archived' => nil}
 	end
 
 	# Display the user's full name.
@@ -48,4 +50,9 @@ def full_name=(name)
 		self.last_name = split.last
 	end
 
+  # Archive a user by setting its "active" bit to false
+  def archive
+    self.active = false
+    self.save!
+  end
 end

app/views/users/_user_list.html.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<% auth_token = url_encode(form_authenticity_token) %>
-
 <table id="users" class="master">
   <thead>
     <tr>
@@ -14,32 +12,30 @@
 
         <th><%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search],
             :size => 10, :class => "focus search" %></th>
+      <% end %>
 
-        <th>
-          <select id="options" onchange="this.ids=$$('input:checked').invoke('identify').join(',');<%= remote_function(
-                    :url => { :action => :modify_users, :id => 0 }, :with=>"'change_to='+this.value+':'+this.ids") %>">
-            <option value="">Action...</option>
-            <option value="archive">Archive</option>
-            <option value="impersonate">Impersonate</option>
-            <option value="delete">Delete</option>
-          </select>
-        </th>
+  <form method="post" action="/users/0/archive">
+    <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="<%= form_authenticity_token %>" />
+    <th><%= submit_tag "Archive" %></th>
 
-      <% end %>
     </tr>
-  </thead>
-  <tbody>
-    <% for u in users %>
-      <tr class="<%= cycle('odd', 'even') %>" nclick="location.href='<%= url_for(u)+'/edit' %>'">
-        <%= content_tag :td, u.login %>
-        <td><%= link_to u.first_name, url_for(u)+'/edit' %></td>
-        <td><%= link_to u.last_name, url_for(u)+'/edit' %></td>
-        <%= content_tag :td, u.homeroom %>
-        <%= content_tag :td, u.site.name %>
-        <%= content_tag :td, u.class_of %>
-        <%= content_tag :td, u.email, :colspan => "2" %>
-
-        <td><input type="checkbox" name="<%= u.id %>" id="<%= u.id %>" class="checkbox" /></td>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      <% for u in users %>
+        <tr class="<%= cycle('odd', 'even') %>" nclick="location.href='<%= url_for(u)+'/edit' %>'">
+          <%= content_tag :td, u.login %>
+          <td><%= link_to u.first_name, url_for(u)+'/edit' %></td>
+          <td><%= link_to u.last_name, url_for(u)+'/edit' %></td>
+          <%= content_tag :td, u.homeroom %>
+          <%= content_tag :td, u.site.name %>
+          <%= content_tag :td, u.class_of %>
+          <%= content_tag :td, u.email, :colspan => "2" %>
+
+          <td>
+            <% unless u.is_admin? %>
+              <input type="checkbox" name="<%= u.id %>" class="checkbox" />
+            <% end %>
+          </td>
 
   <%#= button_to 'Delete', u, :method => :delete,
   :confirm => "Are you sure you want to delete\n\n '" + u.full_name + "'?",
@@ -48,9 +44,10 @@
   :confirm => "Are you sure you want to impersonate\n\n '" + u.full_name + "'?",
   :class => 'btn negative sml' %>
 
-      </tr>
-    <% end %>
-  </tbody>
+        </tr>
+      <% end %>
+  </form>
+</tbody>
 </table>
 
 <span class="paginate">

config/routes.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   # Since we subclass the Users into different types,
   # we need to build routes for them.
-  map.resources	:users, :member => { :modify_users => :post }
+  map.resources	:users, :member => { :archive => :post }
   map.namespace :users do |u|
     u.resources :students, :name_prefix => nil
     u.resources :teachers, :name_prefix => nil