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Posted by Darin Thompson
Darin Thompson
5,305 Points

Trying to find a way to have to personally accept users signing up for website.

I can't really explain the question very well to search on Google so I am coming to you all.

I am working on a project that I want very small and exclusive so that when people signup they don't immediately get access to the site, I have to review the application, personally, and decide whether or not to allow them access to the content on the site.

is their a ruby gem or something that allows me personal access to this or is a lost cause?

Any and all help would be great.

1 Answer

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Devise MAY cover this, or another gem, I'm not sure. But an alternative would be to have a 'access' boolean for Users, set to 'false' by default when a User is created, that an Admin can change to 'true'. You can then set access to content based on whether or not the User is logged-in and also has a 'true' access boolean. I did something similar and worked well - you can build an Admin page that lists all Users and a button to change their access permission.

You could also have a button to delete that User, also.

Darin Thompson
Darin Thompson
5,305 Points

I really appreciate the help. That's awesome. As soon as treehouse makes that video(hint, hint) haha, I will be all over learning that. But seriously, thanks for reaching out, and I will get started on figuring that out right away.