* Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
* John Dong <jdong@ubuntu.com>
* Justin Sharps <jlsharps@mit.edu>
+
+07/31/07
+jlsharps: I've added a user authentication system known as
+"acts_as_authenticated" to the code. The plugin is the the vendor/plugins
+directory. The two most noticeable changes are the AccountController and a
+redone User model. I've left the UserController in place for now, but the
+AccountController works in a different manner, so am switching over to that
+gradually. I saved the 5 lines or so in the old User model, overwrote
+it with the authenticated generator and then recopied the old stuff back in:
+has_many :elections and the name() method. The generator also creates its own
+migration file, but since we are using a create.sql file I adopted the
+migration file into a new users table in the create.sql file. I have yet to
+delete the old table because I haven't fully combed through the code yet and
+determined how many of the old attributes (such as first_name, last_name) may
+need to be retained.
+http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Acts+as+Authenticated is the
+best site for documentation regarding acts_as_authenticaed. Also, currently
+it only stores the user_id in the session, but i just found a guide to help
+me make it store the entire user object, so I'll do that while my battery
+charges.
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