The official guide is here:
https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
I additionally had to make app/controllers/application_controller.rb look like the following to get the sign in to happen:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base # Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception. # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead. protect_from_forgery with: :exceptionThen I had to make app/views/layouts/application.html.erb look like this:
before_filter :require_login
before_filter :check_if_devise
private
def check_if_devise if params[:controller].include? "devise/registrations" and params[:action].include? "create" end end
def require_login if not current_user and not params[:controller].include? "devise" redirect_to new_user_session_path end end
end
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>Universalnewsaggregator</title> <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %> <%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %> <%= csrf_meta_tags %></head><body><p class="navbar-text pull-right"><% if user_signed_in? %> Logged in as <strong><%= current_user.email %></strong>. <%= link_to 'Edit profile', edit_user_registration_path, :class => 'navbar-link' %> | <%= link_to "Logout", destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete, :class => 'navbar-link' %><% else %> <%= link_to "Sign up", new_user_registration_path, :class => 'navbar-link' %> | <%= link_to "Login", new_user_session_path, :class => 'navbar-link' %><% end %><p class="notice"><%= notice %></p><p class="alert"><%= alert %></p><%= yield %>
</body></html>
http://guides.railsgirls.com/devise/
And at this point I finally get a login for the site that looks like this:
The commands that I used for this project.
Create the heroku project and copy the given command to check out the project locally.
git clone git@heroku.com:universalnewsaggregator.git -o heroku
rails new universalnewsaggregator
cd universalnewsaggregator
vi Gemfile
# add in devise and other required gems.
bundle install
rake db:drop
# just to get rid of the old similar database I had created before on first try.
rails generate devise:install
rails generate devise user
# or instead of user, you could call it member, or whatever.
rake db:migrate
vi apps/views/layouts/application.html.erb
vi app/controllers/application_controller.rb
vi app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
rails generate scaffold news
vi config/routes.rb
# make sure it has the following:
devise_for :users
resources :news
root "news#index"
# edit the database to use postgress
vi config/database.yml
# put in the postgres sections
#finally push it back up
git add -A .
git commit -m "Basic Site with User authentication"
git push heroku master
