#What im trying to do is to create a user signup, i have a user sessions #created aswell (for the user session.. using a different controller)
#(as you may also be able to tell, is that I am a rails noob)
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# my create view (to register new user):

<h3>Register</h3>
<%= token_tag %>
<%form_for :user do |form| %>
<fieldset>
<legend>Please enter your details</legend>
<%= error_messages_for "user" %>
<div class="FormRow">
<label for="login:">Full name:</label>
<%= form.text_field :name, :size =>20, :maxlength =>30 %>
<br />
</div>
<div class="FormRow">
<label for="login:">Screen name:</label>
<%= form.text_field :login, :size =>20, :maxlength =>20 %>
<br />
</div>
<label for="email:">Email Address:</label>
<%= form.text_field :email, :size =>20, :maxlength => 50 %>
<br />
<div class="FormRow">
<label for="password:">Password:</label>
<%= form.password_field :password, :size =>20, :maxlength => 20 %>
<br />
</div>
<div class="FormRow">
<%= submit_tag "Register!", :class => "submit" %>
</div>
</fieldset>
<% end %>
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#USER CONTROLLER ... linked to create.html.erb view above ^^
class UserController < ApplicationController

  def index
  end

  def destroy
  end

  def create #this is used as register, the destroy is used when the user wishes to delete their account
  @title = "Register"
  if request.post? and params[:user]
  @user = User.new(params[:user])
  if @user.save
  render :text => "User Created!"
end
end
end
end
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# USER model

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :stories
has_many :votes
end

validates_uniqueness_of :login
validates_length_of 	:login, :within => 5..20
validates_length_of 	:password, :within => 5..20
validates_length_of 	:email, :maximum => 50
validates_length_of 	:name, :within => 2..30
validates_presence_of   :email, :login, :password


validates_format_of :login,
					:with => /^[A-Z0-9_]*$/i,
					:message => "Can contain only letters," + "numbers and underscores [A-Z, 0-9, _]"


validates_format_of :email,
					:with => /^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@([A-Z0-9-]+\.)+[A-Z]{2,4}$/i,
					:message => "Email address must be valid."


def validate
errors.add(:email, "Please enter a valid email address") unless email.include? ("@")
if login.include?(" ")
errors.add(:login, "Screen name cannot include spaces")
end
end
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#sessions controller, for the user session:

class SessionsController < ApplicationController
  def new
  end

  def create
  @current_user = User.find_by_login_and_password(
  params[:login], params[:password])

  if @current_user
  session[:user_id] = @current_user.id
  if session[:return_to]
  redirect_to session[:return_to]
  session[:return_to] = nil
  else
  redirect_to stories_path
  end
  else
  render :action => 'new'
  end
  end

  def destroy
  session[:user_id] = @current_user =nil
  end

end
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#create sessions view

<% form_tag session_path do %>
<%= token_tag %>
<p> Login in please. </p>
<p>
<label> Username:</lable>
<%= text_field_tag 'login' %>
</p>
<p>
<label> Password:</label>
<%= password_field_tag 'password' %>
</p>
<p><%= submit_tag 'login' %></p>
<% end %>

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