Question

I have a devise user model with pro boolean column.I want to build a public page for each of them but only if user is pro.How can i approach it?

Answer 1

That’s quite straightforward.

First you need to change your user.rb model and add the new column to the attr_accessible, so it looks something like …

attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :pro

Now you can use the following statement to test if a user is a ‘pro’ …

if current_user.pro
    #some page display code
end

You can also use a before_filter in the controller which displays your public page, you’ll need to read the devise documentation a bit more and perhaps check out this post