Question

I have a function that redirects to a countdown while our system is offline, however I’d still like registration to be available from the countdown page (as opposed to the registration page).

Can I change the current registrations view (if so, how?) to still use the registrations_controller, or will I have to add redundant code to my application_controller to make this work?

I’m a rails newbie, so speak slowly, please. 🙂

In summation, I have a working system, but don’t know how to make the registration form work from outside it’s current location. (Because I followed tutorials)…

Using devise and an alternate registrations_controller:
Controller:

class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
  before_filter :get_teams
  def create
    build_resource

    if resource.save
      if resource.active_for_authentication?
        set_flash_message :notice, :signed_up if is_navigational_format?
        respond_with resource, :location => redirect_location(resource_name, resource)
      else
        set_flash_message :notice, :inactive_signed_up, :reason => resource.inactive_message.to_s if is_navigational_format?
        expire_session_data_after_sign_in!
        respond_with resource, :location => after_inactive_sign_up_path_for(resource)
      end
    else
      clean_up_passwords(resource)
      respond_with_navigational(resource) { render_with_scope :new }
    end
  end
...

private
  def get_teams
    @teams = Team.all.map{ |p| [p.team_name, p.id]}
  end
end

registrations.html.erb:

<%= form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => registration_path(resource_name)) do |f| %>
  <%= devise_error_messages! %>

  <p><%= f.label :email %><br />
  <%= f.email_field :email %></p>
  <p><%= f.submit "Sign up" %></p>
<% end %>

Answer 1

I’m assuming that you redirect to the countdown with a before filter… something like:

class ApplicationController
  before_filter :redirect_to_countdown_if_offline

  def redirect_to_countdown_if_offline
    #do check & redirect
  end
end

if so, you just need to put a skip_filter on the registration controller

class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
  skip_filter :redirect_to_countdown_if_offline
  ...
end