[Radiant] Role Based Access Control extension

[Casper Fabricius]

Hi Jim,

> I've been debating on re-using the existing users model versus
> creating a new 'members' model.  If anyone has done something like
> this, I'd love to hear your though

There is one thing I can recommend you NOT to do, and this make an  
inherited user model (i.e. "class Member < User"). I tried that on a  
Radiant-based project, and it was a headache.

For another site I've reused the Radiant user model, adding fields to  
the users table as needed. There is, however, some things to be aware  
of:
1) You must seal of all admin controllers for ordinary users (non dev  
or admin) - I do it like this: http://pastie.caboo.se/147172
2) You should code your own Users- and Session-controllers for  
registration and login to avoid mixing up with the Radiant admin pages.

It works for me, and I like not having to deal with two different  
models covering the same concept, but you have to do a bit of  
metaprogramming in your extension(s) to add stuff to existing Radiant  
code. You might find it easier to work with a seperate Member model,  
but feel that my approach is DRY'er.

Cheers,
Casper Fabricius
casperfabricius.com


On 04/02/2008, at 8:18, J Aaron Farr wrote:

>
> Jim Gay <jim at saturnflyer.com> writes:
>
>> RBAC Base gives you the ability to grow beyond the standard roles in
>> Radiant, allowing you to build extensions around your own roles.
>
> Interesting.
>
> I've been wondering what other Radiant developers have been doing for
> general site users as opposed to admin users.  If I'm reading the code
> right, this is still primarily aimed at users of the backend CMS.
>
> I've been debating on re-using the existing users model versus
> creating a new 'members' model.  If anyone has done something like
> this, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
>
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