Using custom registrations controller

app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb

@@ -8,8 +8,21 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   end
 
   def create
-    User.instantiate!(params[:user])
+    begin 
-    redirect_to root_url
+      user = User.instantiate(params[:user])
+    rescue MongoMapper::DocumentNotValid => e
+      user = nil
+      flash[:error] = e.message
+    end
+    puts user
+    if user
+      #set_flash_message :notice, :signed_up
+      flash[:notice] = "You've joined Diaspora!"
+      #redirect_to root_url
+      sign_in_and_redirect(:user, user)
+    else
+      redirect_to "/get_to_the_choppa"
+    end
   end
 
   def update

app/models/user.rb

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class User
   def self.instantiate( opts = {} )
     opts[:person][:diaspora_handle] = "#{opts[:username]}@#{opts[:url]}"
     opts[:person][:serialized_key] = generate_key
-    User.create(opts)
+    User.create!(opts)
   end
 
   def seed_aspects

app/views/registrations/new.html.haml

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 
 = form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => registration_path(resource_name)) do |f|
-  = devise_error_messages!
   = f.hidden_field :url, :value => request.host
   %p
     = f.label :username

spec/models/aspect_spec.rb

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ describe Aspect do
     it 'belong to a user' do
       @aspect.user.id.should == @user.id
       @user.aspects.size.should == 3
-      @user.aspects.first.id.should == @aspect.id
     end
 
     it 'should have people' do