Role system to replace the yml admins and community spotlight. we can

also now add a beta role

app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.css.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+body {
+  background-color: #fff;
+  color: #333;
+  font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  line-height: 18px; }
+
+p, ol, ul, td {
+  font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  line-height: 18px; }
+
+pre {
+  background-color: #eee;
+  padding: 10px;
+  font-size: 11px; }
+
+a {
+  color: #000;
+  &:visited {
+    color: #666; }
+  &:hover {
+    color: #fff;
+    background-color: #000; } }
+
+div {
+  &.field, &.actions {
+    margin-bottom: 10px; } }
+
+#notice {
+  color: green; }
+
+.field_with_errors {
+  padding: 2px;
+  background-color: red;
+  display: table; }
+
+#error_explanation {
+  width: 450px;
+  border: 2px solid red;
+  padding: 7px;
+  padding-bottom: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
+  background-color: #f0f0f0;
+  h2 {
+    text-align: left;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 5px 5px 5px 15px;
+    font-size: 12px;
+    margin: -7px;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+    background-color: #c00;
+    color: #fff; }
+  ul li {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    list-style: square; } }

app/models/account_deleter.rb

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class AccountDeleter
   end
   
   def normal_ar_person_associates_to_delete
-    [:posts, :photos, :mentions, :participations]
+    [:posts, :photos, :mentions, :participations, :roles]
   end
 
   def ignored_or_special_ar_person_associations

app/models/person.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :profile
 
   before_validation :downcase_diaspora_handle
+
   def downcase_diaspora_handle
     diaspora_handle.downcase! unless diaspora_handle.blank?
   end
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :comments, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy # This person's own comments
   has_many :participations, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy
 
+  has_many :roles
+
   belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'User'
 
   has_many :notification_actors
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   }
 
   def self.community_spotlight
-    AppConfig[:community_spotlight].present? ? Person.where(:diaspora_handle => AppConfig[:community_spotlight]) : []
+    Person.joins(:roles).where(:roles => {:name => 'spotlight'})
   end
 
   # Set a default of an empty profile when a new Person record is instantiated.

app/models/role.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#NOTE add the person object you want to attach role to...
+class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :person
+
+  def self.is_admin?(person)
+    find_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'admin')
+  end
+
+  def self.add_beta(person)
+    find_or_create_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'beta')
+  end
+
+  def self.add_admin(person)
+    find_or_create_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'admin')
+  end
+
+  def self.add_spotlight(person)
+    find_or_create_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'spotlight')
+  end
+
+  def self.load_admins
+    admins = AppConfig[:admins] || []
+    admins.each do |username|
+      u = User.find_by_username(username)
+      find_or_create_by_person_id_and_name(u.person.id, 'admin')
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.load_spotlight
+    spotlighters = AppConfig[:community_spotlight] || []
+    spotlighters.each do |diaspora_handle|
+      person = Person.find_by_diaspora_handle(diaspora_handle) 
+      find_or_create_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'spotlight')
+    end
+  end
+end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -430,9 +430,10 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def admin?
-    AppConfig[:admins].present? && AppConfig[:admins].include?(self.username)
+    Role.is_admin?(self.person)
   end
 
+
   def guard_unconfirmed_email
     self.unconfirmed_email = nil if unconfirmed_email.blank? || unconfirmed_email == email
 

db/migrate/20120427152648_create_roles.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :roles do |t|
+      t.integer :person_id
+      t.string :name
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120422072257) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120427152648) do
 
   create_table "account_deletions", :force => true do |t|
     t.string  "diaspora_handle"
@@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120422072257) do
 
   add_index "rails_admin_histories", ["item", "table", "month", "year"], :name => "index_rails_admin_histories"
 
+  create_table "roles", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "person_id"
+    t.string   "name"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
   create_table "service_users", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "uid",                          :null => false
     t.string   "name",                         :null => false

spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe AdminsController do
 
     context 'admin signed in' do
       before do
-        AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
+        Role.add_admin(@user.person)
       end
 
       it 'succeeds and renders user_search' do
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe AdminsController do
 
     context 'admin signed in' do
       before do
-        AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
+        Role.add_admin(@user.person)
       end
 
       it 'does not die if you do it twice' do
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe AdminsController do
 
   describe '#stats' do
     before do
-      AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
+      Role.add_admin(@user.person)
     end
 
     it 'succeeds and renders stats' do

spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe ContactsController do
     end
 
     it 'gets queries for users in the app config' do
-      AppConfig[:community_spotlight] = [alice.diaspora_handle]
+      Role.add_spotlight(alice.person)
 
       get :spotlight
       assigns[:people].should == [alice.person]

spec/controllers/streams_controller_spec.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe StreamsController do
 
   describe "#public" do
     it 'will succeed if admin' do
-      AppConfig[:admins] = [alice.username]
+      Role.add_admin(alice.person)
       get :public
       response.should be_success
     end

spec/models/person_spec.rb

@@ -476,13 +476,11 @@ describe Person do
 
   describe '.community_spotlight' do
     describe "when the pod owner hasn't set up any community spotlight members" do
-      before do
-        @existing_community_spotlight = AppConfig[:community_spotlight]
-        AppConfig[:community_spotlight] = nil
-      end
-      after do
-        AppConfig[:community_spotlight] = @existing_community_spotlight
+      it 'returns people with the community spotlight role' do
+        Role.add_spotlight(bob.person)
+        Person.community_spotlight.should be_present
       end
+
       it "returns an empty array" do
         Person.community_spotlight.should == []
       end

spec/models/role_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Role do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end