things mostly working

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   
   protect_from_forgery :except => :receive
-  layout 'application'
   
   before_filter :set_friends_and_status, :count_requests
 

app/models/user.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ class User
   include MongoMapper::Document
 
   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
-         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable,
-         :confirmable
+         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
          
   key :friend_ids, Array
   key :pending_request_ids, Array
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ class User
   def setup_person 
     self.person.serialized_key ||= generate_key.export
     self.person.email = email
-    self.person.save
+    self.person.save!
   end
 
   def generate_key

app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.haml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     = f.password_field :password_confirmation
 
   = f.fields_for :person do |p|
-    = p.hidden_field :url, :value => request.path
+    = p.hidden_field :url, :value => request.host
 
     = p.fields_for :profile do |pr|
       %p

config/routes.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
   resources :blogs
   resources :bookmarks
   resources :people
-  resources :users, :except => [:new, :create]
+  resources :users, :only => [:edit]
   resources :status_messages
   resources :comments
   resources :requests
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
 
   #routes for devise, not really sure you will need to mess with this in the future, lets put default,
   #non mutable stuff in anohter file
-  devise_for :users do
-    match 'login',  :to => 'devise/sessions#new'
-    match 'logout', :to => 'devise/sessions#destroy'
-    match 'get_to_the_choppa', :to => 'devise/registrations#new'
-  end
+  devise_for :users
+  match 'login',  :to => 'devise/sessions#new',      :as => "new_user_session"
+  match 'logout', :to => 'devise/sessions#destroy',  :as => "destroy_user_session"
+  match 'get_to_the_choppa', :to => 'devise/registrations#new', :as => "new_user_registration"
+  
   #public routes
   #
   match 'webfinger', :to => 'publics#webfinger'