# Setting up Admin controller rails 2.02 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-admin-controller-rails-2-02/124343 "2007-12-27T19:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kamau_Osaze)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-admin-controller-rails-2-02/124343/1 "2007-12-27T19:50:57Z")
Is there an easier way to set up and admin controller in rails other than [Rolling with Rails 2.0 - The First Full Tutorial - Part 1 | AkitaOnRails.com](http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-first-full-tutorial)? This seems like way too much work. Please help if you can. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Kamau Osaze ---
**Author:** ![Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kamau_Osaze)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-admin-controller-rails-2-02/124343/2 "2007-12-27T21:46:41Z")
Am 27.12.2007 um 19:50 schrieb Kamau Osaze: > Is there an easier way to set up and admin controller in rails other > than > > [Rolling with Rails 2.0 - The First Full Tutorial - Part 1 | AkitaOnRails.com](http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-first-full-tutorial) > ? > > This seems like way too much work. Please help if you can. Your help > is greatly appreciated. I’ am just working on a hotel booking application and I decided to give the administrator own controllers and views. For me it’s easier to maintain. If I use the same template for guests and admins I have a lot of \<% if !admin? %\> guest things to show \<% else %\> admin things to show \<% end &\> … so I decided to make it this way: app controllers admin bookings\_controller.rb guests\_controller.rb … bookings\_controller.rb guest\_controller.rb … views admin bookings index.html.erb guests index.html.erb … bookings index.html.erb guests index.html.erb I have a lot of files but for me it’s easier to maintain 2 templates - allowing me to generate 2 completly different outputs without having lots of if - conditions. – Jochen K. [figgfrosch.de](http://figgfrosch.de) / [gissmoh.de](http://gissmoh.de) / [ror-ror.de](http://ror-ror.de) / [railswerk.de](http://railswerk.de) ---
**Author:** ![Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Kamau\_Osaze](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kamau_Osaze)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-admin-controller-rails-2-02/124343/3 "2007-12-27T23:21:34Z")
On Dec 27, 10:50 am, “Kamau Osaze” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there an easier way to set up and admin controller in rails other than > > [http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-fir](http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-fir)… This thread has links to other articles besides Akita’s: [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/f6c1b3a546e7e240?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/f6c1b3a546e7e240?hl=en) In particular, using a single controller with conditional logic is discussed in one article. ///ark