# Site starter kit?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-starter-kit/120253>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 15, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-starter-kit/120253 "2007-11-15T07:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-starter-kit/120253/1 "2007-11-15T07:54:58Z")

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Hello

I’m planning to build a site that lets users share stories, sort of  
like a text version of [flickr.com](http://flickr.com) It’s my first RoR app.

A large portion of my app is going to be the same as a lot of  
community-type apps, specifically, user registration and mangement –  
let the user register, send them activation email, show a user profile  
page, let them edit preferences, and later on, admin control panel.  
It’s rather daunting to do all this from scratch. Is there something  
like a starter kit with an account management module I can just drop  
into my app and customize for my use?

thanks

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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-starter-kit/120253/2 "2007-11-15T15:45:13Z")

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Hi,

have a look at acts\_authorized plugin. It’s easy to integreate and  
simple to extend.

Regards,  
Alex

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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-starter-kit/120253/3 "2007-11-15T16:49:51Z")

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you always have:  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Acts\_as\_authenticated](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Acts_as_authenticated),  
which is really easy to do and the instructions actually work. i can’t  
say that on some of the other packages.

if you need a more heavy weight, there are others like hobo, and if you  
look, there are several others.

i had a nightmare with SALTED. i have not tried SUGAR, which is based  
on SALTED.

🙂

some of the other dudes may have other idea’s to look at.

rubynuby wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I’m planning to build a site that lets users share stories, sort of  
> like a text version of [flickr.com](http://flickr.com) It’s my first RoR app.
> 
> A large portion of my app is going to be the same as a lot of  
> community-type apps, specifically, user registration and mangement –  
> let the user register, send them activation email, show a user profile  
> page, let them edit preferences, and later on, admin control panel.  
> It’s rather daunting to do all this from scratch. Is there something  
> like a starter kit with an account management module I can just drop  
> into my app and customize for my use?
> 
> thanks