made some changes to the application controller, added a user controller, and am now about to start working on the login piece

db/migrate/20130424220355_create_users.rb

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+class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :users do |t|
+      t.string :email
+      t.string :password
+      t.string :user_id
+      t.boolean :admin
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

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+# encoding: UTF-8
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your
+# database schema. If you need to create the application database on another
+# system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running all the migrations
+# from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations
+# you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
+#
+# It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130424220355) do
+
+  create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string   "email"
+    t.string   "password"
+    t.string   "user_id"
+    t.boolean  "admin"
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
+  end
+
+end