From 5f80211580802e66329c4e6e824d22ecb9a6f3ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Johnson <cktricky@Kens-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:56:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added an administrative method intended to be used as a
 before filter within the application controller as well as an is_admin?
 method

---
 app/controllers/application_controller.rb | 13 ++++++++++++-
 app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d998974..f831f46 100755
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   before_filter :authenticated
-  helper_method :current_user
+  helper_method :current_user, :is_admin?
   
   # Our security guy keep talking about sea-surfing, cool story bro.
   # protect_from_forgery
@@ -16,4 +16,15 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
      redirect_to root_url and reset_session if not current_user
   end
 
+  def is_admin?
+    admin = current_user.admin if current_user 
+  end
+
+  def administrative
+    if not is_admin?
+     reset_session
+     redirect_to login_path 
+   end
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index 8d5138f..854e375 100755
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class DashboardController < ApplicationController
-
+  
   def home
   end