Frequently Asked Questions

How do I create an account?

If the site administrator has enabled new account creation you can go to the login page and click “Register For a New Account”.

What does it mean that my account is moderated?

In order to keep spam to a minimum, new accounts start out with zero points, meaning they are moderated.

As soon as a moderator reviews your content, you will be promoted to a Level 2 user and your content will no longer be moderated.

This is a pretty cool application, can I install my own copy?

You sure can! Head over to the main Devalot project page.

How do I reset a password when a user forgets it?

The automatic password reset system has not yet been implemented. In the meantime, resetting a password requires manual steps from the command line. First, you must load the Devalot console.

cd <path-to-devalot>
./script/console

Next, you must load the user’s Account record. if any of the Account.find calls returns nil, then the account record could not be retrieved.

To change a user’s password, find the account using the user’s email address and then update the password and save the record:

a = Account.find :first, :conditions => { :email => 'admin@localhost.local' }
a.password = 'newpassword'
a.save!

Updated Sep 19, 2009 by Isaac Foraker

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