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Add Admin Panel

So here are few screen shots from the admin panel using rails_admin gem.

Section titled “So here are few screen shots from the admin panel using rails_admin gem.”

As you can see the layout of this gem is very catching and user friendly.

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Syntax

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  1. Open gem file and writer gem ‘rails_admin’, ’~> 1.0’
  2. bundle install
  3. rails g rails_admin:install
  4. it will ask you about the admin route if you want to go with the default press Enter.
  • Now go app/config/initializers/rails_admin.rb and paste this code: config.authorize_with do redirect_to main_app.root_path unless current_user.try(:admin?) end This code will allow only admin user to access the yoursite.com/admin other users will be redirected to the rootpath.
    • 1. For more details checkout the documentation of this gem. [https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/wiki](https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/wiki)

    Remarks

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    Use it if you want to have Admin to your website otherwise there is no need for this. It is more easy and powerful than active_admin gem. You can add this at any stage after creating users and don’t forget to make any user admin before the 4th step. Use cancan for granting roles.