[HacktionLab] ok, getting pretty close

yossarian yossarian at aktivix.org
Wed Apr 28 16:28:42 BST 2010


Hey,

Ok I think it's pretty close.  There is now a full admin system, a
paypal link on signup, and a series of reports that (I think) covers
what Mike has asked for.  "Normal" people can sign up here:

http://hacktionapp.escapegoat.org/attendees/new

People involved in the organizing can also get an admin account here:

http://hacktionapp.escapegoat.org/users/sign_up

I'll need to approve each admin account in the console, maybe I can make
a more convenient system in a bit.

There are probably still a lot of little things that could be done but
for the most part it should be cool.

I'll also see if I can find some time to work up a little SSL action and
present it to Ana later like a bouquet of encrypted tulips.  However,
the app does send confirmation emails with peoples' confirmation codes
after signup and notifies all admins, so it can't be considered
particularly secure.  I think we should not force SSL, most people who
are coming will have emailed already to the list saying like "yeah I'm
coming" and/or working on the wiki etc - so I don't think there's much
to be gained by encrypting everything (I am happy to be persuaded
otherwise though).

I am not sure if I got the PayPal link right so somebody who knows
something about PayPal could maybe give me some advice there.

In theory we can set up a callback URL so PayPal can notify the app
automatically (including the confirmation code so we can track people)
if somebody pays, is this worth doing or is that overkill?

Still waiting on a hacktivista.net subdomain but at this point it's
worth people testing stuff out,

Yoss





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