Rails - May 2006 - newbie: Login/Logout in view

I am using the acts_as_authenticated plugin to manage logging in/logging 
out.  There are a few controllers, such as search, that I don''t mind 
people accessing regardless of whether they are logged in or logged out.


My current view just has some static links on the left that say Login 
and Logout. How should I set it up so that it says Login when not logged 
in and log out when logged in?  Is there code that would go in the view 
to detect iflogged in and display the appropriate link?  If so, what 
would that look like?

I guess the alternative is to have two identical controllers, but that 
doesn''t seem like a good solution.

Thanks in advance..

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Vince W. wrote:
> I am using the acts_as_authenticated plugin to manage logging in/logging 
> out.  There are a few controllers, such as search, that I don''t
mind
> people accessing regardless of whether they are logged in or logged out.
> 
> 
> My current view just has some static links on the left that say Login 
> and Logout. How should I set it up so that it says Login when not logged 
> in and log out when logged in?  Is there code that would go in the view 
> to detect iflogged in and display the appropriate link?  If so, what 
> would that look like?
> 
> I guess the alternative is to have two identical controllers, but that 
> doesn''t seem like a good solution.
> 
> Thanks in advance..
<% if current_user %>
  <%= link_to ''Logout'', :controller =>
''account'', :action => ''logout'' %>
<% else %>
  <%= link_to ''Login'',  :controller =>
''account'', :action => ''login'' %>
<% end %>

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