app/controllers/application_controller.rb

	application_controller.rb revision 7b025f9d9726413eb3f50ca2b39826e7eed816fb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  protect_from_forgery

  # CanCan Authorization
  rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
    redirect_to root_url, :alert => exception.message
  end

  protected

  helper_method :admin?
  def admin?
    current_user.try(:admin?)
  end

  def authenticate_admin!
    unless admin?
      flash[:error] = "you need admin privileges for this action"
      redirect_to :root
    end
  end

end