Pablo Fernandez

Update: there’s a new version of this post covering Devise 4.0.0: Show a devise log in or sign up forms in another page

Devise create various forms, among them one for signing up and one for logging in of course. These are the forms as they are generated in Devise 1.0.8:

<h2>Sign up</h2>
<% form_for resource_name, resource, :url => registration_path(resource_name) do |f| -%>
  <%= f.error_messages %><%= f.label :email %>

<%= f.text_field :email %>

<%= f.label :password %>

<%= f.password_field :password %>

<%= f.label :password_confirmation %>

<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>

<%= f.submit "Sign up" %>

<% end -%>

<%= render :partial => "shared/devise_links" %>

and

<h2>Sign in</h2>
<% form_for resource_name, resource, :url => session_path(resource_name) do |f| -%><%= f.label :email %>

<%= f.text_field :email %>

<%= f.label :password %>

<%= f.password_field :password %>

<% if devise_mapping.rememberable? -%><%= f.check_box :remember_me %> <%= f.label :remember_me %>

<% end -%><%= f.submit "Sign in" %>

<% end -%>

<%= render :partial => "shared/devise_links" %>

If you try to put them somewhere else you’ll run into some problem. There are some variables/methods those forms use that you’ll be lacking, specifically: resource_name, resource and for logging in also devise_mapping. I’ve recently tried to put them both in the homepage for an upcoming project of mine and this is how I’ve solved it:

module ContentHelper
  def resource_name
    :user
  end

  def resource
    @resource ||= User.new
  end

  def devise_mapping
    @devise_mapping ||= Devise.mappings[:user]
  end
end