gistfile1.rb

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :token_authenticatable, :confirmable,
  # :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

  # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
  attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name, :organization, :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :is_admin, :plan

  # Some basic validation of name properties
  validates_presence_of :first_name, :last_name, :organization
  validates_length_of :first_name, :maximum => 50
  validates_length_of :last_name, :maximum => 50
  validates :plan,:plan => true

  # Database Relationships
  has_many :lists
  has_one :subscription
  has_one :plan, :through => :subscription
  has_many :affiliates

  # First and Last name helper
  def fullname
    first_name + ' ' + last_name
  end

  def is_active?
    if is_admin?
      true
    else
      !subscription.suspended unless subscription.nil?
    end
  end

  # The distinction between is_active? and is_suspended? is that a user can only be suspended if
  # they have a subscription that's somehow gotten turned off. If they are new and have no
  # subscription, they are suspended, they just aren't active
  def is_suspended?
    return false if self.subscription.nil? #this use is not suspended, he has no subscription to be suspended from

    self.subscription.suspended
  end

end