Require email activation before posting snipts. Effing spammers.

settings.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if 'DATABASE_URL' in os.environ:
         }
 
 ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES = {'auth.user': lambda u: "/%s/" % u.username}
-ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 0
+ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 14
 ADMINS = (('Nick Sergeant', 'nick@snipt.net'),)
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'accounts.UserProfile'

snipts/templates/snipts/list.html

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
             {% include "snipts/snipt-list.html" %}
         {% empty %}
             <div class="empty-snipts">
-                No snipts to show here. Sorry!
+                {% if request.user == user and not request.user.is_active %}
+                  Welcome! Please click the activation link in your email in order to create your first snipt.
+                {% else %}
+                  No snipts to show here. Sorry!
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
         {% endfor %}
         {% paginate %}

snipts/utils.py

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ def slugify_uniquely(value, model, slugfield="slug"):
 
 
 def activate_user(user, request, **kwargs):
-    user.is_active = True
-    user.save()
-
     user = authenticate(username=request.POST['username'],
                         password=request.POST['password1'])
     login(request, user)

templates/add-snipt.html

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <li class="add-snipt">
-  <button class="btn btn-info btn-large" id="add-snipt">
-    Add {% if request.user.username == 'blog' %}Post{% else %}Snipt{% endif %}
-    <i class="icon-search icon-plus icon-white"></i>
-  </button>
+  {% if request.user.is_active %}
+    <button class="btn btn-info btn-large" id="add-snipt">
+      Add {% if request.user.username == 'blog' %}Post{% else %}Snipt{% endif %}
+      <i class="icon-search icon-plus icon-white"></i>
+    </button>
+  {% endif %}
   {% if request.user.profile.has_teams %}
     <ul class="add-snipt-teams">
       <li>

templates/registration/activation_email.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Hey there,
 
 Welcome to Snipt. If you ever have any thoughts or issues with the site whatsoever, please feel free to contact me directly.
 
+To complete your registration, please activate your account here:
+
+https://{{site.domain}}{% url 'registration_activate' activation_key %}
+
 Thanks!
 
 Nick Sergeant

urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 from django.conf.urls import include, patterns, url
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from django.views.generic import RedirectView, TemplateView
 from snipts.api import (PublicSniptResource,
                         PublicUserResource, PrivateSniptResource,
                         PrivateFavoriteResource, PrivateUserProfileResource,
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ urlpatterns = \
              url(r'^register/$', lambda x: HttpResponseRedirect('/signup/')),
              url(r'^signup/$', SniptRegistrationView.as_view(),
                  name='registration_register'),
+             url(r'^activate/complete/$', RedirectView.as_view(
+                 url='/login-redirect/')),
              url(r'', include('registration.backends.default.urls')),
 
              url(r'^', include('teams.urls')),

utils/views.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import requests
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-from registration.backends.default.views import RegistrationView
+from registration.backends.default.views import ActivationView, RegistrationView
 from utils.forms import SniptRegistrationForm