View catalogue / homepage without login

[dgoerger]

We should have a homepage with at least:

• visible to non-logged in

We might also want it to have:

• general info about the app / project
• feed of recently added models, or featured models

general dashboard layout.. :-D

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#2014/12/18

• Add integration tests for guest functionality
  • Functionality of basic routes
  • Authorization of invalid routes (e.g. /reservations/new, etc)
  • Use of catalog features
  • App config setting (see next)
• Add app config setting to disable guest user functionality

[dgoerger]

Was: "Legit home / splash page?"

We could perhaps allow non-logged in users to view the catalogue by implementing a special "dummy user", which would redirect to login if they tried to add anything to the cart etc, if we want to do this. Most online catalogues allow browsing before setting up an account.

[mnquintana]

I like that approach - it would let us keep the catalog DRY.

[dgoerger]

note:

• search engines won't be able to find the catalogue until they can reach it without CAS login
  • we should allow admins to set the option, in case they want a private instance