So, I have News, Threads, and Journals working in the new codebase. I also have commenting working in a minimal fashion.
I'm missing Access Control, FAQs, Events, Pictures, Private Messages, New tags for comments, and Polls.
I'm thinking that I'll need to get at least Access Control and Messages in place to make the move. Should be doable. Done!
doable is a weird word... like.. i think you should say DOUGHable... i dunno... just wierd.
doobieable
doogiehouserable.
I've used the Login Generator:
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToQuicklyDoAuthenticationWithLoginGenerator
Here's a tutorial that mentions the Login Generator:
http://www.aidanf.net/rails_user_authentication_tutorial
Also found this (but I haven't looked into it):
http://penso.info/rails/auth_generator
Oh, I forgot to mention that. I'm using acts_as_authenticated right now, so I've got logins working. It was suggested to me by the IRC guys.
http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Acts+as+Authenticated
The access control I'm talking about is more like admin functions, and making sure users can't see each other's private data. I started messing around with acl_system http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/20/new-plugin-acl_system
I may use ActiveRBAC or something else in the end, though.