UX: Show a nicer "Log In" screen if the user follows /my/preferences

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/app-route-map.js.es6

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export default function() {
 
   this.route('signup', {path: '/signup'});
   this.route('login', {path: '/login'});
+  this.route('login-preferences');
   this.route('forgot-password', {path: '/password-reset'});
   this.route('faq', {path: '/faq'});
   this.route('tos', {path: '/tos'});

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-static-route.js.es6

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import DiscourseRoute from 'discourse/routes/discourse';
+
+export default function(pageName) {
+  const route = {
+    model() {
+      return Discourse.StaticPage.find(pageName);
+    },
+
+    renderTemplate() {
+      this.render('static');
+    },
+
+    setupController(controller, model) {
+      this.controllerFor('static').set('model', model);
+    }
+  };
+  return DiscourseRoute.extend(route);
+}

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/forgot-password.js.es6

@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-export default Discourse.Route.extend({
-  beforeModel: function() {
-    this.replaceWith(this.controllerFor('application').get('loginRequired') ? 'login' : 'discovery').then(function(e) {
-      Ember.run.next(function() {
-        e.send('showForgotPassword');
-      });
+import buildStaticRoute from 'discourse/routes/build-static-route';
+
+const ForgotPasswordRoute = buildStaticRoute('password-reset');
+
+ForgotPasswordRoute.reopen({
+  beforeModel() {
+    this.replaceWith(this.controllerFor('application').get('loginRequired') ? 'login' : 'discovery').then(e => {
+      Ember.run.next(() => e.send('showForgotPassword'));
     });
   },
-
-  model: function() {
-    return Discourse.StaticPage.find('password-reset');
-  },
-
-  renderTemplate: function() {
-    // do nothing
-    this.render('static');
-  },
-
-  setupController: function(controller, model) {
-    this.controllerFor('static').set('model', model);
-  }
 });
+
+export default ForgotPasswordRoute;

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/login.js.es6

@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
-export default Discourse.Route.extend({
-  beforeModel: function() {
-    if (!Discourse.SiteSettings.login_required) {
-      this.replaceWith('discovery.latest').then(function(e) {
-        Ember.run.next(function() {
-          e.send('showLogin');
-        });
+import buildStaticRoute from 'discourse/routes/build-static-route';
+
+const LoginRoute = buildStaticRoute('login');
+
+LoginRoute.reopen({
+  beforeModel() {
+    if (!this.siteSettings.login_required) {
+      this.replaceWith('discovery.latest').then(e => {
+        Ember.run.next(() => e.send('showLogin'));
       });
     }
-  },
-
-  model: function() {
-    return Discourse.StaticPage.find('login');
-  },
-
-  renderTemplate: function() {
-    // do nothing
-    this.render('static');
-  },
-
-  setupController: function(controller, model) {
-    this.controllerFor('static').set('model', model);
   }
 });
+
+export default LoginRoute;

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/login-preferences.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<div class='container'>
+  <h2>{{i18n "login.to_continue"}}</h2>
+
+  <p style='margin-top: 1em'>{{i18n "login.preferences"}}</p>
+
+  {{d-button class="btn-primary" action="showLogin" label="log_in"}}
+  {{d-button action="showForgotPassword" label="login.forgot"}}
+</div>

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
     if current_user.blank?
       cookies[:destination_url] = "/my/#{params[:path]}"
-      redirect_to :login
+      redirect_to "/login-preferences"
     else
       redirect_to(path("/users/#{current_user.username}/#{params[:path]}"))
     end

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@ en:
       admin_not_allowed_from_ip_address: "You can't log in as admin from that IP address."
       resend_activation_email: "Click here to send the activation email again."
       sent_activation_email_again: "We sent another activation email to you at <b>{{currentEmail}}</b>. It might take a few minutes for it to arrive; be sure to check your spam folder."
+      to_continue: "Please Log In"
+      preferences: "You need to be logged in to change your user preferences."
+      forgot: "I don't recall my account details"
       google:
         title: "with Google"
         message: "Authenticating with Google (make sure pop up blockers are not enabled)"

config/routes.rb

@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   get "tos" => "static#show", id: "tos", as: 'tos'
   get "privacy" => "static#show", id: "privacy", as: 'privacy'
   get "signup" => "list#latest"
+  get "login-preferences" => "static#show", id: "login"
 
   get "users/admin-login" => "users#admin_login"
   put "users/admin-login" => "users#admin_login"

spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb

@@ -1430,10 +1430,10 @@ describe UsersController do
 
   describe '.my_redirect' do
 
-    it "returns 404 if the user is not logged in" do
+    it "redirects if the user is not logged in" do
       get :my_redirect, path: "wat"
       expect(response).not_to be_success
-      expect(response).not_to be_redirect
+      expect(response).to be_redirect
     end
 
     context "when the user is logged in" do