Ion Auth - Lightweight Auth System based on Redux Auth 2

[eluser]JonoB[/eluser]
[quote author="DephNet[Paul]" date="1307303237"]Hi Guys,

After spending a few days trying to write my own authentication library, I have decided that I would rather use a library that has constant updates to it and Ion Auth looks like it will fit my needs.

I do however have a few questions before I commit to using Ion Auth so here goes, Sorry if these have been asked, and answered, elsewhere I spent a few hours searching the forums and could not find any answers.

1) Am I able to set certain pages to be accessible to everyone, and certain pages to be "members only", or does this put the entire site behind a login box?
2) Am I able to style the pages myself? I assume I can by simply editing the views.
3) How extensible is this? For example, if I wanted to interface with WHMCS, to auto generate login details, am I able to do that?
4) Is a "git pull" the only way of keeping upto date with Ion Auth, or does Ben release "stable" versions of Ion Auth regularly?

Many thanks for your help
--Paul[/quote]

1. Sure. Set up a MY_Controller and use something like $this->ion_auth->logged_in()
or $this->ion_auth->is_group('admin')). See http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog/2010/02/C...ing-it-DRY

2. Sure. Apply your own css as you see fit

3. No problem...limits are only as far as your programming skills will take you. You may of course have to modify the lib

4. As far as what I have seen, generally whats released onto Git is stable. I will leave Ben to answer this one though...