title: ActiveAdmin --- ### Listing scopes Allows you to filter listings by a certain scope. scope :draft scope :for_approval ### Sidebar filters filter :email filter :username ### Custom actions You can define custom actions for models. before_filter only: [:show, :edit, :publish] do @post = Post.find(params[:id]) end Make the route: member_action :publish, method: :put do @post.publish! redirect_to admin_posts_path, notice: "The post '#{@post}' has been published!" end Link it in the index: index do column do |post| link_to 'Publish', publish_admin_post_path(post), method: :put end end And link it in show/edit: action_item only: [:edit, :show] do @post = Post.find(params[:id]) link_to 'Publish', publish_admin_post_path(post), method: :put end ### Columns column :foo column :title, sortable: :name do |post| strong post.title end ### Other helpers # Grey, green, orange, red status_tag "Done" status_tag "Finished", :ok status_tag "You", :warn status_tag "Failed", :error ### Disabling 'new post' ActiveAdmin.register Post do actions :index, :edit # or: config.clear_action_items! end