Saving custom fields in devise User model in rails 4

Question

I made a devise User model and added additional fields to it. When I create and account everything works fine, only with email, pw and pw conf.

I then want to allow the

Answer 1

In Rails4 we have strong parameters so please

Add following line to your application_controller.rb

before_filter :configure_devise_params, if: :devise_controller?
  def configure_devise_params
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) do |u|
      u.permit(:first_name, :last_name, :gender, :email, :password, :password_confirmation)
    end
  end