Use simpleform. Admin products create / edit / view first pass
merging changes from master to stay updated
created method Product.active_products which returns all active products (not retired). with test. plan to use this in addition to other filters for categories.
developed and tested method in product.rb to return all ACTIVE products based on category if one is supplied, otherwise return all active regardless of category. this is for the home page products and category filtering.
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