Revised associations to be user->registry->gift etc.  This is OK.  Not able to get Authlogic to allow a logon.
Registries FINALLY updating the sidebar.  Took all day.  Get the pathing right.  Authlogic appears to be OK as well but continues to raise a DEPRECATED message.
typo fixed in Registry#create
Many many changes, more to come.  Photo's are being saved.
deleted some losage.
Runaway thread seems to have been due to miscoded render in registry_item.html.erb.  There was a space here:  <% = render, should have been <%= render.  Wow.
WIP on gift registries, some partials moved to haml to facilitate debugging.
WIP gift index layout.  Almost working except for AJAX observe_fields do not work.
Put %h3 on name of gift item.  Looks good now.
Changed _placement.html.haml to be _visibility.html.haml to make clearer what it is.
WIP on edit form.  Returned to .erb for edit and visiblity.  They work.  Sort of.