:except not working in before_filter in application controller. Routing problem?
The :except option takes action names, not url parts. Here's what you should do instead:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base before_filter :update_activity_time ...endThen, in sessions_controller.rb:
class SessionsController < ApplicationController skip_before_filter :update_activity_time, :only => [:new, :destroy] ...endYou don't want to put the :except in ApplicationController because, if you did, the new and destroy actions for every one of your app's controllers wouldn't update the activity time.