Pastable version of Rails - Multiple instances and folder creation

<pre class='prettyprint' language='ruby'>require 'FileUtils'

def create
    @account = Account.new(params[:account])
    @account.short_name = make_short_name(@account.name)
    @website = @account.websites.build(params[:website])
    @website.update_attribute(:short_name, make_short_name(@website.name))
    @user = @account.users.build(params[:user])

if @account.save
      make_base_folders(@account.short_name, @website.short_name)
      flash[:notice] = 'Your account was successfully created. Please login to begin :)'
      redirect_to login_path
    else
      render :layout =&gt; 'signup', :action =&gt; 'new'
    end
  end

private

def make_short_name(name)
    name.gsub(/\W+|\s+/, '-').downcase
  end
  
  def make_base_folders(account_short_name, website_short_name)
    ['docs', 'pictures', 'users'].each do |f|
      FileUtils.mkdir_p(&quot;public/content/#{account_short_name}/#{website_short_name}/#{f}&quot;)
    end
  end</pre>
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