User Authentication and Registration

[ChaoticLaw]

So right now, there is no user functionality beyond the scaffolding provided by Laravel (create_users_table and create_password_resets_table respectively), and that hasn't yet been implemented into the site. We should leverage these to make + authenticate users.

How it should go:

• If there is no administrator/staff user, the creation of a new user should mark them with administrator privileges.
• The e-mail should be set (not null) as a username
• Passwords should be confirmed and matched
• Passwords should be hashed using safe security practices

Feel free to discuss how these requirements could be achieved, or if they need changing.

[ChaoticLaw]

Users can now register, login, and logout.

What's left is to assign an administrative role to the first user that signs up.