Question

Im trying to display the current users name in a button in my nav if they are signed in.. I dont use the Home controller for anything, why is it asking for name to be defined in there? Any page involving a different controller give an error when trying to render user.name in the nav..

NoMethodError in Home#index

Showing /Users/nelsonkeating/Desktop/ReminDeal/app/views/layouts/_navigation.html.erb where line #10 raised:

undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass
Extracted source (around line #10):

7: <% if user_signed_in? %>
8:  <div class="logout1">
9:      <div class="btn-group">
10:             <button class="btn"><Action> <%= @user.name %> </button>
11:             <button class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
12:                 <span class="caret"></span>
13:             </button> 
              <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><%= link_to 'Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method=>'delete' %></li>
            <li><%= link_to 'My Account', edit_user_path(current_user.id)  %></li>
            <li><%= link_to "Help", help_path %></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>
</li>

Answer 1

Have you declared the @user in the controller?
Try changing the line 10 to:

  <button class="btn"><Action> <%= current_user.name %> </button>