Question

In my application I have 2 pages. 1 for signed out users who come on the site called welcome and another for signed in users called home:

Here are my routes:

namespace :user do
   root :to => "home#index"
end

root :to => "pages#welcome"

match '/welcome',  :to => 'pages#welcome'
match '/home',     :to => 'home#index' 

I use before_filter :authenticate_user! for my HomeController so they land on the welcome page if signed out.

How can I make so Signed in user cannot access the welcome page?

Answer

class PagesController < ApplicationController
  def welcome
    @title = "Welcome"
    if signed_in?
    redirect_to home_path
    end
  end
end

Answer 1

In the “welcome” action, just redirect them to the “home” action if they’re signed in. ie redirect both ways, depending on signed-in-edness 🙂