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Jamie Barton
14,498 PointsA better way to render 404's
I'd recommend adding layout: false to the render 404 method.
render file: 'public/404.html', status: :not_found, layout: false
2 Answers
Geoff Parsons
11,679 PointsIf you're not relying on any custom logic to determine when a not found should be rendered — that is if it's purely based on records not being found in the database — another option is to use rescue_from in your ApplicationController and allow your other controllers to raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound. Just saves you the step of having to catch those exceptions and render in each controller action. Though you may have already been doing this in which case i'm just being redundant. :P
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, with: :not_found
private
def not_found
render file: 'public/404.html', status: :not_found, layout: false
end
end
Jamie Barton
14,498 PointsSorry this was meant to be feedback for the video. I appear to have posted it on the forum
Geoff Parsons
11,679 PointsNo worries, the forums are a fine place to discuss video content as well.