Template is missing for signup/create, application/create

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I'm currently trying to build a simple form that takes an email address and puts it in the database as part of a landing page. The form is on `home.html.erb` and is controlled by the `pages` controller. I'm getting the following error: Missing template signup/create, application/create with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:html], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :coffee]}. Searched in: * "/Users/me/rails_projects/this_project/app/views" Here's my code: `home.html.erb` has: ``` <%= form_for(@signup) do |f| %>

<%= f.text_field :email %>

<%= f.submit "Sign up" %>

<% end %> ``` `Pages` controller has: ``` class PagesController < ApplicationController def home @title = "Title of my site" @signup = Signup.new end end ``` `Signups` controller has: ``` class SignupController < ApplicationController def show @signup = Signup.new end def new end def create @signup = Signup.new(params[:signup]) if @signup.save else render 'new' end end end ``` `Sign…

Accepted Answer

It's telling you that a template is missing.

Typically, by default (if you don't call `render()` or `redirect_to()`) Rails renders the view associated with your action so in your case that would be: `create.html.erb`.

So you should redirect to something that makes more sense if you create a user successfully.

Like:

```
if @signup.save
   redirect_to :root
else
 #...
end
```

By the way I am assuming that you have configured the root path first, like this:

```
root :to => "something"
```

You'll redirect the user where it makes sense to your application.

Template is missing for signup/create, application/create

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