# Can't handle \<% if logged\_in? %\> when running for the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [April 17, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cant-handle-if-logged-in-when-running-for-the-first-time/28177 "2008-04-17T19:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Blood\_Rails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mister\_Blood\_Rails](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Mister_Blood_Rails)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cant-handle-if-logged-in-when-running-for-the-first-time/28177/1 "2008-04-17T19:49:50Z")
My app can't handle \<% if logged\_in? %\> when running for the first time. It has no registered users, but why does it have to complain? It handles everything just fine after I register the first user manually through www.mysite.com/users/new. Processing MainController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2008-04-14 01:30:13) [GET]   Session ID: BAh7CjoMY3NyZl9pZCIlYTNiMmY5ZDFmMjJhOWJhZDhhMTI1YzQxYzkzNDI5%0ANzg6CnRpdGxlewA6CXVzZXJpBjoOcmV0dXJuX3RvMCIKZmxhc2hJQzonQWN0%0AaW9uQ29udHJvbGxlcjo6Rmxhc2g6OkZsYXNoSGFzaHsABjoKQHVzZWR7AA %3D%3D--346cfed42d9b4cc6e1dfc4f4d95ae774e5e9dc48   Parameters: {"action"=\>"index", "controller"=\>"main"}   ParentCategory Load (0.002000) SELECT \* FROM `parent_categories` ORDER BY name ASC   Category Load (0.006000) SELECT \* FROM `categories` ORDER BY name ASC Rendering template within layouts/application Rendering main/index Rendered layouts/\_header\_1 (0.00200)   Site Load (0.002000) SELECT \* FROM `sites` WHERE (host = '127.0.0.1' or host = '') ActionView::TemplateError (Site::UndefinedError) on line #3 of layouts/ \_footer.html.erb: 1: \