Session.setDefault('ViewerData', {}); // verifyEmail controls whether emailVerification template will be rendered or not var verifyEmail = Meteor.settings && Meteor.settings.public && Meteor.settings.public.verifyEmail || false; Router.configure({ layoutTemplate: 'layout', loadingTemplate: 'layout' }); Router.onBeforeAction('loading'); var data = { additionalTemplates: [ 'optionsModal', 'serverInformationModal', 'confirmRemoveTimepointAssociation', 'lastLoginModal', 'viewSeriesDetailsModal' ] }; var routerOptions = { data: data }; Router.route('/', function() { // Check user is logged in if (Meteor.user() && Meteor.userId()) { if (verifyEmail && Meteor.user().emails && !Meteor.user().emails[0].verified) { this.render('emailVerification', routerOptions); } else { Session.set('activeContentId', 'studylistTab'); this.render('app', routerOptions); } } else { this.render('entrySignIn', routerOptions); } }); Router.route('/viewer/timepoints/:_id', { layoutTemplate: 'layout', name: 'viewer', onBeforeAction: function() { var timepointId = this.params._id; this.render('app', routerOptions); openNewTabWithTimepoint(timepointId); } }); Router.onBeforeAction(function() { if (!Meteor.userId() && !Meteor.loggingIn()) { this.render('entrySignIn'); } else { this.next(); } }, { except: ['entrySignIn', 'entrySignUp', 'forgotPassword', 'resetPassword'] });