adds additional check_data calls to make sure all models are populated
adds a test to handle the nil case of the api environment key so that assets can be precompiled
Removes "<%= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : "Solaru" %>" from application.html.erb as that seems to be where it is hanging up.
added file types to application.html as well as config.assets.precompile += [.css, .js] to application.rb"
precompiled assets locally
changes application.html to call the application.css file like this: stylesheet_link_tag  "application", :media => "all". Also moves styles from application.css.scss into home.css.scss and renames it back to just application.css
adds javascripts to be precompiled in production.rb
precompiles assets
adds css files to be precompiled
adds   config.assets.prefix = "/dev-assets"
to production.rb
moves unowned js files to vendor/js. Removes commas from the array of words in production.rb