laravel master layout override debugging page

Question

I am used to when the error occurs in my application, the orange screen with debugging information shows. I created a basic master layout template to use for my site, and suddenly the orange error page doesn't show any more. This is really weird. Any suggestions as to how to solve this?

This is a picture of how it looks now..

Log file content shared for support:

Next exception 'ErrorException' with message 'Route [signup] not defined. (View: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/app/views/general/index.blade.php)' in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php:5512
Stack trace:
#0 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(9499): Illuminate\View\Engines\CompilerEngine->handleViewException(Object(InvalidArgumentException))
#1 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php(56): Illuminate\View\Engines\PhpEngine->evaluatePath('/Applications/M...', Array)
#2 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(9375): Illuminate\View\Engines\CompilerEngine->get('/Applications/M...', Array)
#3 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(9362): Illuminate\View\View->getContents()
#4 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(9353): Illuminate\View\View->renderContents()
#5 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(10048): Illuminate\View\View->render()
#6 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(9583): Illuminate\Http\Response->setContent(Object(Illuminate\View\View))
#7 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(4832): Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response->__construct(Object(Illuminate\View\View))
#8 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(4658): Illuminate\Routing\Router->prepareResponse(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), Object(Illuminate\View\View))
#9 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(4644): Illuminate\Routing\Router->dispatchToRoute(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request))
#10 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(698): Illuminate\Routing\Router->dispatch(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request))
#11 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(679): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->dispatch(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request))
#12 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(1136): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), 1, true)
#13 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(7219): Illuminate\Http\FrameGuard->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), 1, true)
#14 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(7816): Illuminate\Session\Middleware->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), 1, true)
#15 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(7763): Illuminate\Cookie\Queue->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), 1, true)
#16 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(10771): Illuminate\Cookie\Guard->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request), 1, true)
#17 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/bootstrap/compiled.php(640): Stack\StackedHttpKernel->handle(Object(Illuminate\Http\Request))
#18 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/public/index.php(49): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->run()
#19 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/shopcon/index.php(19): require_once('/Applications/M...')
#20 {main} [] []

Answer 1

Please make the 'debug'=>true in your app/config/app.php file

return array(

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Debug Mode
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When your application is in debug mode, detailed error messages with
    | stack traces will be shown on every error that occurs within your
    | application. If disabled, a simple generic error page is shown.
    |
    */

    'debug' => true,

Answer 2

You must make sure that debug is set to true in your app/config/app.php file like this:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Debug Mode
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| When your application is in debug mode, detailed error messages with
| stack traces will be shown on every error that occurs within your
| application. If disabled, a simple generic error page is shown.
|
*/

'debug'=>true,

If 'debug'=>true is set then you'll see that orange screen for errors.