Ensure that there is always a 'name' field of SOME type.

core/lib/generators/refinery/form/templates/app/models/refinery/namespace/singular_name.rb

@@ -1,26 +1,37 @@
 module Refinery
   module <%= class_name.pluralize %>
     class <%= class_name %> < Refinery::Core::BaseModel
-      <% if table_name == namespacing.underscore.pluralize -%>self.table_name = :refinery_<%= plural_name %><% end -%>
-
-      acts_as_indexed :fields => [:<%= (string_fields = attributes.collect{ |a| a.name if a.type.to_s =~ /string|text/ }.compact.uniq).join(", :") %>]
-
-      # Add some validation here if you want to validate the user's input<% if string_fields.any? %>
+<% if table_name == namespacing.underscore.pluralize -%>
+      self.table_name = :refinery_<%= plural_name %>
+<% end -%>
+<% if (string_fields = attributes.map{ |a| a.name if a.type.to_s =~ /string|text/ }.compact.uniq).any? %>
+      acts_as_indexed :fields => [:<%= string_fields.join(", :") %>]
+<% end -%>
+<% unless string_fields.detect{|f| f.to_s == 'name'} %>
+      alias_attribute :name, :<%= string_fields.first %>
+<% end %>
+      # Add some validation here if you want to validate the user's input
+<% if string_fields.any? -%>
       # We have validated the first string field for you.
       validates :<%= string_fields.first %>, :presence => true
-      <% end -%>
-
-    <% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s == 'image'}.uniq.each do |a| -%>
+<% else %>
+      # def name was created automatically because you didn't specify a string field
+      # when you ran the refinery:form generator. <3 <3 Refinery CMS.
+      def name
+        "Override def name in vendor/extensions/<%= namespacing %>/app/models/refinery/<%= namespacing %>/<%= singular_name %>.rb"
+      end
+<% end -%>
+<% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s == 'image'}.uniq.each do |a| -%>
 
       belongs_to :<%= a.name.gsub("_id", "") -%>, :class_name => '::Refinery::Image'
-    <% end -%>
-    <% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s == 'resource'}.uniq.each do |a| -%>
+<% end -%>
+<% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s == 'resource'}.uniq.each do |a| -%>
 
       belongs_to :<%= a.name.gsub("_id", "") %>, :class_name => '::Refinery::Resource'
-    <% end -%>
-    <% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s =~ /radio|select/}.uniq.each do |a| %>
+<% end -%>
+<% attributes.select{|a| a.type.to_s =~ /radio|select/}.uniq.each do |a| -%>
       <%= a.name.pluralize.upcase %> = []
-    <% end %>
+<% end -%>
     end
   end
 end