Rails - Jun 2006 - Best practice?

Hi, 
 
I am new to Ruby on Rails, and should like to validate the following
assumptions:
 
- static html is best placed in the public directory of the server such as
Apache rather than the public or views directory of the RoR application e.g.
static home page with links to my RoR application
- under CGI/FastCGI, the server will first try to find files in its own
filesystem before passing through CGI/FastCGI
 
Thanks in advance,
Lee.
 
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Hi Lee

Lee Longmore wrote:
> - static html is best placed in the public directory of the server such 
> as Apache rather than the public or views directory of the RoR 
> application e.g. static home page with links to my RoR application
Depends on the content.  Static content thats part of your app should 
probably be put in your app/public directory (just to keep it all nice 
and together).  Static content that nothing to do with your app probably 
shouldn''t be there, and would be more sensibly placed elsewhere on your
webserver.   I don''t *believe* there''s any performance
difference as
static content anywhere will be served directly by your server before it 
even tries to talk to rails. (see below)
> - under CGI/FastCGI, the server will first try to find files in its own 
> filesystem before passing through CGI/FastCGI
The default apache or lighty configs supplied with a generated rails app 
work that way (look locally, route to the rails app instead of a 404), 
but thats a webserver config issue, not something inherent in FCGI.

A.

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