Rails - Jun 2007 - Very Noob Question: index.html

Hi,

I have a very noob question. I just started on RoR this week, glad to be
on board. I''m just wondering where I edit the first page when people
come to the site, index.html. There seems to be one in the public
folder. However, how do I make that a dynamic page?

Thanks

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Rename or remove that file and add a default route.

Look in your routes.rb file.  You''ll see something like this...


   # You can have the root of your site routed by hooking up
''''
   # -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
   # map.connect '''', :controller => "index"


Uncomment that and generate an index controller or whatever name you  
like.


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James Mitchell



On Jun 6, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Newby wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a very noob question. I just started on RoR this week, glad  
> to be
> on board. I''m just wondering where I edit the first page when
people
> come to the site, index.html. There seems to be one in the public
> folder. However, how do I make that a dynamic page?
>
> Thanks
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >

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Hi --

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Newby wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a very noob question. I just started on RoR this week, glad to be
> on board.
Welcome!
> I''m just wondering where I edit the first page when people
> come to the site, index.html. There seems to be one in the public
> folder. However, how do I make that a dynamic page?
Rails uses its routing system to figure out what to do given a
particular URL.  That applies even when the URL is empty: you have to
register a routing rule that says what to do in response to the empty
URL.

To do this, look inside the file config/routes.rb.  You''ll see a
section like this:

   # You can have the root of your site routed by hooking up
''''
   # -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
   # map.connect '''', :controller => "welcome"

You want to uncomment the third line, and customize it to correspond
to whatever controller/action combo you want triggered by the empty
URL.  (The action defaults to "index", so the example above triggers
the index action of the welcome controller.)

So a typical case might look like:

   map.connect '''', :controller => "main", :action
=> "top"

or

   map.connect '''', :controller => "main"    #
default to "index" action

etc.

And, like it says, don''t forget to delete public/index.html :-)


David

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The index.html that is in public is just a place holder.  Delete that
file and add a route in routes.rb for the "/" path to point to a
controller and action you want for the default content.

I recommend getting "Agile Web Development with Rails" which starts
with a short and to the point tutorial that gets an application up and
running, then dives into more detail on each component of an
application.

Michael



On Jun 6, 2:22 pm, Newby
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very noob question. I just started on RoR this week, glad to be
> on board. I''m just wondering where I edit the first page when
people
> come to the site, index.html. There seems to be one in the public
> folder. However, how do I make that a dynamic page?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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