Hello all... I am on Chapter 4 of RailsSpace and I have hit a problem when it comes to linking in the document. To start with in an earlier chapter I created a page called site.rhtml which used these attributes: <%= link_to_unless_current "Home", :action => "index" %> | <%= link_to_unless_current "About Us", :action => "about" %> | <%= link_to_unless_current "Help", :action => "help" %> This is in the site class that was created (localhost:3000/site/index) All these links work a treat - basic i know, but all work in progress. NOw on Chapter 4, it''s time to create a page to register users. I have a page now (localhost:3000/user/register) However, for some reason, the links no longer work, despite me updating the main file from site.rhtml to application.rhtml as the RailsSpace book suggests. If I am on the register page, and click ''help'' I get the following: No action responded to help. Actions: index and register I understand how the links work from the site view, but when navigating to the localhost/user/register I get a bit lost, and am unsure how to put it right so the lnks do work.. Any ideas???? cheers
2009/8/27 RubyonRails_newbie <craigwesty79-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>:> > Hello all... > > I am on Chapter 4 of RailsSpace and I have hit a problem when it comes > to linking in the document. > > To start with in an earlier chapter I created a page called site.rhtml > which used these attributes: > <%= link_to_unless_current "Home", :action => "index" %> | > <%= link_to_unless_current "About Us", :action => "about" %> | > <%= link_to_unless_current "Help", :action => "help" %> > > This is in the site class that was created (localhost:3000/site/index) > > All these links work a treat - basic i know, but all work in progress. > > NOw on Chapter 4, it''s time to create a page to register users. > I have a page now (localhost:3000/user/register) > > However, for some reason, the links no longer work, despite me > updating the main file from site.rhtml to application.rhtml as the > RailsSpace book suggests. > > If I am on the register page, and click ''help'' I get the following: > > No action responded to help. Actions: index and registerAssuming I understand, you have a help link on the user/register page as you have shown above on the site/index page. Since in this link you have specified only the action this will attempt to call that action (help) on the current controller, ie user. Since you have only provided index and register actions you get the message shown. Either you must provide a help action on the user controller, or if you want to call the help action on the site controller then specify :controller => "site" in the link as well as the action. Hope this helps Colin
Do you know how that is achieved? I was assuming the page (application.rhtml) is used as the template for the whole site, so wasn''t expecting to have to configure the links throughout the site. I''m new to this, so it''s probably easy - but i''m maybe looking at it from the wrong angle. So - if the links currently work at: http://localhost:3000/site/about what exactly should the pages look like if the link looks like: http://localhost:3000/user/register does the action need adding to the user action, or the register? On 27 Aug, 21:09, Colin Law <clan...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> 2009/8/27 RubyonRails_newbie <craigwest...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>: > > > > > > > > > Hello all... > > > I am on Chapter 4 of RailsSpace and I have hit a problem when it comes > > to linking in the document. > > > To start with in an earlier chapter I created a page called site.rhtml > > which used these attributes: > > <%= link_to_unless_current "Home", :action => "index" %> | > > <%= link_to_unless_current "About Us", :action => "about" %> | > > <%= link_to_unless_current "Help", :action => "help" %> > > > This is in the site class that was created (localhost:3000/site/index) > > > All these links work a treat - basic i know, but all work in progress. > > > NOw on Chapter 4, it''s time to create a page to register users. > > I have a page now (localhost:3000/user/register) > > > However, for some reason, the links no longer work, despite me > > updating the main file from site.rhtml to application.rhtml as the > > RailsSpace book suggests. > > > If I am on the register page, and click ''help'' I get the following: > > > No action responded to help. Actions: index and register > > Assuming I understand, you have a help link on the user/register page > as you have shown above on the site/index page. Since in this link > you have specified only the action this will attempt to call that > action (help) on the current controller, ie user. Since you have only > provided index and register actions you get the message shown. Either > you must provide a help action on the user controller, or if you want > to call the help action on the site controller then specify > :controller => "site" in the link as well as the action. > > Hope this helps > > Colin
The user controller needs to have the register action. Also run rake:routes to make sure you''ve got wired correctly.
Oh, and the links you posted in the first post don''t specify a controller so it assumes those actions all belong to the current controller which obviously is not the case...so you need to add the site controller to the links: <%= link_to_unless_current "Help", :controller => ''site'', :action => ''help'' %>
cheers for the notes.. I found it eventually. Updated to: <%= link_to_unless_current "Home", :action => "index", :controller => "site" %> | this seems to work now... (phew!) cheers On 27 Aug, 22:25, JL Smith <autige...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Oh, and the links you posted in the first post don''t specify a > controller so it assumes those actions all belong to the current > controller which obviously is not the case...so you need to add the > site controller to the links: > > <%= link_to_unless_current "Help", :controller => ''site'', :action => > ''help'' %>